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This item consists of copies of three films created in the 1940s and later donated to the Prince Albert Historical Society from the estate of Myrtle Strangways, an educator and amateur cinematographer. The content of the films includes: black bears, squirrels and birds in the forest and at a campsite; ski jumping and downhill skiing; cross-country skiing; several parades, including military personnel, Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel, horseback riders, and children; an Athlone I.O.D.E. pet parade; a convoy of Bombardier snow machines and military personnel carrying skis; a McCormick farm implement in use during harvest; a team of farm horses; an aerial demonstration of two Royal Canadian Air Force yellow chipmunk planes; a float plane; rapids; and sightseeing in the Canadian Rockies and Niagara Falls.
Street view during the winter season of the Holdfast General Store and A.J. Fahlman International trucks and McCormick-Deering farm equipment business.
Sectional maps (heavier material with pink borders) photo-lithographed at the Surveyor General's Office, Ottawa, dating from 1908 to 1912 with Saskatchewan school district boundaries and numbers written on them in blue pencil possibly in 1950 or later. CM-179: Mossy Portage Sheet CM-180: Turtle Mountain Sheet CM-181: Riding Mountain Sheet CM-182: Brandon Sheet CM-183: Swan River Sheet CM-184: Duck Mountain Sheet CM-185: Nut Mountain Sheet CM-186: Regina Sheet CM-187: Yorkton Sheet CM-188: Pasquia Sheet CM-189: Carrot River Sheet CM-190: Prince Albert South Sheet CM-191: Prince Albert North Sheet CM-192: Qu’Appelle Sheet CM-193: Souris Sheet CM-194: Willowbunch Sheet CM-195: Touchwood Sheet CM-196: Humboldt Sheet CM-197: Moose Mountain Sheet CM-198: Moose Jaw Sheet CM-199: Wood Mountain Sheet CM-200: Swift Current Sheet CM-201: Rush Lake Sheet CM-202: The Elbow Sheet CM-203: Saskatoon Sheet CM-204: Carlton Sheet CM-205: Shell River Sheet CM-206: Green Lake Sheet CM-207: Fort Pitt Sheet CM-208: Meadow Lake Sheet CM-209: Cypress Sheet CM-210: Maple Creek Sheet CM-211: Red Deer Forks Sheet CM-212: Bad Hills Sheet CM-213: Tramping Lake Sheet CM-214: Battleford Sheet
Members of the Radisson Wapitis hockey team including Barry McLean, Ron Scott, Hedley Beasley, George Muzika, Myron Lukian, George Obertos, Ernie Harach, and Jim Pettapiece.
Exterior view of the Federal Building, completed in 1954; exterior view of the old Post Office building with a sign advertising Wells Construction Co. Ltd.; exterior view of a wooden house torn down to make way for the Federal Building at the north-east corner of Smith Street and 3rd Avenue North; and politicians and members of the public in attendance at an unknown event. The individuals identified are as follows: Mayor Clarence Langrill; Jack Goodman, CJGX Radio; James "Jimmy" Gardiner, federal Minister of Agriculture; and Steve Surjic.
Sound recordings of folk songs sung by residents of Saskatchewan and collected and used by Barbara Cass-Beggs in a Folkways album entitled Folksongs of Saskatchewan.
Boy Scouts and their leader from Radisson, Saskatchewan. Back row includes Ron Maxwell, Harold Brand, John Katarynych, and Bob Katarynych. Front row includes Jim Woddington, Robin Karpon, and Garry Swain.