Archives of Manitoba

The trials and tribulations of a cameraman

1920

2 film reels (14 mins., 48 sec.)

Item consists of a film created to demonstrate the difficulties of filming movies in cold climates. The film documents the making of the Hudson's Bay Company's 250th anniversary film called Romance of the Far Fur Country and captures the conditions in which the film was made.

Included in most of the footage is the cameraman filming Romance of the Far Fur Country. The film has many of the same scenes that appeared in Romance of the Far Fur Country; however the film ends abruptly and appears to be incomplete.

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The Hudson's Bay Company donated this film, and 13 others, to the British Film Institute (BFI) in 1956. Between 1956 and 2011 the BFI preserved, made duplicate copies and provided access to the film. In 2011 the British Film Institute donated the film to the Hudson's Bay Company Archives.

The following films donated by the British Film Institute have been added to HBCA's library collection: Ft. [Fort] St. James, B.C.; The World's Largest Fur Auction; The Great Arctic Seal Hunt. Please contact the Archives to view these films.