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ADK : opportunities for discovery.

File consists of one videocassette with "ADK: Opportunities for Discovery." Included is a note from Marie Harvey to Kathy [?] indicating that the tape is for the Ontario Mu Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa as they did not attend the Ontario Convention and did not receive one.

Alpha Delta Kappa. Province of Ontario Chapter

Kitchener Downtown Mall

Film approximately 7:20 minutes in length of Kitchener Mall a pedestrianized stretch of King Street East in downtown Kitchener during the summer months. Pedestrians and cyclists are seen moving along sidewalks and crossing streets, with the occasional trolleybus passing by. Parking spaces are painted in white hash marks with numerous tree-filled planters, flowerbeds, and benches positioned within and along them. Shots of flower beds, sculptures, a water fountain donated by the Big Brothers Association, and people seated on patios and benches appear through out. Buildings and storefronts visible include: Odeon, Eaton's, Kresge, Dutch Boy Food Market, Strand Bowl, Palladium Restaurant, Lyric theatre, Pennsylvania Kitchen, Goudies Department Store, the Walper Hotel, Queen's Restaurant, the Toronto Dominion Bank, Grafton's, Woolworth's, Sally's, Zeller's, Jack Fraser, Herman Lippert Mens Wear, Young's Jewellers, Samer's, and Frank's Mens Wear.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record

John Turner: in his own words.

Published copy of the documentary John Turner : in his own words, produced by Stornoway Productions Inc., in 2006, and with the participation of John English among others.

English, John

Tank parade.

Film of a parade moving down a crowd lined street taken from above. Marching bands, military personal, veterans, and nurses are among those included in the parade. Union Jack flag being carried by military personnel. Film box includes handwritten notes that read: "Convertible, Band-, Tank, [Truck?] Motor Cycles, Marchers, Band, Army, Recruits, Recruit Band?, Sea Cadet?, White Uniforms?, Coin Toss, Into Flag, WWI Vets?"

Schneider family

Picard twins at Southampton.

Film of two infants, Lorraine and Leonard Pickard, seated on the sand of a beach on a sunny day.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Picard twins at Southampton (Mabel Ahrens + Bill Picard Toronto Lorraine + Leonard)

Schneider family

Fred and Bill Schweitzer, Herb, Howie, Brita.

Film of the Schneider children, cousins and friends playing, digging in sand and in water at a beach. Includes Herbert and Howard Schneider with Billy Schweitzer and Fred Schneider seated together on a bench and playing in the yard of 76 Schneider Avenue; [Herbert?] Schneider doing cartwheels and Howard watches; Herbert, Buddy K. and John Siegner digging a large hole in the sand on a beach; Herbert and Howard drinking soda from glass bottles; and Brita Schneider smiling at the camera while walking as a toddler, sometimes unsteadily, around the backyard of the Schneider family home; Howard and Ethel Schneider watching and helping Brita as she moves around the yard; and Herbert, Buddy and John floating boats in the water at a Southampton beach.

Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people in film:

  • Brita Schneider
  • Frederick Schneider
  • Herbert Schneider
  • Howard Schneider
  • Billy Schweitzer
  • John Siegner
  • Buddy K

Schneider family

Herbert, Howard and Brita in kimonos at cottage.

Film of Herbert, Howard and Brita Schneider walking outdoors at the family cottage. Includes Herbert and Howard wearing haori style robes and Brita walking on the sand in a white nightshirt. Film also includes dark footage of a group of adults and a group of men standing outside of an unidentified [general store?].

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Herb + Howie + Brita in kimonos at Freeport Cottage. Fishing? Cut out!"

Schneider family

Boys with football, Howie, Herb, Don Daub, Mickey Braun, ?, and Pal.

Film of Howard and Herbert Schneider tossing a football around with Don Daub, Mikey Braun and an identified friend with their dog, a Boston Terrier named Pal, running between everyone, chasing the ball.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Howie, Herb, Don Daub, Mikey Braun, Unknown boy white sweater + Pal in Victoria Park."

Schneider family

Rockway Gardens.

Film of blooming flower beds at Rockway Gardens. Taken on a sunny day the footage includes intermittent views of the what are likely the Janzen memorial water fountains. Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Everything blooming! Fantastic".

Schneider family

Southampton, diving.

