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The Shining Mountains

Accession number: 
1948.0013

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Production Years: 
1948

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Length (feet): 
645 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
20
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Library and Archives Canada: 16mm, VHS, 3/4", Betacam.
"Film capturing the scenic beauty of Banff National Park and its surroundings. Scenes of: Lake Louise; Yoho National Park; Columbia Icefields; and the Kicking Horse Pass. Vacation delights of outdoor life such as hiking, riding, and cycling are focused upon. Seen are native people in traditional dress. Also noted are the CP facilities in Banff resorts and the Transcontinental rail line in this part of the Canadian Rockies."

Bibliography: 

Canadian Pacific Railway Catalogue of Motion Picture Films (October 1948).

[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (September 1948): 3.
"There's so much to see and do in the Canadian Rockies-- 600 miles of mountain-studded scenery over the Canadian Pacific route."

[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (March-April 1948): 5.

"There's so much to see and do in the Canadian Rockies-- 600 miles of mountain-studded scenery over the Canadian Pacific route."

Film News (May 1948): 22.

"Shining Mountains, in sound and color, is a film showing the scenic attractions of the Canadian Rockies -- Banff and Lake Louise -- and illustrating such sports as Indian Days, trail riding, trail hiking, swimming in the hot sulphur pools at Banff, bicycling, mountain climbing and fishing."

[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (March 1949): 3.

"There's so much to see and do in the Canadian Rockies-- 600 miles of mountain-studded scenery over the Canadian Pacific route."

[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (September 1951): 3.

"Shining Mountains (TV) 19 minutes There's so much to see and do in the Canadian Rockies-- 600 miles of mountain-studded scenery over the Canadian Pacific route."

[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (November 1952): 5.

"Shining Mountains (TV) 19 minutes There's so much to see and do in the Canadian Rockies-- 600 miles of mountain-studded scenery over the Canadian Pacific route."

[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (January 1953): 16.

"Shining Mountains (TV) 19 minutes There's so much to see and do in the Canadian Rockies-- 600 miles of mountain-studded scenery over the Canadian Pacific route."

"Shining Mountains," 16mm Motion Picture Films - Canadian Travel Film Library (Chicago/New York, 1954): 7.

"There's so much to see and do in the Canadian Rockies - 600 miles of mountain-studded scenery along the Canadian Pacific route."