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Everest - original Betacam tape 7

Item is raw footage for the documentary "Everest - Climb for Hope." Includes footage of an interview with John, an "Everest - Climb for Hope" team member. Continues with footage of women sewing specialized clothing and gear for the Everest - Climb for Hope expedition team members also shows a specialized machine cutting out material for outdoor clothing. There is also footage of a man trying on one of the Compass North winter gear outfits for two Compass North employees, a man fitting a film camera into a special case made for the Everest - Climb for Hope expedition.

Everest - original Betacam tape 6

Item is raw footage for the documentary "Everest - Climb for Hope." Includes footage of people packing food for the "Everest - Climb for Hope" team expedition, the actual packed boxes of food and their labels. Some footage of mountain views, an interview with Pete[?], a journalist, who is an "Everest - Climb for Hope" team member.

Everest - original Betacam tape 5

Item is raw footage for the documentary "Everest - Climb for Hope." Includes footage of a small town, people packing food for the "Everest - Climb for Hope" team and an interview with the woman who organized all of the food for the expedition and will be the cook at base camp.

Everest; original Betacam tape 4

Item is raw footage for the documentary "Everest - Climb for Hope." Includes additional footage of the fundraising dinner event with speeches and the audience. Along with a few others Dr. Peter Austen, a Climb for Hope team member, speaks to the crowd.

Everest - Climb for Hope; original Betacam tape 3

Item is raw footage for the documentary "Everest - Climb for Hope." Includes scenes of Ernie [Erwin] Sniedzins with his daughter Sarah, who suffers from Rett Syndrome, walking together in a park and playing on the swings. Includes some footage of other adults and children at the park, enjoying the outdoors, and playing on the playground. Some nighttime (very dark) footage of a fundraiser candlelight dinner event, in support of Rett Syndrome awareness.

Everest - Climb for Hope; original Betacam tape 2

Item is raw footage for the documentary "Everest - Climb for Hope." Includes an interview with Ernie [Erwin] Sniedzins about the origins of "The Climb for Hope," its beginnings in 1986, Rett Syndrome the disease and its effect on the Sniedzins family, and he compares climbing Mount Everest to tackling the challenges of Rett Syndrome. There is also scenes of Sniedzins walking in the park with his daughter, Sarah, who suffers from Rett Syndrome.

Everest - Climb for Hope; original betacam tape 1

Item is raw footage of a man with a backpack climbing the stairs of the CN Tower in Toronto ON, bars with just the sound of a man on the stairs, an interview with Jim who wanted to be part of the Climb for Hope Everest Team, he talks about training and the draw of mountaineering, and the Climb for Hope Team in general. Includes footage of Ernie Sniedzins practicing martial arts in a class.

Everest - Climb For Hope

Item is the master version of the film "Everest - Climb For Hope;" a documentary following a Canadian team of climbers raising money for research and awareness about Rett Syndrome by climbing Mount Everest. Ernie Sneidzins is the father of a young teenager suffering from Rett Syndrome, it was his determination to do something that set this expedition in motion. Narrated by Leslie Nielson; Produced and directed by Michael Collier; Written by Richard Tomkies; Director of photography Robert C. Gibson; Executive producers Michael Collier and Ken Jubenvill; Technical producer Bob Gibson; Climbing cameramen Pat Morrow and Bill Noble; Editors Michael Collier and Bill Campbell; Music Hal Beckett; Production coordinator Lupe Korbut.

Collier, Michael J.

Snowbirds title #2 [music and graphic]

Item contains random pieces of footage including some crime reenactment scenes (that have fairly bad video dropout), Christmas themed graphics featuring actors faces in Christmas decorations, a close-up shot of a Christmas tree ornament, graphics for a Christmas-themed "Sports Page with Dave Rondorf," a Canucks logo with holly, BC Lions logo with a Santa Claus hat, a Christmas Vancouver 86ers logo, other holiday graphics, people at a [Christmas] party, UTV Holiday Magic graphics and advertisement, "Sports Page Freestyle Challenge" graphic, people on a skytrain car as well as footage from the front of a skytrain car near Main St Station, Broadway Station as well as stations in Burnaby and New Westminister, also includes footage of ticket machines, escalators and skytrain cars entering and exiting stations, a graphic/animation that reads "name the three disciplines of freestyle skiing," and a graphic that reads "the first 20 years;" this is the segment that might have been created for the Snowbirds 20th Anniversary celebration documentary. Screens between segments are black or colour bars. The last couple minutes are a black screen with music. Audio is often silent, at times there is classical or jazz music.

Snowbirds title #1

Item includes a version of a title screen for "Canada's magnificent Snowbirds: The first 20 years" appears at 02:49 and continues with various still graphics to 03:38. Another title version starts at 04:18-05:38. Also contains various unrelated graphics and short "Crime Stoppers" reinactments.

