HBC film from 1919 - sorry, no planes spotted yet....
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HBC film from 1919 - sorry, no planes spotted yet....
Good article on the Beeb about it....
about the project
BBC News - Arctic Canada caught on 1919 silent film
An extraordinary documentary filmed in 1919 to mark the 250th anniversary of the Hudson Bay Company has been restored for modern audiences.
The HBC film crew arrived in Fort Chipewyan, in northern Alberta, in late November 1919. They filmed Aboriginal trappers on the trap-line, travelling by dogsled in frozen conditions.
The film's return journey to Fort Chipewyan will be made by vehicle, up winter roads open for just a few months every year.
Among the descendants of the aboriginal fur trappers and Scottish fur traders captured in The Romance of the Far Fur Country, a true premiere will take place, and only 93 years late.
The film's return journey to Fort Chipewyan will be made by vehicle, up winter roads open for just a few months every year.
Among the descendants of the aboriginal fur trappers and Scottish fur traders captured in The Romance of the Far Fur Country, a true premiere will take place, and only 93 years late.
BBC News - Arctic Canada caught on 1919 silent film
