After many years of careful conservation, Banff and Jasper National Parks have become vast zoological gardens. In this film you see many intimate views of the creatures of the wild, big and small, that inhabit the forested mountain slopes of these parks. Deer, moose, bear, big-horn sheep, birds and small animals that live above the tree-line are natural subjects for the close-up camera, shooting against a backdrop of snowy peaks of the Canadian Rockies.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011986
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Wildlife conservation - Canada
Animals & Wildlife → Zoology - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Banff National Park (Alta.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canada - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Jasper National Park (Alta.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mountains - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → National parks and reserves - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Rocky Mountains
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Mountain ecology
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Mountains - Canada
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → National parks and reserves
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → National parks and reserves - Canada
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wildlife conservation - Canada
Places → Banff National Park (Alta.)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)