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Footage includes an interview with Snowbirds Team Lead Dan Dempsey about scheduling the Snowbirds' performance season. Dempsey also discusses how weather can influence the performance and how the pilots handle it, and demonstrates how performances and specific manouvers are mapped out and recorded on paper.

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Includes footage of the conclusion for O.B. Philp's [affectionately known as Obie] speech at the 20th anniversary Snowbirds reunion banquet in Moose Jaw, S.K. in 1990, some shots of the audience listening and reacting to the speech. O.B. Philp then presents a poem about the Snowbirds, which is read by Major Dan Dempsey. Bill Johnson joins O.B. Philp at the podium and they present a copy of their book about the Snowbirds to Major Dan Dempsey, then Dempsey presents O.B. Philps with a stained glass piece. Footage continues with an interview with outgoing Snowbirds Team Lead Major Dan Dempsey.

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Includes footage of O.B. Philp giving his speech at the 20th anniversary Snowbirds reunion banquet in Moose Jaw, S.K. in 1990, some shots of the audience listening and reacting to the speech.

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Includes an interview with Snowbirds Team Lead Stephan, an interview Dennis [?] and another Snowbirds team member in 1981-1982 and Team Lead from 1987-1988, an interview with a pilot [Bill] who is a fan of the Snowbirds but not a member of the Snowbirds, he talks about the skill of the Snowbirds pilots and comments on how other pilots view the skill displayed in the Snowbirds' show, ends with banquet scenes from the 20th anniversary celebration of the Snowbirds in Moose Jaw, S.K., including speeches, presentations and the audience clapping and listening.

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Item is a recording of an interview with Snowbirds Team Lead Major Dan Dempsey about the history of the Snowbirds as well as choreography, show building, and the use of music in the Snowbirds' performances. Dempsey also talks about specific manouvers and the introduction of coloured smoke into the performances.

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Includes footage of Snowbirds pilots and mechanics congratulating each other after a performance, spectators, a military band and a ceremony to welcome new Snowbirds team members and bid farewell to departing ones, tape ends with mingling after the ceremony between families, Snowbirds alumni, Snowbirds team members and military personnel.

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Includes footage of the Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw, S.K., an interview with Lieutenant-General [Sutherland?] about the Snowbirds team maturing now that they have been around for twenty years, their role and future. Also includes footage taken in Moose Jaw, S.K. of the gathered dignitaries, families, media, and alumni for the final performance of the 1990 Snowbirds team as well as scenes of the show itself and the audience enjoying the demonstration.

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Includes footage of people mingling at the Snowbirds anniversary banquet, and the Snowbirds alumni gathering by year of service for group photographs, there is also a group photograph taken of the current and former Base Commanders.

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Includes an interview with an American photographer [Bill Johnson] about the Snowbirds, he had the experience of flying with the Snowbirds several times and took photographs at the invitation of Obie [O.B. Philp], a sunrise over the base in Moose Jaw, S.K., and shots of the banquet celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Snowbirds, includes some footage of the Snowbirds alumni gathering by year of service for group photographs, and some social mingling.

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Includes the continuation of the interview with former Snowbird pilot and team lead Yogi Kuyghebaert [?] (1975?), interview with George Miller Snowbirds Team Leader (1973?), who also talks about his experience as a pilot with the former aerobatic flying team the Golden Hawks (to 1964) and about the Golden Hawks in general, the final interview is with Colonel O.B. Philp, affectionately known as 'Obie', who was responsible for starting the Snowbirds demonstration team, He talks about traveling with the [Golden] Centennaires in 1967 and how the Snowbirds got started.

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Includes footage of the Snowbirds alumni reunion which took place in October of 1990 in Moose Jaw, S.K. People checking in to the event and signing the guest book. Ambient noise. Interviews with [Al?] an American air show organizer, a former Snowbird pilot (1983-1984), and Yogi Kuyghebaert [?] a former Snowbirds pilot (interview continues on MI-431).

Snowbirds - TV special - Moose Jaw - 20th reunion

Item is original camera tape footage taken for the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Includes footage of Canadian military airplanes taxing, taking off, and flying; the airbase in Moose Jaw, S.K., downtown Moose Jaw, S.K., an interview with Crew Chief Daniel Bergerson about the Snowbirds ground crew, and a shot of the 431 AD Squadron Snowbirds sign. Ambient noise.

