How the West was Won

Satirical film of settlers in Western Canada, composed of footage from silent western movies, photographs, and artwork. Some footage depicts derogatory terms and dramatization of the slaughtering of Indigenous peoples.Introductory intertitles: "This Film Approved By The B.B.G. As 100 Per Cent Canadian Content ... This is the Heroic Saga of Those Brave Men, who, in ther quest for new frontiers, Truth, Justice, and a higher BBM rating, helped to open The West. It's to these courageous yet humble men that we dedicate this film." Concluding intertitles.Reel: "How the West Was - CTV Promise to Get There (sp) Licence"

In Collection:

• Karl Spreitz Collection

Creator

• Spreitz, Karl, 1927-2016

Subject

• Indigenous peoples in motion pictures
• Colonists
• Colonization

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1971

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 00:10:15

Alternative title

• How the West Was - CTV Promise to Get There (sp) Licence

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria
• British Columbia

Coordinates

• 53.99983,-125.0032
• 48.4359,-123.35155

Additional physical characteristics

• 16 mm

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Karl Spreitz Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Sponsor

• Digitized through the support of the BC History Digitization Program, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia.

Genre

• video recordings (physical artifacts)
• slapstick comedy
• black-and-white films (visual works)
• experimental films
• western (motion picture genre)

Archival item identifier

• 2016-026_21

Fonds title

• Karl Spreitz fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC570

Is referenced by

• https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/karl-spreitz-fonds

Date digitized

• November 11, 2020

Technical note

• Metadata by KH.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to textual records and photographs [or archival fonds] and reproduction requests; due to preservation concerns, access to original motion picture film and other audio visual formats is not permitted. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/avww-ve28