Salmo celebrates, July 1, 1939 [part 1] - RBCM AAAA1072

Salmo, BC, celebrates Dominion Day with a parade and sports day on July 1, 1939. After the parade through town, Dominion Day queen Sara Kristina Hamberg is crowned, local men compete in a mucking contest and a baseball game, the Nelson Boys' Band plays, and everyone enjoys an ice cream cone. The video clip comprises edited excerpts from silent 16 mm film footage shot by Vancouver filmmaker Alfred E. Booth (1892-1977). In the 1930s and 1940s, Booth travelled extensively in the BC Interior, shooting footage of the various regions and communities for his company, Travel Films. The source film is the compilation reel "[Kootenay-Boundary area] : [footage and out-takes]," one of 39 film reels in the Alfred E. Booth fonds at the BC Archives. Used by permission.