Those magnificent snowbirds - The first 20 years

Item is a copy of "Canada's magnificent snowbirds - 20th Anniversary" one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. The documentary begins with an overall set up of a child wanting to grow up to be a Snowbird pilot. The story of the Snowbirds begins with try outs for four new Snowbirds pilots and moves on to the history of aerobatic flight teams in Canada. Using a mix of narration, interviews and historical footage the history of the Snowbirds is laid out and then the narration moves into practice, training and the designing of the new airshow routine for the 1991, 20th Anniversary, season. Leaving the training base in Moose Jaw, S.K. the Snowbirds team travels to Comox, B.C. for an airshow. The documentary continues with an overview of the role of the Snowbirds and their goals on their public relations and air show role. Themes touch on why the Snowbirds have lasted as long as they have and why they will continue on into the future. In addition to shots of crowds and performances two airshow promoters from the USA are interviewed. Back in Moose Jaw at the end of the 1991 season there is a reunion of alumni pilots. The documentary ends with a final performance of the 20th season and a child on a beach inspired to someday be a Snowbird pilot. Narrated by Leslie Neilsen. Cassette version edited from D-2. This is the superless cassette version - no blacks or bumpers.

Sky hawks - film to tape 315

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage of a sky diver filming the Sky hawks team members performing sky diving and parachute tricks and manouvers. Original camera source tape.

Sky hawks - film to tape 314

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage taken by a fellow sky diver of the Sky hawks performing sky diving and parachuting tricks; includes footage of a deliberate parachute malfunction and use of back-up parachute. Also includes some footage of Sky hawks landing, shot from the ground. Includes footage taken by a follow sky diver of military men and supplies in green camouflage parachuting to the ground. Original film transfered to tape. Silent.

[Flight of the Sky hawks, original camera source tapes] 313

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage of the Sky Hawks demonstration team, shot from the ground, of the Sky hawks performing sky diving and parachuting tricks, and landing, as well as airplanes flying, and the smoke and flag marking the drop zone. Includes footage shot by a fellow sky diver of men in green camouflage military uniforms parachuting. There are also shots taken using a fish-eye lense of men doing practice parachute jumps from a tower using wires. The fish-eye lense is also used in some sky diving and parachuting shots - the camera is attached to the mid-section of a Sky hawk member rather than to a helmet. Includes some footage of the Sky hawks performing taken by another sky diver, not using a fish-eye lense. Transfered from original camera source tapes 9 and 10A. Silent.

[Flight of the Sky hawks, original camera source tapes] 312

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage of the Sky hawks jumping out of an airplane shot from an adjacent airplane. Shots from the ground includes footage of the Sky hawks parachuting to the ground and performing tricks, and airplanes. Transfer of the original camera source tapes 6, 7, 8.

[Flight of the Sky hawks, original camera source tapes] 311

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Some footage is shot from another airplane of the airplane and the Sky hawks jumping out of it and some is shot in the airplane with the Sky Hawks before they jump and as they jump. Some is shot from the ground of airplanes. Transfer of the original camera source tape. Silent.

[Flight of the Sky hawks, original camera source tapes] 310

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Primarily the aerial footage (shot by a fellow sky-diver) captures the sky diving and parachuting performances of the Sky hawks. Some of the aerial footage was shot at Royal Rhodes Military College. Other locations have not been identifed. Additional footage is included that was shot on the ground of a Sky hawks team breifing with Pierre (shot from several angles), and the men getting dressed for a show and checking each others' parachutes and equipment, airplanes taxing, the Sky hawks team practicing thier show on the ground 'dirt dive,' the men chatting near the airplane, and the Sky hawks team entering the airplane. Original camera source tape. Silent.

Airborne operations - part 2

Item is an informative video about airborne opertaions, thier uses, deployment and organization. Video was collected by Yaletown Productions and consulted while producing the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks, titled "Flight of the Sky hawks."
Production management Pierre Gadbois Productions Inc; director Ken Steward; Location shooting Canadian Forces Photographic Unit, General Assembly; computer graphics Les Animation Drouin Inc.; post production General Assembly Post-Productions Services; land forces av [audio/visual] coordinators Major SD Werry, CD and WOG Weekes; technical advisors Major DJ Pentney, CD, Sergeant P Cane, and CLFCSC [Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College] Staff; written my Major SD Werry, CD; participating unit The Canadian Airborne Regiment; and coordinating producers Pierre Audet DND [Department of Nation Defence] and Rhea Morais FVG. Produced for the Department of National Defence. Video is narrated and was produced with music and animation. 1990. Major dropouts throughout.

Airborne operations - part 1

Item is an informative video about airborne opertaions, thier uses, deployment and organization. Video was collected by Yaletown Productions and consulted while producing the one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks, titled "Flight of the Sky hawks."
Production management Pierre Gadbois Productions Inc; director Ken Steward; Location shooting Canadian Forces Photographic Unit, General Assembly; computer graphics Les Animation Drouin Inc.; post production General Assembly Post-Productions Services; land forces av [audio/visual] coordinators Major SD Werry, CD and WOG Weekes; technical advisors Major DJ Pentney, CD, Sergeant P Cane, and CLFCSC [Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College] Staff; written my Major SD Werry, CD; participating unit The Canadian Airborne Regiment; and coordinating producers Pierre Audet DND and Rhea Morais FVG. Produced for the Department of National Defence. Video is narrated and was produced with music and animation of maps and other graphics. 1990. Major dropouts throughout.

