Film Record: Rum Row : as seen from the rum tender M.V. Hickey

"The SS Malahat, showing 55,000 cases of liquor aboard," 1932 (BC Archives photo F-02227)

Identifier:

• AAAA2609 (Source: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/rum-row-as-seen-from-rum-tender-m-v-hickey)

Date produced: 1933

Filmmaker(s):

Richard Francis Heurtley Reed

Country of Production:

Canada

Duration:

00:18:00

Length:

230 feet

Format:

8mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

BC Archives list of titled amateur films.

Description:

"Depicts a rum-running expedition from Victoria to "Rum Row" off the California coast with the mother ship M.V. Malahat. The tender M.V. Hickey is shown transferring cases of liquor to American vessels and avoiding US Navy cutters. At San Martin Island, Mexico, the Hickey puts in for repairs." (BC Archives)

NOTE: The original reversal film was lost in the 1990s after being sent out for video transfer in Vancouver. Only the BC Archives analog video transfer is extant.

Resources:

"Malahat (schooner)": Wikipedia entry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malahat_(schooner)

Locations:

• Victoria, BC (Filming)
• California (Filming)
• Isla San Martin, Mexico (Filming)

Subjects:

•           California
•      Boats and Boating
•           Ocean travel
•      Mexico
•      Criminals

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

BC Archives, Royal BC Museum (video copy only)

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