- SCA316-GA352
- Fonds
- [191-]
File consists of one film reel showing the exterior and operations of the R. Forbes Co. woollen mill in Hespeler (Cambridge), Ontario. The mill would later become the Dominion Woollen and Worsted Mill.
R. Forbes & Co. Ltd.
This site is a work in progress. Tell us what you think.
File consists of one film reel showing the exterior and operations of the R. Forbes Co. woollen mill in Hespeler (Cambridge), Ontario. The mill would later become the Dominion Woollen and Worsted Mill.
R. Forbes & Co. Ltd.
Galt flood, April 6, 1929 : original material for master and working print.
Consists of an original film titled : "April 6th, 1929 Galt Flood," which was either produced by or collected by Bill Law. The material was incorporated into a master, and working print of a film titled : GRCA prologue, produced for the GRCA on May 12, 1978.
Grand River Conservation Authority
GRCA Prologue, 1976; Galt Flood, April 6, 1929.
Consists of a DVD transfer of a two 16 mm films: GRCA prologue / Summit Film Productions Limited [for the Grand River Conservation Authority.] - [Reproduced 1978 (originally created 1929)]. and Galt flood, April 6, 1929 : original material for master and working print. - 1929.
Grand River Conservation Authority
GRCA prologue / Summit Film Productions Limited [for the Grand River Conservation Authority.]
The film incorporates original material reproduced from a film entitled "April 6th 1929 Galt Flood," which was either made by or collected by Bill Law.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Early aviation Lexington 1930 : KW Municipal Airport. Can #1.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Duplicates of National Film Board reels.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about place and people in film. They include:
List of film contents also includes reference to "Indian kids".
Schneider family
Early aviation Lexington 1930 : KW Municipal Airport. Can #2.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Duplicates of National Film Board reels.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Brita May birthday, Herbert and Howard closeup, Mount Forest trout.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Fred and Bill Schweitzer, Herb, Howie, Brita.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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:
Schneider family
Fred and Gord, pool at cottage, Southampton, ice storm.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people captured on film. Individuals include:
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Harmsworth trophy race, St. Clair River, Sept. 2 and 4, 1933.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about film.
Schneider family
Copenhagen, Cologne, Weisbaden, Berlin, Europe.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about film.
Schneider family
Funny faces, Herb, Howie, Norman, Fred H., Alf G., Gord M., fishing.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
FHS and Jean Hawkings 16 mm movies : Atlantic storm.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Church of the Good Shepherd : cornerstone dedication picnic.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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:
Schneider family
Chicopee Ski Club, Feb. 23, 1935, colour #2, 25 anniversary and 40th, # 2.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes by Norman C. Schneider about places and people in film. Individuals include:
Schneider family
Olympic Games, August 1-16, 1936, Berlin #2.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people in film. Individuals include:
Schneider family
Part of Jim Rutherford and George Harrington Guy collection.
One film reel, a home movie showing members of the Guy family and friends. The film shows family activities at Big Bay and in Waterloo including babies, a boat regatta, hydro place races, playing hockey, and more. A scene list by Jim Guy is included.
Guy, James Rutherford and George Harrington
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Olympic Games, August 1-16, 1936, Berlin #1.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Munich, Garmish-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze, Augsberg.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes notes by unknown hand about places and people in film. Individuals include, among others:
Schneider family
Part of Jim Rutherford and George Harrington Guy collection.
One film reel, a home movie showing members of the Guy family and friends. Film shows family activities at Big Bay and Lake Rosseau including boating, children, a sunset, vacationing with friends, and more. A scene list by Jim Guy is included.
Guy, James Rutherford and George Harrington
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people, including Ivan, Mary and Mary Keffer, captured on film.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
No. 4 : Lake Lucerne, Altdorf, Lucerne, Interlaken, Jungfrau, [?, Jua[?] Pass, Montreux, Lousanne.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about film.
Schneider family
FHS and Jean Hawkings 16 mm movies : Christmas dinner.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "JMS's poor light in places. City Hall - horse + sleigh, Xmas lights, poor lighting in spots".
Schneider family
Shand Dam construction, 1937-1939.
Consists of a DVD transfer of a videocassette of 8 mm film footage of the construction of the Shand Dam, near Belwood, Ont. The footage was probably taken by Hugh Templin, GRCA commissioner and editor of the Fergus News Record.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Shand Dam construction and royal visit, 1939.
Consists of DVD transfer of videocassette of 8 mm film footage of the construction of the Shand Dam near Belwood, Ont. and of the disembarking of HRH George VI and Queen Elizabeth from the royal train at Guelph, Ont. in 1939. The film was made by Ron Muller.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Royal visit to Kitchener by train.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Parade of 16 J.M. Schneider trucks.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Picnic - New Church"
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about film.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Canoe race demonstration, Victoria Lake, 1939.
Part of Schneider family collection.
One videocassette transfer from a 16 mm film by Norman Schneider.
Schneider family
Shand Dam construction, 1937-1939.
Consists of a videocassette transfer of 8 mm film footage of the construction of the Shand Dam, near Belwood, Ont. The footage was probably taken by Hugh Templin, GRCA Commissioner and editor of the Fergus News Record.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Herbert, Howard and Brita in kimonos at cottage.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Canoe Race and demonstration, Victoria Lake.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
FHS and Jean Hawkings 16 mm movies : Royal visit.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
One videocassette transfer from a 16 mm film by Norman Schneider, narrated by Herb Schneider.