Film of Schneider and extended family at Southampton during the summer. Includes [Kay?] and John Seigner and Buddy Koenig pulling a toy boat through the water with other children; Walter Sienger washing his hair; unidentified teenagers and Norman C. Schneider diving and jumping into water; and Herbert and Howard Schneider jumping into sand and building a castle with Norman.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "On beach toy boat, Kay Siegner, Buddy Koenig in boat, Herb ? ? ?, Walter Siegner washing hair, Diving ? NCS, Waves, Herb + Howie jump + sand + NCS"

Schneider family

Funny faces, Herb, Howie, Norman, Fred H., Alf G., Gord M., fishing.

Film of the Schneider family and friends. Includes Herbert and Howard Schneider dressed up in in hats, glasses a rubber nose and beards; Norman C. Schneider dressed up like Hebert and Howard lighting a cigar; a dark view of Victoria Park; Alf Gofton outside a home with Gord McPhail and another unidentified adult; a view of a road taken from a car as it drives under a sign that reads "Gateway of the North / City of North Bay"; a panoramic view of a fishing camp and surrounding lake as someone unloads a car and others converse along the shoreline; and general views of buildings on the lake and people, including Gord McPhail and Fred Schneider, fishing and eating on a rocky shoreline.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Herb + Howie Funny faces, NCS - Cigar, Victoria Park, Alf Gofton House, Gateway to North ? , Lake ?, Camp, Gord McPhail, Alf Gofton, Fred H"

Schneider family

French River fishing.

Film includes the commercial movie Big Fish (a Castle film produced by Eugene W. Castle and edited by Don Hancock) [0:10-03:47] and footage of a Schneider family fishing trip to Lake Nipissing with Herbert, Frederick and Howard Schneider, Hyalie MacDonald and others [03:48-07:30]. Includes shots of Herbert and Howard proudly showing their catches to the camera, views of the lake and sandy beach, the group cleaning fish along a rocky shoreline, and the cabin where they stayed.

Canister includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Herb Fred on top of cabin of boat in Lake Nipissing, Hyalie MacDonald, [illegible], Howie, [illegible] lunch + cleaning fish + cabin in woods, sandy beach".

Schneider family

Le Havre.

Film of street and habour scenes in Le Havre, France. Includes the Monument aux Morts and a view of Schneider surnames on the list of the dead; the front of the Bellevue hotel and restaurant; outdoor urinals; the exteriors of the Grand Théâtre and the Galeries du Havre; and a movie poster for Le petit lord fauntleroy; and an unidentified man raising a beer in salute and then spilling it.

Film canister includes handwritten notes about film that read: "War monument - Schneiders, Harbour, Sailing boat, Street scenes, semi open toilets, Movie ad, Butcher shops, Who? spills beer, Harbour + Restaurants."

Schneider family

Rotary picnic.

Film of a Rotary picnic at an unidentified location. Attendees (all adult white men) are captured participating in land- and water-based activities and socializing. They appear in costumes throughout sometimes dressed as [homeless?] people, English police officers, aristocrats, etc. Include attendees seated and standing in a large horse-drawn wagon with "The Devonshire Nabobs" painted on side; the pouring of [beer?] from a white pitcher and the stacking of used glasses; people in paddle boats, including one named "Smidgie," paddling in circles, trying to tip each other over and splashing others with water; camera pans of attendees seated and standing at various points of the event; a costumed band featuring brass instruments performing; a water hose fight; shots of adults in a life-sized [bull?] costume being led around by a butcher; views of an unidentified building, possibly at a golf course, where the event was held; attendees playing horseshoes; and people teeing off.

Schneider family

Church of the Good Shepherd : cornerstone dedication picnic.

Adults and children leaving the [Church of the New Jerusalem], presumably after a service; an external view of the church building and architecture taken from across the street and up close, including a view of a sign that reads: "Church of the New Jerusalem / Rev. John W. Spiers, M.Ed. Pastor. / 15 Water St. N. / Sunday School 9:45 AM / Services 11 A.M. / All are welcome"; a view of a different sign that reads: "Church of the Good Shepherd / New location of the / Church of Jerusalem / Now at corner of King & Water Sts. / Rev. John W. Spiers Pastor;" a brass band performing in uniform with partially built building visible in background along with a view of officials, including J.M. Schneider standing on a podium; a view of a crowd of spectators; a 1935 stone being put into place as others, including J.M. Schneider look on; remarks being given next to stone after its placement; multiple pans of seated and standing spectators in at the cornerstone placement event; and children, including those from the Schneider family, watching mortar and stones being laid on top of cornerstone.

