Footage of ducks flying off a lake.
Possible locations of the film include Nimpo Lake, Anahim Lake, or Lassard Lake.
Footage of ducks flying off a lake.
Possible locations of the film include Nimpo Lake, Anahim Lake, or Lassard Lake.
Footage of man fly fishing on river shore and catching steelhead salmon.
Possible locations of the film include the Bella Coola River or the Dean River.
Footage of Nimpo Lake Lodge.
Footage of men unloading hay for cattle from a horse-drawn flat bed trailer, a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains, and people being driven in flat bed tractor out to a small silver plane and taking off.
The footage begins with a man hauling a rubber boat to shore. The man displays the fish that he has caught to the camera. The film cuts to a pontoon plane for Coast Mountain Flight Services Ltd., and then back to the man placing his fish into a bag. The filming then returns to the plane taking off over water. There is aerial footage of the river and mountains, most likely the Bella Coola Valley. Also include is footage of duck with ducklings.
Possible other locations that are seen in the footage are Gitcha Mountains, Ulkatcho Mountains or Rainbow Mountains.
Footage of thee men in dugout canoe bringing in ooligan nets full of ooligan fish on what is believed to be the Bella Coola river. Two of the men bring in the net while the third bails water. The men then bring in the canoe to shore using long poles. Women then join and help transport the fish to shore and then place the fish in large "stink box" where they are stirred with a stick.
Footage of fly fishing on a river, possibly the Bella Coola River or Dean River, fishing in river canyon, footage of deer, footage of Alert Bay, village, marina and totem poles on shore, footage of a white robin, and a woman holding her salmon catch. Also include is recordings of the Anahim stampede and the bucking bronco event.
Footage of a "stink box" used in Ooligan grease production in what is assumed to be Bella Coola. Also there is footage of some men fly-fishing on a river shore, either the Bella Coola River or the Dean River. There is a close-up clip of them baiting a hook, and then a shot of the men using gaff and hook to haul fish to shore. The men display their catch for the camera and there is a panoramic view of the mountains behind them. Included are some clips of Robson's deer, and a white robin.
Possible other locations in this film include the Atnarko region, Rainbow Mountains, Ulgoatcho Mountains and Chilcotin area.
Footage of ducks on a lake and flying away, horses in a corral, a campsite, caribou in the high country of the mountains, probably the Rainbow Mountains, a campsite where men are packing horses and game kill and their journey home in pack train.
Possible locations of filming include Anahim Lake, Chilcotin area, Holt Homestead, Rainbow Mountains, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, or Wells Gray Provincial Park.
Footage of a horse ranch called "Cless Pocket Ranch" and hay fields surrounding. There is men at work using a sawmill to cut wood into planks and men working in the hay field with their young sons on the ranch. Cless Pocket Ranch is located in the Chilcotin area of BC near Anahim Lake.
Also included is footage of the Anahim Lake stampede, the people watching and playing, the arena and the concession stand.
Begins with footage of maps of the Bella Coola area, Tweedsmuir Park, and Wells Gray Park. Then there is a title slide that reads "Steelhead Unlimited on the Bella Cover River". There is general scenery footage of mountains, streams, rivers, a black bear, a white robin, Eagles.
Footage of men floating down minor river rapids in a rubber boats the men banking their boat and fishing from shore.
Footage of Ooligan fishing and processing : paddling the long dugout canoe with the nets in the water, hauling the fish to shore, placing them in "stink boxes" to extract the grease, and wrapping up the nets .
Possible locations of the footage is Bella Coola, Bella Bella, Bella Coola River, Dean River, Chilcotin region, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park or Wells Gray Park.
Footage from a small plane overlooking the landscape of what is believed to be either the Bella Coola Valley, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, Rainbow Mountains, or Chilcotin area.
Footage of hunting party setting up camp in the high country of the mountains. There is a herd of caribou and footage of caribou trophy kill. There is filming of two marmots and additional recordings of camp cooking and socializing.
The film ends with the hunters entering the plane again and returning to their original camp, believed to be Nimpo lake.
Film begins with aerial footage of mountains believed to be around Bella Coola. Then recording of men loading barrels, supposedly of gas, into a boat using a "home made" winch and boom construction. They ferry the barrels up stream, the river is assumed to be Dean River. and use a similar construction to bring the barrels to shore.
There is also footage of men fishing in the river.
Al Elsey compiled his original footage from 1965 to produce this commercial film that deals with fly-fishing for Steelhead Salmon on the Dean River and Bella Coola River. The video provides a compilation of film footage shot by Elsey and is narrated by him describing the activities documented in the footage.
Footage of steelhead salmon jumping in river channel. The location is unknown.
Footage of Dr. Triffenhagen putting mill eggs as bait on a hook for fishing. Speculated locations include the Bella Coola River or the Dean River.
Footage of title text that reads: “The Bella Coola Indians and Their ‘Food from the Sea’ Photographed by Al Elsey."
Speculated locations of the location of this footage include Bella Bella, Bella Coola or the Bella Coola River.
