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Georgiana Ball films
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- moving images
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[ca. 1957-1970] (Creation)
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2 film reels (00:59:10 ; 2130 ft) : colour, silent ; 16 mm
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The item consists of 20 camera original, unedited films created by Georgiana Ball between about 1957 and 1970. Original films 1-11 and 12-20 were combined onto 2 film reels by the BC Archives upon acquisition.
The film are "home movies", primarily of ranching activities in the Stikine and Liard regions, particularly showing the communities of Telegraph Creek and Trutch. Other locations include Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, Ocean Falls, Dawson Creek, Dease Lake, Stikine River, Mount Edziza and Banff, Alberta. Activities shown include Ball family Diamond B Ranch game guiding operations, ranching, haying, packing and various types of transportation including horseback, pack horses, river boats (incl. Judith Ann), cargo ships (incl. Northland Prince, Skeena Prince), bush planes (North Coast Airways) and helicopters.
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Donated to the BC Archives in 1985 by Georgiana Ball.
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Availability of other formats
A VHS reference copy is available for this item, V1989:84/1.2.
A 3/4 inch video master was made in 1989, V1989:84/1.1.
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No access restrictions apply.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright assigned to British Columbia Archives by donor, 1985.
Finding aids
Item content notes in file F1985:15.
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Accession number(s): F1985:15
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Previously described as AAAA1632.
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photography: Georgiana Ball
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- Stikine Region (B.C.)
- Telegraph Creek (B.C.)
- Glenora (B.C.)
- Stikine River (Alaska-B.C.)
- Trutch (B.C.)
- Minaker River (B.C.)
- Fort St. John (B.C.)
- Dease Lake (B.C.)
- Sawmill Point (B.C.)
- Banff (Alta.)
- Sikanni Chief River (B.C.)
- Tahltan (B.C.)
- Anuk River (B.C.)
- Ocean Falls (B.C.)
- Dawson Creek (B.C.)
- Mount Edziza (B.C.)
- Prince Rupert (B.C.)
- Pacific Coast (B.C.)
- Fort Nelson (B.C.)
- Cassiar Region (B.C.)
- Fort Nelson-Liard Region (B.C.)
- Peace River district (B.C. and Alta.)