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  • A Race for Ties

    A Race for Ties is the first film made by the Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society, and it also has the distinction of being the first amateur feature-length film made in Canada. Based on the real life experiences of Dorothea Mitchell shortly after she became the first single woman granted a homest...

  • Sleep-Inn Beauty

    The second film produced by the Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society, Sleep-Inn Beauty is a comedy involving a bathing beauty contest and is based on a story adapted by Dorothea Mitchell. The Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society produced the first feature-length amateur film in Canada in 1929. Mitche...

  • The Fatal Flower

    The Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society produced three films in the 1920s. "A Race For Ties" (1929) was Canada’s first feature-length amateur film. Its success led to "Sleep Inn Beauty" (1929) and "The Fatal Flower," which began production in 1930, but was left unfinished. 75 years later, a group ...

  • A Great Lakes Romance

    Made in 1918, this film is a drama that follows a cruise ship around the Great Lakes, stopping in major cities in Canada and the United States.

  • Where East Meets West

    A short film made in 1925 about the Lakehead region and its potential for development.

  • Canadian Headlines of 1949

    A Newsreel covering Canadian events from 1949.

  • A Visit From Pharaoh

    What remains of a 1924 Ontario Motion Picture Board film looking at the Lakehead's role in the grain industry, comparing the potential of the Lakehead in the early 1920s to that of Ancient Egypt as a hub of civilization.

  • Log Rolling

    A short clip about the way log rolling was done.

  • News Parade of the Year 1939

    A Castle Films Newsreel covering events from 1939.

  • News Parade of the Year 1945

    A Castle Films Newsreel covering events from 1945.

  • News Parade of the Year 1942

    A Castle Films Newsreel covering events from 1942.

  • Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Wallcott fight - 1947

    Scenes from the Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Wallcott fight in 1947.

  • Swimming 1920s

    Film footage of people swimming in a northern Ontario lake in the 1920s.

  • 100 years of film Thunder Bay

    A montage of films made in Northwestern Ontario since the invention of moving pictures.

  • Port Arthur 1920s

    A glimpse of Port Arthur, Ontario in the 1920s.

  • Breaking the ice - The Whalen Tugboat

    A film made in 1925 about the James Whalen icebreaker opening up the shipping season at the Lakehead.

  • More Power for the Twin Cities

    A film made in 1922 about electrical power generation at the Lakehead.

  • News Parade of the Year 1946

    A Castle Films Newsreel covering events from 1946.