STK-ID 34869

Dawson City Relives Its Gold Rush Days: two shots of bridge of sternwheeler "Keno", TILT DOWN from funnel to name. Shot of two men working on stern of sternwheeler. Shot of two boys climbing aboard and waving from deck. MSs of multi-storey log houses. Several shots of women dressed in gold rush days fashions, of prospector. HASs of parade, of spectators, of marchers going through drill. Various shots of large dredge, of chain. Shot of three private float planes. Various shots of buildings in ghost town, of signs, windows, of old rocking chair on proch, of abandoned building in field. MSs of three old fashion locomotives rusting away in weeds, of tourists looking at them, of children playing on them. ESTABLISHING HASs of Dawson City, of gold diggings. HALSs of airplane approaching for a landing on lake. GROUND TO AIR LS of plane flying over wooded hills. MSs of dredge. Shots of signs "Canadian #3", "YOOP Pioneer Hall" on building. Shots of firemen standing by old fire engine, men and women in various costumes, float parade. HALS of plane taking off from lake. HAS PAN of Dawson City on far bank of Yukon River.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Dawson City Relives Its Gold Rush Days / Wildlife Census Survey in the High Arctic
Location
Dawson
Year
1961
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, Video HI 8
Shooting format
35mm neg b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3