Coastal Moving Image Gallery

In the early 1920s, Harlan I. Smith, an anthropologist, travelled throughout the province to witness, and attempt to capture on film, the different First Nations peoples and their lifestyles. The footage he took focused upon various activities such as food gathering, food preparation, weaving and aboriginal dance.
Illustrated here are several digital moving image clips taken from Harlan I. Smith's film collection. Smith filmed these while traveling along the coast of British Columbia during the period of 1923 and 1929.
The moving image clips illustrated here are one example of moving image records from the BC Archives Moving Image Collection, and is an example of film technology from the 1920s.

In order to view the following digital movie clips you will need software capable of displaying MPEG Version 1 files.

Moving Images	Description
"Coastal Fire Tools"	Harlan I. Smith Collection Accession # V 1986 23/1 Digital Moving Image number: SMI00014 View A Small MPEG Movie 160 X 112 pixels, 190K file size View A Medium MPEG Movie 320 X 240 pixels, 549K file size
"Tsimshian Salmon Fishing"	Harlan I. Smith Collection Accession # V 1986 23/1 Digital Moving Image number: SMI00006 View A Small MPEG Movie 160 X 112 pixels, 469K file size View A Medium MPEG Movie 320 X 240 pixels, 1,500K file size
"Coastal Salmon Smoking and Storage"	Harlan I. Smith Collection Accession # V 1986 23/1 Digital Moving Image number: SMI00004 View A Small MPEG Movie 160 X 112 pixels, 279K file size View A Medium MPEG Movie 320 X 240 pixels, 849K file size
"Coastal Cedar Harvesting"	Harlan I. Smith Collection Accession # V 1986 23/1 Digital Moving Image number: SMI00003 View A Small MPEG Movie 160 X 112 pixels, 366K file size View A Medium MPEG Movie 320 X 240 pixels, 1,150K file size
"Nuu-cha-nulth Cedar Weaving"	Harlan I. Smith Collection Accession # V 1986 23/1 Digital Moving Image number: SMI00015 View A Small MPEG Movie 160 X 112 pixels, 312K file size View A Medium MPEG Movie 320 X 240 pixels, 959K file size
"Coastal Harvesting"	Harlan I. Smith Collection Accession # V 1986 23/1 Digital Moving Image number: SMI00017 View A Small MPEG Movie 160 X 112 pixels, 205K file size View A Medium MPEG Movie 320 X 240 pixels, 595K file size
"Tsimahian Wool Weaving"	Harlan I. Smith Collection Accession # V 1986 23/1 Digital Moving Image number: SMI00012 View A Small MPEG Movie 160 X 112 pixels, 414K file size View A Medium MPEG Movie 320 X 240 pixels, 1,308K file size
"Coast Salish Dance"	Harlan I. Smith Collection Accession # V 1986 23/1 Digital Moving Image number: SMI00009 View A Small MPEG Movie 160 X 112 pixels, 339K file size View A Medium MPEG Movie 320 X 240 pixels, 1,057K file size
"Tsimshian Dance"	Harlan I. Smith Collection Accession # V 1986 23/1 Digital Moving Image number: SMI00007 View A Small MPEG Movie 160 X 112 pixels, 502K file size View A Medium MPEG Movie 320 X 240 pixels, 1,607K file size
"Coast Festivals"	Harlan I. Smith Collection Accession # V 1986 23/1 Digital Moving Image number: SMI00016 View A Small MPEG Movie 160 X 112 pixels, 206K file size View A Medium MPEG Movie 320 X 240 pixels, 602K file size
"Tsimshian Totems"	Harlan I. Smith Collection Accession # V 1986 23/1 Digital Moving Image number: SMI00005 View A Small MPEG Movie 160 X 112 pixels, 345K file size View A Medium MPEG Movie 320 X 240 pixels, 1,075K file size

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Coastal Moving Image Gallery

Moving Images

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