Footage of a lake shore and a dog, Suzie, retrieving an object from the lake. There is footage of a fish flipping around on the ice and another shot a fish swimming under the lake ice. There are also a recording of a white weasel climbing a tree
It is speculated that location of this film is either Anahim Lake or Fenton Lake.
Footage of a pack train in what is believed to be the Rainbow Mountains.
Footage of chipmunk eating. Location of filming is unknown.
Footage of fly fishing in a river, possibly the Bella Coola or Dean River, as well as footage of a caribou herd in the high country of possibly the Rainbow Mountains.
Footage of man holding up and examining a moose head trophy in winter.
Possible locations include the Chilcotin region, Rainbow Mountains or Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.
Footage of two people, Doris and Jerry, in a rowboat on a lake.
Speculated locations include Anahim Lake, Fenton Lake or Lassard Lake.
Footage of a caribou herd.
Probable locations of filming include the Chilcotin area, Rainbow Mountains, or Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.
Footage of white robin.
Location of filming is unknown.
Man fly-fishing from river shore.
The river is believed to be the Bella Coola River or the Dean River.
Footage of a Black bear on a river bank.
Possible locations of filming could be Dean River or Bella Coola River.
Footage of a group of swans on a lake, possibly Anahim Lake. Footage of what is believed to be Al Elsey's front yard.
Footage of black bear on rocks by river shore. The bear eventually runs away into the surrounding forest.
Footage of a herd of caribou running on mountain plateau, probably the Rainbow Mountains. Also various clips of hunting camp and the men loading their pack horses.
Winter footage at a ranch, believed to be "Pan's." Film includes recordings of the men loading a tractor with an attached flatbed with gear, putting horses in the corral, and feeding cows hay from a flatbed sleigh pulled by a horse.
Location is believed to be Bella Coola or Tchaha Lake.
Footage of clay cliffs, winter scenery that show snow and ice on trees, and birds, maybe jays, eating crab apples.
Location is believed to be the Chilcotin area.
Film begins with short introduction of girl pointing to a map and drawing a line to where the men will be hunting.
Footage from a small plane overlooking the landscape of what is believed to be either the Bella Coola Valley, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, Rainbow Mountains, or Chilcotin area.
Footage of hunting party setting up camp in the high country of the mountains. There is a herd of caribou and footage of caribou trophy kill. There is filming of two marmots and additional recordings of camp cooking and socializing.
The film ends with the hunters entering the plane again and returning to their original camp, believed to be Nimpo lake.
The first portion of the film begins with a map of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park and then cuts to a motor boat on a lake, possibly Fenton Lake, and men fishing on the lake. The next clip is of more men fly-fishing on a river, possibly the Bella Coola River or the Dean River. A short clip follows of two children in a boat with a man pushing them along with a rod. There is footage of the scenic landscape, which is most likely the Bella Coola Valley, and a cabin, which is believed to be Elsey's. A woman believed to be Mrs. Elsey sits on the porch and then arranges her flowers. The film shows some ducks on the lake, two squirrels playing and the Elsey's dog in a boat. Mrs. Elsey pulls the boat ashore in the next clip and then the film shows her working in her vegetable garden. There is more scenic filming of the valley and a man cutting down a tree with a chain saw. There is footage of a grouse beating it's wings, chipmunk looking for seeds, birds in a marsh, three moose in a marsh, and a bald eagle perched and flying.
There is a break in the film and the second portion begins with footage of cabin in the mountains, a baby in a cradle, an elder First Nations woman, and a gathering of First Nations peoples by a tent. There is a shot of a picnic site sign labelled "Burnt Bridge Picnic site Parks Branch" and another sign that reads "Kalyskt Creek." There is then footage of the creek and a truck driving down a dirt road. There is then a group of people boarding a motor boat in a river and driving up and down the river, which could possibly be the Dean River or the Bella Coola River. There is then more filming of a cabin in the mountains, possibly Elsey's, and a man cleaning a large fish he caught. Then there is footage of men in a rubber raft floating down a river and fishing from the raft, and then some other men traveling in a motor boat.
There is an another break and the third portion of the film begins with footage of birds on a lake and footage from a boat showing the mountains. On land there is filming of two bears walking, men hunting the bear, killing the bear, and skinning the bear. The film cuts back to the boat and the filming the mountains along the water. The people on the boat then pull up crab traps from the water and cook the crabs on the boat. The film ends with footage of salmon jumping and a man filleting his fish catch.
Fonds consists of original, silent 16mm reels that portray the natural, social and land use history of the Bella Coola and Chilcotin regions named the "Natural and Guiding History of the Bella Coola and Chilcotin Regions".
Possible locations that Al Elsey filmed include: Bella Coola, Bella Bella, Anahim Lake, Alert Bay, Nimpo Lake, Bulkey Valley, the Rainbow Mountains, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, Dean River, Bella Coola River, Tchaha Lake, the Chilcotin region, the Ulkatcho Mountains, Lassard Lake, Fenton Lake, Atnarko River, Wells Gray Park, and Holt Homestead.