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Landscape scene
2024-011/001(16) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of landscape in Egypt with an unidentified man in the foreground.

Assorted footage of Egypt
2024-011/001(35) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains assorted footage of Egypt, including falcons, a watermill, men shipbuilding, and landscape scenes.

Domestic scenes in Egypt
2024-011/013 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of unidentified men and women performing a variety of domestic tasks, including baking bread in a clay oven, cooking, tending to goats, and spinning wool. Footage also includes a woman using a stone mill to grind grain, men constructing what appear to be cages, and men training dogs.

Street performers
2024-011/019 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men performing dances for a crowd. Unknown location.

2024-011/023 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of an unidentified man plowing a field, as well as footage of men, women and children harvesting and threshing grain.

2024-011/027 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item primarily contains footage of a Greek Orthodox Burial of the Theotokos procession for the The Feast of the Dormition on the island of Tinos, Greece. Item also contains footage of daily life in what appears to be Egypt.

Greece
2024-011/031A · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of Greece, including men constructing a wall, women and children, as well as scenes from a village. Footage also includes people farming, fishing, and receiving supplies.

2024-011/034 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men and women cooking lambs on a spit, people gathered to watching performances of dancers in traditional costumes and young men pole vaulting, as well as footage from Easter services outside of a church.

Assorted footage of Egypt
2024-011/037 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of Egypt, including musicians, bread making, a snake charmer, pottery, and agriculture.

Harvest
2024-011/045E · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of Egyptian men and women harvesting what appears to be grain or reeds.

Harvest in Egypt
2024-011/001(04) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of unidentified individuals harvesting and drying unidentified crops. Possibly tea or tobacco.

Snakes
2024-011/001(13) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of an unidentified man putting snakes into a sack as well as footage of a cobra and another large snake.

Women milling grain
2024-011/001(19) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item primarily contains footage of two women milling grain with a manual stone mill grinder. Item also includes brief footage of ducks as well as kittens.

Masonry
2024-011/001(25) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men carving stone blocks.

2024-011/001(27) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of a city scene with people walking around an unidentified location (possibly Abydos), as well as men working in a fibre mill spinning and weaving unidentified fibre.

Weaving
2024-011/001(28) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of a man using a weaving loom as well as another man setting up a hammock.

Assorted footage of Egypt
2024-011/001(34) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of a man walking through a structure, as well as men preparing sailboats and hieroglyphs.

2024-011/015 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item primarily contains footage of a Greek Orthodox Epiphany procession, as well as footage of an unidentified man walking up an escarpment and landscape shots.

Grain harvest in Greece
2024-011/021 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men, women and children harvesting and threshing wheat. Unknown location, possibly in Goulediana, Crete.

2024-011/024 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men plowing fields with oxen and threshing grain, as well as footage of men carving stoneware. Item also includes footage of an irrigation system with pumps.

Mermah
2024-011/039 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men participating in a Mermah competition.

Greek Orthodox Easter
2024-011/040 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations, including dancers performing in traditional costumes, a shot put contest, and children with goats. Footage also includes Good Friday services, as well as the Anastasi (Resurrection) service.

2024-011/048B · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men and women cooking lambs on a spit, people gathered to watching performances of dancers in traditional costumes and young men participating in sports competitions Footage also includes scenes from Greek Orthodox Easter services.

2024-011/050I · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of musicians and dancers performing, as well as men playing tahtib (a traditional Egyptian stick-fighting martial art).

Mermah
2024-011/050J · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of from a Mermah competition.

Dance performance
2024-011/050K · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men in traditional costume performaing a folk dance. Some of the men are wearing masks. The performance may possibly be the the Căluş ritual dance which is performed in Southern Romania as well as by Vlachs in Bulgaria and Serbia. Location of performance is unknown.

Dance performance
2024-011/050L · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men in traditional costume performaing a folk dance. Some of the men are wearing masks and other costumes. The performance may possibly be the the Căluş ritual dance which is performed in Southern Romania as well as by Vlachs in Bulgaria and Serbia. Location of performance is unknown. Footage also includes two men posing with domesticated bears.

Stone milling grain
2024-011/001(08) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of an unidentified woman milling grain with a manual stone mill grinder in Egypt.

Assorted footage of Egypt
2024-011/001(10) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of a man steering a boat, followed by footage of a group of men and boys exploring a rocky area near a body of water with rapids. Footage ends with a scene outside of a building.

Hieroglyphs
2024-011/001(11) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Assorted footage of Egypt
2024-011/001(29) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of a city scene (possibly Abydos) as well as children playing, landscape scenes showing grains and other crops, as well as farm animals like oxen and mules. Footage also includes scenes from what may be a water mill, a woman kneading dough, and falcons.

Egyptian musicians
2024-011/001(30) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men playing Egyptian musical instruments, including hand drums and stringed instruments.

Assorted footage of Egypt
2024-011/001(33) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men gathered together (possibly in a mosque?) as well as images from a watermill. Footage also includes men playing tahtib.

2024-011/007 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of various men displaying fish for sale as well as footage of pigeons, cranes, and an owl. Footage also includes a brief shot of a deer, a snake, and Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

2024-011/028B · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of life in Egypt, including men making pottery, landscape scenes, and farming. Item also contains footage of Greece, including school children raising a flag, families with children, landscapes, men herding goats, and young men exercising. Footage also includes men demonstrating their war injuries and their prostheses.

Assorted footage of Greece
2024-011/035 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of Greece, including a woman tilling a field, a Greek Orthodox procession, as well as children receiving food. Footage also includes landscape scenes of ancient ruins, a war memorial, as well as a wrestling competition.

