Salmo celebrates, July 1, 1939 [part 2: Nelson womens' drill team] - RBCM AAAA1072

Continuation of the Salmo, BC, celebration of Dominion Day on July 1, 1939. One of the day's highlights was this performance by the "crack drill team" of the Nelson chapter of the Nomads of Avrudaka, which was probably affiliated with the Pythian Sisters Temple No. 10. According to Wikipedia, the Nomads of Avrudaka were a female auxiliary of the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan, a side degree of the Knights of Pythias. The team was identified in the South Kootenay News of July 6, 1939. 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 own 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 (AAAA1072). Used by permission.