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Ski in the Valley of the Saints

Accession number: 
1944.0014
Production Years: 
1944

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Film Properties: 
Length (feet): 
665(16mm)
Length (minutes): 
20
Holding Institutions: 

University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario: 16mm.

Library and Archives Canada: 16mm, VHS, digibeta.
"Skiing in the Laurentians. As a tourist promotional film, this document aims at showing the valleys, villages and facilities of the region. A look is provided at down hill and cross country skiing, including ski instruction. Shown are: a Laurentian "ski train"; skiers are taken aboard a calèche at the train station; the egg delivery man brings his produce to the customer on skis; various "pensions and hotels"; hotel guests relaxing in the lounge join in collective singing; Ski instructors: Herman Gadler (Austria), Mario Gabriel (Switzerland), George Jacobson (Denmark), Jack Miller, Louis de Portier.'

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta: 16mm.
"A winter holiday in the blue and white Laurentian Hills."
From the Catalogue of 16mm Educational Motion Pictures. Published by the Educational Media Division, Department of Extension, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1967.

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University of Waterloo Audiovisual Services Catalog.
"This film shows winter sports in the blue and white Laurentian Hills. Skiers from all over the continent come to the picturesque St Sauvier, Ste Adele and Ste Agathe where even the grocery man delivers eggs on skis. The chalets of the district are centers of fun and relaxation and ski instructors from many countries show their skill."

Online Database National Film Board of Canada.
"A panorama of winter scenery and sports in the Laurentians."

"Ski in the Valley of the Saints," 16mm Motion Picture Films - Canadian Travel Film Library (Chicago/New York, 1954): 8.

"Winter sports in the blue and white Laurentian hills. Skiers from all over the continent come to picturesque St-Sauveur, Ste-Adele and Ste-Agathe - where the grocery-man even delivers eggs on skis. During the crisp days ski instructors from many countries demonstrate their skill, while in the evenings the chalets are centres of fun and relaxation. The film ends on a gay note, with a French-Canadian sing-song in one of these mountain lodges."