Archival film showing

Time: Wednesday, October 25
from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (2 hours)

FREE

The Yukon Council of Archives (YCA) invites everyone to a special FREE public showing of archival Yukon films in celebration of the Territory’s 125th anniversary.

The showing will include a rare film entitled Family Afoot in the Yukon which was shot in 1940 by an American writer named Bill Albee. It features his wife Ruth and their two young children as they walked from Watson Lake to Lower Post and then onward to the Frances Lake area, all before the building of the Alaska Highway. On the way, near Lower Post, the Albee family encountered Liard Tom, his wife Ada, and children, who assisted them in their journey to Frances Lake. The expedition was described in the January 1942 National Geographic Magazine.

Yukon Archives will show a selection of footage from recently digitized 8mm and 16mm films dating from the 1930s to the 1970s. The films, shot in black & white or colour, document Yukon communities and cultures in Dawson City, Old Crow, Fort Selkirk, Mayo, Haines Junction, Carcross, Whitehorse, and others. They were taken by amateur filmmakers who captured public and family events, their private and work lives, recreational activities, and the planes, trains, and automobiles that transported them about the Yukon, including all types of watercraft.

Local filmmaker Max Fraser will present his documentary on the Little John Archaeology site near Beaver Creek, featuring White River First Nation Elders and archaeologist Norman Easton.

YCA gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Yukon 125 Fund for the evening.

Refreshments will be served.