Sky hawks [tape # 34]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage of the Sunchild O'Chises School sign, the Sky hawk team entering the school with an RCMP Officer, a few spectators watch, in the school gym the Sky hawks talk to school children and show them an anti-drugs video, after the video the Sky hawks demonstrate how the parachutes work and interact with the children in smaller groups, an interview with Captain Mark A. regarding the qualities necessary to be a part of the Sky hawks team, public relations is an important factor, Mark also talks about the Sky hawks performance schedule, in the background Sky hawks team members are loading an airplane, tape ends with close-up shots of the men loading the airplane. Original camera source tape 34.

Sky hawks [tape # 33]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Audio with bars only. Recording of commentary of a Sky hawks performance. Original camera source tape 33.

Sky hawks [tape # 32]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage of spectators watching a Sky hawk performance [on Vancouver Island, BC], and some shots of the performance, includes footage after the show of the Sky hawks interacting with the crowd as they pack their parachutes, and several takes of the Sky hawks salute. Audio includes Sky hawks commentary and ambient crowd noise. Original camera source tape 32.

Sky hawks [tape # 31]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Original camera source tape 31. Footage includes an interview with Marc about designing the Sky hawks show, the Sky hawks team members walking in a field with their parachutes in hand after landing - this is part of an anti-drug advertisement, recorded in both English and French, Sky hawks team members in a shopping mall [the Rutherford Mall in Naniamo, BC] interacting with the public and packing parachutes prior to a weekend show, and bars with ambient mall noise. Original camera source tape 31.

Sky hawks [tape # 30]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Footage includes shots of men in camouflage gear on an airplane and jumping off the airplane. Camera is attached to the helmet of a fellow jumper. Includes shots of a canister of supplies also dropped with its own parachute, some shots of the Sky hawks performing tricks while sky diving and with their parachutes. Original camera source tape 30.

Sky hawks [tape # 29]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage of a Sky hawks' team cheer after the team clerk's first sky diving experience, footage taken inside the airplane and along side the Sky hawks as they sky dive and practice their routine. Also includes footage of Pierre (Pete) being thrown into a swimming pool and the Sky hawks team on the plane out of uniform and without parachutes. Original camera source tape 29.

Sky hawks [tape # 28]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage of the Sky hawks jumping out of an airplane, performing sky diving maneuvers, and parachuting, some trick parachute maneuvers are performed, also includes footage of a Sky hawk administrator/clerk sky diving for the first time. Footage on this tape was captured inside the plane and alongside the Sky hawks attached to the helmet of a fellow sky diver. For the most part the audio is dominated by wind and aircraft noise. Original camera source tape 28.

Sky hawks [tape # 27]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage of military men running at dawn, an airplane taking off, men with parachutes and helmets getting on an airplane, men and supplies parachuting to the ground in military green, and the Sky hawks performing sky diving feats with smoke, and parachuting to the ground, some formation parachuting, a wind sock, a man on a horse followed by a bus, the cockpit of an airplane filmed as the airplane takes off and once it is in the air, cockpit controls and pilots. Original camera source tape 27.

Sky hawks [tape # 26]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage continuing from [MI-404] tape 25 of the interview with John [?] about the Sky hawks. He discusses the characteristics that the Canadian Military looks for when choosing new members of the Sky hawks. Also includes footage of airplanes in the air, a sunset, men and supplies, in military green, parachuting out of an airplane and landing in a field, and Sky hawks team members sky diving and performing tricks with their parachutes. Original camera source tape 26.

Sky hawks [tape # 25]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage of men preparing to parachute out of an airplane, checking each other's equipment, and jumping out of the airplane. Audio recorded inside the airplane is dominated by airplane noise, some break-up. Also includes footage from the ground of an airplane taking off and landing, Sky hawks parachuting to the ground, performing the bomb burst, and landing. An interview with John regarding the Sky Hawks performance schedule, how it is planned each each year, and the general make-up of the team and how it is formed, and how team members are selected. Original camera source tape 25.

Sky hawks [tape # 24]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Item includes footage of military parachute drills and men jumping off a tower in simulated parachute jumps. Original camera source tape 24.

Sky hawks [tape # 23]

Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's pilitary parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage of military drills, inspection, and men packing snowshoes along with other equipment, a shot of the "Airborne Pathfinder" logo, a lecture, demonstration, and lesson on proper airborne emergency procedures, practice jumps in a gym with simulated parachute apparatus, outdoor training; men put on practice parachute gear. Original camera source tape 23.

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