Film Record: Our 1939 Summer Cruise

Identifier:

• AAAA2518 (Source: British Columbia Archives)

Date produced: 1939

Filmmaker(s):

Francis J. Barrow

Production credits:

• Francis J. Barrow, Photographer

Length:

1 reel

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

BC Archives list of titled amateur films

Description:

"Cruise on Toketie. Coastal people, places and scenery between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Includes footage of Indian villages, pictographs, birds and wildlife, logging, other vessels, etc. Notably, there are good shots of the abandoned villages of Gwayasdums, Karlukwees, and Mamalilaculla, as well as the burial ground on Klaoitsis Island" British Columbia Archives.

Resources:

"Item AAAA2518 - Our 1939 summer cruise." Francis Barrow fonds, British Columbia Archives.

Locations:

• Discovery Passage, B.C. (Filming)
• Pacific Coast, B.C. (Filming)
• South Coast Region, B.C. (Filming)
• Lower Mainland Region, B.C. (Filming)
• Central Mainland Region, B.C. (Filming)

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Summer
•           Ships
•      Native Americans
•      Art
•      Vacations

Genre:

• Ethnographic
• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

British Columbia Archives

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