Freekeh harvest
2024-011/041 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of people harvesting durum wheat and preparing freekeh.

Traditional dance
2024-011/042 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men in traditional costume performaing a folk dance. Location is unknown but possibly a Balkan country.

Basket weaving
2024-011/043 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men processing reeds and women basket weaving.

Holy Thursday
2024-011/049C · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men and clergy preparing for the Holy Thursday Crucifixion service, as well as footage from the service itself.

Assorted footage of Greece
2024-011/051 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains assorted footage of Greece, including women using weaving looms, people gathered outside of a church, shots of ancient Greek ruins, and women washing clothing in a creek.

Crops and fields in Egypt
2024-011/001(07) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of a field being tilled with oxen and with unidentified men transporting crops with mules.

Assorted footage of Egypt
2024-011/001(09) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of an unidentified woman carrying a basket on her head while holding a child, men walking amongst palm trees and next to a body of water, as well as a cobra snake.

Duck hunt in Egypt
2024-011/001(14) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of a marshy landscape as well as footage of an unidentified man showing the camera the ducks he hunted, as well as footage of a man in a row boat and footage of more ducks.

Harvest
2024-011/001(15) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men harvesting an unidentified crop.

Assorted footage of Egypt
2024-011/001(18) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of a man crushing and weighing something, possibly gold, as well as a man heating something over coals.

Exterior scenes
2024-011/001(20) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men gathered outside a building as well as footage of ancient Egyptian ruins (possibly the temple at Abydos) and a pyramid.

Landscape scenes
2024-011/001(36) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of mountain ranges and other landscapes, possibly of Greece.

Ancient ruins
2024-011/001(37) · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of an ancient ruin, possibly from the Temple of Abydos

Great Temple of Abydos
2024-011/009 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage from inside an Ancient Egyptian temple, likely the Temple of Seti I (Great Temple of Abydos).

Assorted footage of Egypt
2024-011/026 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains assorted footage of Egypt, including lanscapes, market scenes, date harvesting, workers tracing hieroglyphs, and livestock. Item also contains footage from what appears to be a television program.

Greek Orthodox church
2024-011/029A · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of the exterior and interior of a Greek Orthodox Church, as well as clergy members.

Greece
2024-011/031B · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of Greece, including landscape scenes, children gathered outside a building, women harvesting grain, as well as men and women working to repair a partially demolished building. Footage also includes women gathering wood.

Celebration
2024-011/036 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of people in traditional costume riding a Maypole or giant stride swing and performing traditional dances. Location is unknown but it may be in a Balkan country.

Egyptian musicians
2024-011/038 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men playing a variety of musical instruments together.

Assorted footage of Egypt
2024-011/046 · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains assorted footage of Egypt, including men and women tending to crops, irrigation systems, animal herding, and pottery making.

2024-011/049B · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of men and women preparing to cook lambs on spits. Footage also includes shots of livestock, as well as people gathered for an unidentified social event.

Zoo animals
2024-011/050F · Item · [between 1929 and 1950]
Part of Amice Calverley fonds

Item contains footage of various animals in an unidentified zoo.

ASC33116 · Item · [before 1977?]
Part of Michael Posluns fonds

Item consists of an audio recording of an interview with W. Duff regarding George Manuel. The topic primarily focuses on the time they both spent working with the Provincial Indian Advisory Committee (Provincial Advisory Committee on Indian Affairs in British Columbia).

Untitled
ASC33117 · Item · [before 1977?]
Part of Michael Posluns fonds

Item consists of an audio recording of an interview with W. Duff regarding the North American Brotherhood. The main topic of discussion is the formation of the North American Brotherhood out of the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia and four other more localized organizations. Topics also include the character of Aboriginal Canadians living in British Columbia, treaty rights, reserve policy, and cultural preservation.

Aboriginal Art Interviews
1989-020/008(20) · Item · [between 1960 and 1990]
Part of Michael Posluns fonds

Item consists of an interview with an unidentified man regarding totem carving. The discussion includes how he got into the profession, the intersection between his art and Christianity, and his experience selling his art at the local co-op.

1989-020/008(26) · Item · [between 1960 and 1990]
Part of Michael Posluns fonds

Item consists of an interview with two unidentified Québecois men from the Social Development Council. The subject is defining Québecois regional identity. Topics include consumerism and industry, a recent crisis, welfare, their place in the larger political context, and leadership.

114 St Powell
1989-020/008(49) · Item · [197-?]
Part of Michael Posluns fonds

Item consists of a recording of an interview with a woman discussing a film she worked on regarding conditions in public housing. She discusses why she made the film, the misconceptions many have about people who live in public housing, what she hopes people will take away from the film, the reactions to the film she has received so far, and her disappointments and expectations of those reactions. There are also interjections, and questions to, Dorothy, a woman who was interviewed in the film.

1989-020/008(36) · Item · [197-?]
Part of Michael Posluns fonds

Item consists of an audio recording of a press conference regarding the treatment of Indigenous people by the authorities surrounding the circumstances of the Wounded Knee Occupation and the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The recording begins with a statement from an unidentified speaker regarding the death of Anna Mae Aquash, the apprehension of Leonard Peltier and Frank Blackhorse at the Smallboy Camp by members of the RCMP. The recording cuts out for a moment and returns with the chairman, who then introduces the purposes for their meeting and the speakers they have brought in. The audio cuts off during the statement from Barry Travis, the first speaker, which then continues on ASC33101.