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Title: AMONG THE CLOUDS

Reference number: 1065

Date: 1952

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9 mins

Description: The panoramic scenery of the Assiniboine Range in the Canadian Rockies, seen through the eyes of a climbing party.

[This film was given to the film-maker Jenny Gilbertson by the Canadian Government in the 1950s to be used while lecturing in Canada].

Shotlist: No credits. The Assiniboine Range in the Canadian Rockies (.13); View of the mountains (.35); Young boy mounting a horse (1.13); At the corral packing for the trip to Mount Assiniboine (1.18); Shots of men and women loading the horses and setting out on the expedition (2.11); Spray River (2.13); Shots of a fast flowing river (2.41); Shots of a group of people passing through the countryside (4.00); A halt for lunch at sunshine camp (4.02); The men unload the horses and stop for lunch (4.37); Gopher. Shots of same (4.43); Porcupine. Shot of same (5.03); The group restart their journey (5.25); The peaked Mount Assiniboine is always ahead of them (5.30); Shots of the group passing through countryside (6.18); The group arrive at Assiniboine Camp (7.20); At Assiniboine Camp they change riding boots for climbing boots (7.24); Shot of a man mending a pair of boots (7.40); General view over the mountains (9.00)