Schneider family
FHS and Jean Hawkings 16 mm movies : Kitchener Military Parade.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Film box includes handwritten notes by Norman C. Schneider about film. They read: "No marching - all trucks, motor cycles, marching band. FHS cottage Honey Harbour. Very short".
Schneider family
Part of Schneider family collection.
Includes contents listing inside can.
Schneider family
Film no. 1 : Fill on east end building, Shand Dam.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 19 : Luther Marsh : cuttings.
Note on original GRCA listing relates that this film contains cuttings from a larger movie.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 21 : Irvine River at Salem, Ont.; Grand River near Shand Dam.
Note in box listing film contents.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 2 : Ice of Grand River between Fergus, Ont. and Shand Dam.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 8 : Ice going out on Grand and spring flood in Fergus.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Unknown picnic at Waterloo Park.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Film no. 13 : New Belwood bridge being built at Shand Dam.
Note in box listing contents.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 14 : Shand Dam construction
Note in box listing film scenes ; however, it does not appear to correspond with the contents of this reel.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 15 : River cuttings : excavation of Shand Dam.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 17 : Nibs Chambers, Elora Reeve ; Hugh Templin in canoe.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 110 : Shand Dam construction : north side ; Ross McEwing and Senator Gladstone.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes in unknown hand about places and people in film. Individuals include:
Schneider family
Part of Jim Rutherford and George Harrington Guy collection.
One film reel, a home movie showing members of the Guy family and friends. Film shows family activities in New York, Waterloo and Bermuda including children, winter activities, fishing, vacationing and more. A scene list by Jim Guy is included.
Guy, James Rutherford and George Harrington
Part of Jim Rutherford and George Harrington Guy collection.
One film reel, a home movie showing members of the Guy family and friends. Film shows family activities in Big Bay and Waterloo including children, rafting, boating, a golf tournament, and more. A scene list by Jim Guy is included.
Guy, James Rutherford and George Harrington
Film no. 3 : First train over Shand Dam.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Grand River Conservation Authority
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 5 : Removing old CPR bridge at Lake Belwood and CPR train on dam.
Notes enclosed in film box listing film contents.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 18 : Floods, May, 1942 ; Shand Dam ; sunsets.
Note in box listing film contents.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Grand River Conservation Authority
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 4 : Mitch Hepburn and Shand Dam official opening ceremony, Oct. 23, 1942.
Note enclosed in film box listing film contents.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 112 : Water flowing through Shand Dam; removing machinery.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Part of Jim Rutherford and George Harrington Guy collection.
One film reel, a home movie showing members of the Guy family and friends. Film shows family activities in Big Bay, Lake Rosseau, Cressmans woods and Waterloo including fishing, swimming and diving, sailing, skiing, vacationing, and more. A scene list by Jim Guy is included.
Guy, James Rutherford and George Harrington
Film no. 6 : Fergus ; Shand Dam under construction.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 108 : Shand Dam construction.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 109 : Shand Dam construction.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 111 : Winter flooding of Shand Dam construction ; Bob Kerr with pipe.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Boys with football, Howie, Herb, Don Daub, Mickey Braun, ?, and Pal.
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Part of Jim Rutherford and George Harrington Guy collection.
One film reel, a home movie showing members of the Guy family and friends. The film shows family activities in Waterloo and Big Bay including hockey, skiing, camps, swimming, fishing, sailing, and more. A scene list by Jim Guy is included.
Guy, James Rutherford and George Harrington
Film no. 7 : Spring floods; Hole in rock at Elora Gorge; early crowds touring Shand Dam.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Part of Schneider family collection.
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
Grand River Conservation Authority
Grand River Conservation Authority
Chicopee Ski Club and Laurentians.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people in film. Individuals include, among others:
Schneider family
Chicopee, 1935-36 and early 1940s.
Consists of a videocassette transfer
of a film of skiers at the Chicopee Ski Club, Kitchener, Ont. as it appeared in 1935-36 and in the early 1940s. The maker of the film is identified as Norman Schneider on the original listing provided by the GRCA.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Hugh Templin movies, no. 1. : Shand Dam construction.
Consists of videocassette transfer of 8 mm film footage of the construction of the Shand Dam near Belwood, Ont. The film was taken by Hugh Templin, GRCA Commissioner and editor of the Fergus News Record, Fergus, Ont.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Consists of a videocassette transfer of 8 mm film footage including scenes of the CPR rail yards possibly in Elora or Fergus, Ont.; snow removal activities after a major snowstorm in an unidentified location, possibly Fergus, Ont.; and a building demolition. The footage was taken by Hugh Templin, GRCA Commissioner and editor of the Fergus News Record, Fergus, Ont.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Film no. 11 : Belwood village and river works.
Notes enclosed in box listing film contents.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Consists of DVD transfer of a videocassette of a 16 mm movie of skiers at the Chicopee Ski Club, Kitchener, Ontario in the 1940s. The film was made by Norman Schneider and narration was added later by Herb Schneider, and Ralph Beaumont and Jim Bauer of the Grand River Conservation Authority.
Grand River Conservation Authority