Converted films in Leonard G. McCann Archives
In 2012, a collection of 16mm films were converted into digital format. Two were produced by the RCMP and one is a home video whose creator is unknown.
Film created by F.S. Farrar, 1st Mate, RCMP St. Roch. Consists of footage of west-east travel through Northwest Passage. See notes by Doreen Reidel.
See the film here (Google Chrome not recommended): https://vmmcollections.com/Detail/objects/6298
Circa 1950-51. Footage of St. Roch post-NWP sailing south around North America: Halifax-Esquimalt- Vancouver- San Francisco- San Diego-Acapulco-Balboa-Havana-Norfolk- New York-Nova Scotia. Another copy of this film is available at Library & Archivess Canada.
See the film here (Google Chrome not recommended): https://vmmcollections.com/Detail/objects/8779
1954. St. Roch arriving in Vancouver, officers in full uniform, good shots of Henry Larsen.
See the film here (Google Chrome not recommended): https://vmmcollections.com/Detail/objects/8780
Available to view on VHS at the W.B. & M.H. Chung Library at the Vancouver Maritime Museum
- VAA 005: Rowley, Christopher. Mission: Northwest Passage. Canada : National Film Board, 1994. 1 videocassette (52 minutes) : sd., col. NFB Study Guide available here: http://www3.nfb.ca/sg/61225.pdf
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VAA 046: Royal Canadian Mounted Police. St. Roch II Voyage of Rediscovery. Copy 1. Vancouver: Government of Canada, 2000. 1 videocassette (11 minutes) : sd., col.
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VAA 071: Koehl, Stefan. Maud's Legacy : The discovery of how Roald Amundsen's ship design led to the successful Arctic voyages of the R.C.M.P. vessel St. Roch. British Columbia: Rogers Community Television, 1996. 1 videocassette : sd., col.
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VAA 131: Echos From the Ice : St. Roch Voyage NWP 1944. Vol. 1. 1991. Vancouver Maritime Museum Historic Videos. 1 videocassette (11:21 minutes) : sd., col. Contains English and French versions on video.
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VAA 150: The R.C.M.P. St. Roch 1928-1954. Vancouver Maritime Museum Historic Videos. 1 videocassette. VAA 156: St. Roch II : Discovery Bay/Victoria . Unknown, December 14, 2000.
- VAA 176: Return of the St. Roch II. Fiddler Productions Inc. 1 videocassette tape (21:13 min); sd., col.
Available to view on DVD at the W.B. & M.H. Chung Library at the Vancouver Maritime Museum
- DVA 016: Royal Canadian Mounted Police. RCMP : Video Compilation of the RCMP St. Roch. Canada: Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada, 2006. 1 DVD.