Item F1986:25/005.01 - Because it's home

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Because it's home

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  • moving images

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British Columbia. Dept. of Travel Industry. Film and Photographic Branch

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F1986:25/005.01

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  • [ca. 1973] (Creation)

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1 film reel (00:25:50 ; 930 ft) : composite print, colour, sound ; 16 mm and additional film elements

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The item is a composite print of a travel film from ca. 1973. Not a travelogue per se, but a look at the quality and pace of life in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), with scenes satirizing the behaviour of an uninformed visitor, "Joe Tourist." Footage of Haida carvers and their work (jewellery and argillite carvings), beaches, an abandoned whaling station, a shipwreck, aerial views, general scenery.

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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
A VHS reference copy is available for this item, V1999:02/002

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Copyright Government of British Columbia.

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Content notes and script in file F1982:11/001.

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General note

"Island poetry composed by Hilbert Gren.".

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Accession number(s): F1982:11; F1986:14; F1986:25

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Previously described as AAAA0204

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Hilbert Gren; John Merriman; Barney Hiney; Maxwell the racoon

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director: Bill Wiley; photography: Bill Wiley; post-production: Peter H.M. Van Uum; editor: Peter H.M. Van Uum; writer: Bill Wiley; writer: Rike Wiley; narration: Bill Barringer; production assistant: Peter Mylechreest; sound: Bill Armstrong; music: Bob Buckley; producing agency/company: British Columbia. Dept. of Travel Industry. Film and Photographic Branch

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Additional elements include:
F1982:11/001 - release print
F1986:25/005.02 - composite print
F1986:14/023.01a - A-roll
F1986:14/023.01b - B-roll
F1986:14/023.02 - C-roll
F1986:14/023.03 - B-wind negative track (optical track)
F1986:14/023.05 - 35/32 internegative
F1986:14/023.06 - dub master

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