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Series consists of film reels and DVD copies of home movies shot by the Guy family. Includes films showing family members and friends participating in various activities both on vacation and at home in Waterloo. Many of the films show 110 John Boulevard and the early development of the Westmount region of Waterloo.

Guy, James Rutherford and George Harrington

Firing gun into steel shield and dropping tire from helicopter.

Two narrated films produced by U.S. Royal Tires about the company's Steel Shield tires and the company's standard car tire, both made in Scotland. The first film (1 min.) consists of footage of a Steel Shield Tyre and an ordinary tire being shot at with a riffle, after which the ordinary tire deflates and the Steel Shield tire remains intact. The second (1 min.) consists of footage of a standard U.S. Royal Car Tyre being put through a rigorous series of driving tests after being dropped from a helicopter onto concrete.

Dominion Rubber Company

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

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

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

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

Grand River Conservation Authority : footage : Pond construction, Elora ; Rockwood, Pinehurst, Byng ; Tree planting / Summit Film Productions [for the Grand River Conservation Authority.]

Notes on film contents are contained in canister. The film is a composite of original colour footage selected [in 1977] but not used by Summit Film Productions in the creation of a film titled : GRCA Prologue, May 12, 1978.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Grand River Conservation Authority : special recognition awards, 1989 to 1997 (disc 1 of 2).

Consists of DVD transfer from videocassette recording of slide-show presentations of the annual Grand River Conservation Authority Special Recognition Awards, 1989 to 1997. The slide-shows provide background on award recipients and highlights the environmental activities which led to their selection.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Grand River Conservation Authority : special recognition awards, 1998 to 2003 (disc 2 of 2).

Consists of DVD transfer from videocassette recording of slide-show presentations of the annual Grand River Conservation Authority Special Recognition Awards, 1998-2003. The slide-shows provide background on award recipients and highlight the environmental activities which led to their selection.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Grand River watershed conservation awards, 2003.

Consists of videocassette recordings of slide-show presentations of the annual Grand River Conservation Authority Watershed Conservation Awards. The slide-show provides background on awards recipients and highlights the environmental activities in the Grand River watershed which led to their selection.

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 videocassettes transferred to DVDs.

Contents:

  • Disc A: 1. Grand Valley tornado damage : ground footage, June 4, 1985; 2. Grand Valley Tree Replacement, May 1986; Spring break-up, 1985; 3. Lake Erie shore damage survey, Dec. 3 and 6, 1985.
  • Disc. B: 1. Cambridge channel excavation, 1985; Three Centuries Festival, 1987; 2. Grand Valley tornado damage, 1986; 3. Flood footage : New Hamburg, Guelph Dam, Grand Valley, 1986; 4. Bank erosion : Brantford, March 13, 1986 ; High water, March 19, 1986 ; Bridge demolition, 11th Line, East Garafraxa, Aug. 5, 1986 ; Xmas party, 1986.
  • Disc. C: 1. Abandoned railway line, Cambridge to Brantford, 1988; 2. Abandoned railway line, Cambridge to Lynden, 1988; 3. Chilligo fish kill aftermath, Oct. 21, 1991; 4. Elora Gorge Conservation Authority : raw footage. Disc. D: 1. GRCA information night, Paris, June 5, 1981; 2. Weed harvesting, Pinehurst; stream rehabilitation, Galt Greek; 3. Guelph Dam : micro hydro opening ceremony, 1982. Disc E: 1. GRCA conservation areas : Winter footage, Jan 21, 1985; 2. Grand River, Cambridge to Brantford, Aerial, 1988; 3. Brantford to Middleport area, Aerial, 1988; 4. Middleport to Dunnville-Haldimand, Aerial, 1988; 5. Grand River : Conestogo to Elora, Aerial, 1989; 6. Grand River : Elora to Belwood Lake, Aerial, 1989. Disc. F: 1. Grand River : Belwood Lake to north of Grand Valley, aerial footage, 1989. Disc G: 1. Grand River, Brantford to Keldon, aerial footage, 1989.

Grand River Conservation Authority

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