The film then jumps forward in time to: external view of the completed church building during winter, seen from the corner of Margaret Ave. and Queen St. with vehicles parked and driving along a snow covered Margaret included in frame; people dressed for cold weather exiting the church building; a camera pan of the stained glass windows above the front entrance; external views of the church architecture; more people leaving the church, several of whom smile toward the camera, and others walking along Queen.

Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people captured on film. Individuals include, among others:

  • Harry Halliwell
  • J. M. Schneider
  • Dick Wright

Schneider family

Olympic Games, August 1-16, 1936, Berlin #1.

Film taken during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Includes the opening ceremonies and the entrance of Olympic teams from Canada, Japan and Germany; the lighting of the Olympic flame in the stadium cauldron; several shots of stadium spectators with arms extended in Nazi salute; views of the Olympic grounds and environs; views of Nazi flags on display on Olympic grounds and outside of the [Reichstag?]; and multiple sporting events including: track, hurdles, polo, and water polo.

Schneider family

Olympic Games, August 1-16, 1936, Berlin #2.

Film taken during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Includes footage of a large scale calisthenics demonstration; Korean athlete Sohn Kee-chung, who won the marathon running gold medal while competing for Japan, speaking and signing autographs; a view of Brandenburg Gate and the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument; a partial pan of a busy Berlin street; an exterior view of Amerika Haus; various scenes shot on the Olympic Village grounds and views of buildings there, as well as athletes and delegation members walking on the grounds, practising for events, playing organized activities, and relaxing; a panoramic view of sail boats in what may be Kiel Bay; uniformed officers marching through the street; and the closing ceremonies. Extended footage of sporting events appear through out including: water polo [continued from end of Berlin #1 reel], marathon running, relay, diving (platform and springboard), and equestrian jumping.

Schneider family

Munich, Garmish-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze, Augsberg.

Film taken while touring various towns in Germany including Munich, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze, and Augsburg. Ivan Keffer appears at certain points and is likely the person filming Norman Schneider playing and digging in snow. The majority of the footage consists of scenic landscape views of mountain ranges and lakes taken from moving cards, trains and a gondola, as well as shots taken while stationary on a snow covered mountain and in town squares. Various architectural features, such as the Clock Tower and Hercules Fountain in Augsburg, are included as are shots of towns people and tourists, some dressed in lederhosen and others rock climbing.

Schneider family

Norman Schneider : interview with Gary Mclaren, "Scan" TV program on CKCO TV.

Film of Norman Schneider, in his capacity of Senior Vice-President of J.M. Schneider, Inc. being interviewed regarding the company's 75th anniversary. The discussion includes an overview of how the company began, including J.M. Schneider's early years and employment in the local button industry before beginning to make and sell sausage door to door. Reference is made to employees owning 45% of shares in the company and being members of an unaffiliated, independent union certified by the Ontario Labour Board. The company is noted as being the 4th largest meat packing company in Canada, operating out of one main plant on Courtland Avenue and paying $100,000 a year in municipal taxes. Most of the meat, at that time, came from 75-100 miles of the plant with expenditures on livestock averaging $30 million per year. Schneider shares that during the winter months approximately 1450 people work at the plant increasing to more than 1500 during busier times of the year, which may include summer students to cover staff vacations. The host and Schneider discuss a centennial project at Doon Pioneer Village for which the company built a butcher shop, before concluding with a discussion about control of the company and plans for possible expansion in the area.

Schneider family

Fred and Gord, pool at cottage, Southampton, ice storm.

Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people captured on film. Individuals include:

  • Annette Gofton
  • Eleanor Gofton
  • Jerene Gofton
  • Marion Gofton
  • Buddy Koenig
  • Edith MacDonald
  • Hyalie MacDonald
  • Gord McPhail
  • Bill Picard
  • Brita Schneider
  • Fred Schneider
  • Herbert Schneider
  • Howard Schneider
  • Jean Schneider
  • Maude Schneider
  • Carolyn Siegner
  • Emma Siegner
  • Walter [?]

Schneider family

Niagara Falls.

Film of the Niagara Falls and surrounding grounds taken from various vantage points. Includes Ethel Schneider walking next to a flower garden; views of plants and trees in bloom; a rainbow over the water; and the Ontario flag on the back of a boat.

