“Hudson's Bay Company Centenary Celebrations, reel 2 of 18” (1919)

This footage is from the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives. It was taken in 1919 by filmmakers Harold Wyckoff and Bill Derr and was later edited together to make the Hudson Bay Company's 250th anniversary film called Romance of the Far Fur Country which was produced by Educational Films Corporation and released in 1920. Reel consists of the following footage: Port Burwell post manager and family; Inuk child and huskies; Captain Mack shooting a walrus in Hudson Strait; Beacon Island; S.S. Nascopie met by Inuk pilot Muneapick in kayak; HBC post Lake Harbour; elevated view of Lake Harbour; HBC district manager Ralph Parsons and Inuit discussing the First World War; candy scramble; feeding huskies; Inuit women and children at Lake Harbour; unloading live cargo from S.S. Nascopie; assigning hunting grounds to Inuit trappers. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Hudson's Bay Company Centenary Celebrations, reel 2 of 18, 1919, F119-2 : http://pam.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwi... Archival records can contain outdated, offensive and/or harmful language and content that reflects the time in which they were created. Read the Archives of Manitoba’s statement on language and content for more information. https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/st...