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Library and Archives Canada: 16mm, 1/4", 3/4".
"A trip to Alaska and the Klondyke gold fields up the inside passage. Towns and cities shown are Vancouver, Alert Bay, Prince Rupert, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Carcross, Whitehorse and Dawson. Sequences on shipboard activity on a CPR cruise ship, of the coastline, fishing villages and harbours, fishing fleets at anchor, mountains and glaciers - the Mendenhall Glacier - paddlewheelers, historic buildings, festivals, streams, etc. Sequences on the site of the gold rush, and of gold mining being carried out by various means."
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta: 16mm.
"North to Alaska and the Yukon - land of storied deeds and great beauty."
From the Catalogue of 16mm Educational Motion Pictures. Published by the Educational Media Division, Department of Extension, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1967.
[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (March 1949): 3.
"Klondike Holiday (2 reels) No lust for gold now lures people North to Alaska and the Yukon, but the urge to holiday in a land of storied deeds and great beauty."
"Klondike Holiday," Film News (March 1949): 13.
"Those who follow the Klondike Trail today are lured not by lust for gold but desire to holiday in a land of great beauty and interest. But all along the way are reminiscenses [sic] and landmarks of storied gold rush days: as Dawson City itself, and Skagway. Modern engineering has made a science of gold search and taking but, in contrast to powerful, complex machines, there are old type miners still, though now only a handful. ... Considerable footage is concerned with modern travel, its comforts and pleasures; which is understandable in a sponsored film of this type. There is also, however, so much timely, visually exciting information that this presentation of the Klondike, despite its accent on 'holiday,' will be very popular for classroom use.
Excellent views of rivers of ice and of glaciers, and a thrilling mountain ride via White Pass and Yukon -- a railway unique among those of the world -- are not only thrilling and spectacular but of great educational value. The airplane as a characteristic feature of the modern Northland, the Alaska Highway opening hitherto impassable country to modern vehicles -- these are important also, from a teaching point of view. . . . Personally we enjoyed the sequence that proves they do not supplant the steamer, still the old standby for transportation and trade. The farther up the river you go, the more there is of interest; particularly when you've transferred to the shallow draught, woodburning, old paddle-wheeler the 'Casca.'
The way her pilot gets her through narrow scenic Miles Canyon and fights her upstream against the swirling waters of Five Finger Rapids is real action drama. . . . Other scenes that come readily to mind are: the fishing craft in harbor at Ketchikan; a colonial style mansion and an Asiatic church side by side at Juneau, originally settled by Russians; lovely gardens that belie tales of the frozen north! Filipino colonists on parade; and ancient Indian cemetery and traditional totem poles; White Horse, 'precocious hub town of the new north where the modern rubs shoulders with the strange old.'. . . The music on this film didn't like the narrator or vice versa -- its sound is unfortunately all on one level; and narration is too continuous. KLONDIKE HOLIDAY isn't all perfect, by any means. Taken by and large, however, it's a rewarding film of wide appeal.
20-mins.; Kodachrome. Produced by Associated Screen News (Montreal), for the CPR and the White Pass and Yukon Route. Borrow without charge from your local Canadia Pacific Raillway [sic] Co. office; or address Room 210, at 342 Madison Ave., N.Y. 17.
"Early Films Promoted Canada Colonization," Film News (February 1950): 19.
[Still shot from Klondike Holiday].
[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (September 1951): 23.
"Klondike Holiday 22 minutes No lust for gold now lures people North to Alaska and the Yukon, but the urge to holiday in a land of storied deeds and great beauty."
[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (November 1952): 5.
"Klondike Holiday 22 minutes No lust for gold now lures people North to Alaska and the Yukon, but the urge to holiday in a land of storied deeds and great beauty."
[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (January 1953): 16.
"Klondike Holiday 22 minutes No lust for gold now lures people North to Alaska and the Yukon, but the urge to holiday in a land of storied deeds and great beauty."
"Klondike Holiday," 16mm Motion Picture Films - Canadian Travel Film Library (Chicago/New York, 1954): 6.
"No list for gold now lures people North to Alaska and the Yukon, but the urge to holiday in a land of storied deeds and great beauty."