CANADIAN ROCKIES [Main Title]

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  • Title: CANADIAN ROCKIES [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 5136
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN R W JOHNSON [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur colour film shot by RAF ground crew electrician Leading Aircraftman R W Johnson while stationed at the Special Flying Training School (SFTS) at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (Canada) records his train journey on Canadian Pacific Railways (CPR) from Moose Jaw via Banff and the Rocky Mountains to Vancouver (British Columbia), where children clamber over sacred totem poles in Stanley Park. Film records not a single trace of the impact of war on Canada.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN R W JOHNSON [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour (Ektachrome) (part B&W)
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 5136
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 5136)
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  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Johnson, R W (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour (Ektachrome) (part B&W) Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 335 ft; Running time: 14 mins
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