Film canister includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Ethel Schneider. Garden, Flowers, Tulip Tree, Chestnut, Falls. American, Horseshoe Falls, Maid of Mist, (Lots of water!) Ontario Flag".

Schneider family

Harmsworth trophy race, St. Clair River, Sept. 2 and 4, 1933.

Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about film that read: "Pleasure Cruiser people ? ? ?, Drinking on board, show off in small out board, various launches + fast boats, choppy water, the fleets in, some lousy seamanship, the [Tashmoo?], the race begins, very fast boats for that time, the captain + friends + crew".

Schneider family

Parry Sound fishing.

Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about place and people in film. They include:

  • Bob Foot
  • Hyalie MacDonald
  • Norman C. Schneider
  • Dr. Wynn
  • George Ziegler

List of film contents also includes reference to "Indian kids".

Schneider family

Canoe Race and demonstration, Victoria Lake.

Film of adults standing in canoes racing and demonstrating various stunts as crowds of people watch from the shoreline in Victoria Park. Includes a view of the boathouse.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Canoe race + demo Victoria Park Kit".

Schneider family

Skating at Victoria Park.

Film of people skating and playing hockey in Victoria park. Includes crowds of people skating with views of the boathouse in view; a group playing pick-up hockey with the bandstand visible in background; and members of the Schneider family, including Norman C. Schneider, skating and walking together across the ice.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Skating at Victoria Park + Hockey, Fred, Herb, Jean, FHS, NCS?, John, Kay, Walter, [illegible], Kay, Walte Siegner, Fred P, [Herb?], Walter Siegner no skates, Kay, Jean, NCS, Bump Backwards."

Schneider family

Chicopee Ski Club, #1.

Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people in film. Individuals include:

  • Jake Bates
  • Clair Duffus
  • John "Jack" Halliwell
  • Joe [Hauck?]
  • Morris Hearn
  • Bobby Rooke
  • ? Schaeffer
  • Joe Schiedel
  • Dave Schneider
  • Dorothy Schneider
  • Herb Schneider

Schneider family

Limberlost, 1936, black.

Canister includes notes by unknown hand about places and people in film. Individuals include, among others:

  • Jake Baetz
  • Jack Hallowell
  • Vince Hauck
  • Dave Schneider
  • Frederick Schneider
  • Norman C. Schneider

Schneider family

Tremblant, 1941, FHS, NCS.

Canister includes handwritten notes in unknown hand about places and people in film. Individuals include:

  • Gord McPhail
  • Dorothy Meyers
  • Dorothy Schneider
  • Norman C. Schneider

Schneider family

Unknown picnic at Waterloo Park.

Film of an unidentified picnic in Waterloo Park. Includes adults and children conversing, playing games and participating in races based on age and gender, and a view of home plate as a group of men play baseball.

Schneider family

Chicopee Ski Club and Laurentians.

Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people in film. Individuals include, among others:

  • Arnie Bast
  • Jare Bates
  • Claire Duffus
  • Vince Hauch and daughter
  • Roy Hemmeric
  • Herbs friends from OAC
  • Bob McColloy
  • Bob McCollum
  • Bill Nickson
  • Jules Nielsen
  • Brita Schneider
  • Frederick Schneider
  • Herbert Schneider
  • Howard Schneider
  • John Whaley

Schneider family

Mount Gabriel.

Canister includes notes by unknown hand about places in film. Includes possible source: "this could have been one of the times Dad went skiing at Mt Gabriel from Ottawa when Dad was an MP."

Schneider family

Alpine Inn at Mont Tremblant.

Film box includes notes in unknown hand about film. They read: "Single chair lift on south side. Ski instructor demonstrates 'Rotation' Arlberg technique. [illegible]".

Schneider family

The Birches, Emmie Anthes.

Film of Norman, Ethel, Brita, Herbert and Howard visiting Emma Anthes at The Birches. Includes shots of the children walking in a row; the family moving around the grounds; views of the flower gardens; and the group standing among a large patch of blooming hollyhocks.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Herb Howie Brita, Brita with parasol, Brita Howie Herb, Emmie + Ethel Sch!, Emmie in the hollyhocks, Bird feeders, Emmie + NCS"

Schneider family

Placing trout in pond.

Film of two unidentified adults pouring trout info a body of water from a metal container.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "NCS + FHS shared a trout point somewhere out in townships?"

Schneider family

Brita May birthday, Herbert and Howard closeup, Mount Forest trout.

Film of Brita Schneider's first birthday party that beings with the view of a sign board that reads: "Britay May / "Sweet Gal" / Age 1 Year Mar. 21 1932". Includes footage of children in party hats seated around a candle lit table drinking from tea cups; Brita in a high chair reacting excitedly and in front of a cake with one candle on top; children seated on a floor with Brita among them. Footage then cuts to a close up Herbert and Howard seated beside each other playing and smiling at the camera. Footage cuts once more to the grounds surrounding a trout pond in Mount Forest, including Alf Gofton, Norman Schneider and an unidentified man showing off fish laid along the length of a piece of wood.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Herb + Howie close up. Mount Forest trout pond. Brita birthday party 76 Schneider Ave. Close up Herb + Howie. Trout pond property. Alf Gofton on right + NCS at right."

Schneider family

Norman C. Schneider : 16 mm films, silent : tape two of four.

UW #22 Olympic Games, August 1-16, 1936, Berlin #1; UW #23 Olympic games, August 1-16, 1936, Berlin #2; UW#24 Munich, Garmish-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze, Augsberg. 1936; UW# 25 New York, Unteröwisheim, Mannheim, German Autobahn, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Wansee at Berlin, Keffer home in Berlin, Hitler laying cornerstone at Tourist Office in Berlin. 1938.

Schneider family

Norman C. Schneider : 16 mm films, silent : tape three of four.

UW #28 1939 Royal visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Kitchener by train.;UW # 33 Parade of 16 J.M. Schneider trucks. - [19--].;UW # 36 Winter, Kitchener includes footage of Santa Claus parade, children receiving stockings. Winter family footage and scenery - 1930.; UW #42 Europe # 1: Montreal, S.S. Duchess of York, Cherbourg, The Needles (Isle of Wight), Southampton, Antwerp, Berlin [incl. Keffers; this trip is a Rotary trip?-- sign on pier says "Welcome Rotarians"]; UW#43 Europe # 2 Berlin to Dresden : Moritzburg, Zwinger, Elbe River, Potsdam, Historic [hall?], Sans Souci Castle, Stadt [?], Tempelhofer Feld, Rothenburg. [193-].

Schneider family

Norman C. Schneider : 16 mm films, silent : tape four of four.

UW #44 Europe #3: German reforestation, Nuremburg, City Hall Square, Neptune's fountain, Munich, Munich City Hall, Glockenspiel, Switzerland border, Zurich, Lucerne, Swiss lacemakers, [?] [193-]; UW#45 Europe #4: Lake Lucerne, Altdorf, Lucerne, Interlaken, Jungfrau, [?, Jua[?] Pass, Montreux, Lausanne. [193-]; UW#46 Europe #5: Basel, Heidelberg, Worms, Luther memorial, Frankfurt, Kassel, Freiburg, shoeing an ox, Baden, Berlin, Reichstag, Vienna. [193--].;

Schneider family

Norman C. Schneider : 16 mm films, tape three of three.

UW #60 Chicopee Ski Club and Laurentians, 1948-1949; UW #57 Limberlost, 1936; UW #58 Limberlost, 1937; UW #59 Mont Tremblant, 1941, FHS, NCS; UW #62 Alpine Inn at Mont Tremblant, 1948; UW #61 Mount Gabriel, 1952; By hook or crook 1954 & Ski Laurentians 1955

Schneider family

Norman C. Schneider : 16 mm films.

UW #4 Canoe Race and demonstration, Victoria Lake, 1939; UW #50 FHS and Jean Hawkings 16 mm movies : Royal visit 1939; UW #1 Tank parade 1940; UW #52 FHS and Jean Hawkings 16 mm movies : Kitchener Military Parade. - 1940; UW #55 Chicopee Ski Club, #1, 1935-1936; UW #56 Chicopee Ski Club, #2, 1935; UW #60 Chicopee Ski Club and Laurentians, 1948-1949; UW #57 Limberlost, 1936; UW #58 Limberlost, 1937; UW #59 Mont Tremblant, 1941, FHS, NCS; UW #62 Alpine Inn at Mont Tremblant, 1948; UW #61 Mount Gabriel, 1952; Ski Laurentians 1955.

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