1970 CANADA TRAVEL FILM

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] space to breathe in a world growing crowded time to think in an age that worships speed friendly people in an impersonal century people of many cultural Heritage's working hard and having fun in big country Manitoba a Viking heritage gave the Icelanders a name for their first Manitoba settlement sailing up Lake Winnipeg they chose the site and called it after the home of the gods in Norse mythology Gimli [Music] two pioneers from the small country of Iceland plagued for decades by a series of calamities this broad open country with plenty of fresh water was the promised land [Music] not the wildest visionaries among the early settlers foresaw the Gimli fishing boats replaced by pleasure craft Icelandic maiden on deck in a bikini [Music] in Viking tradition blonde hair and blue eyes dominated and in Canadian tradition a dash of perhaps Scottish produces the lovely Midwestern brunettes [Music] almost every Manitoba festival contains a paradox each one is uniquely Canadian and yet features very old recipes from lands far from Manitoba at the Gimli festival some of the food is prepared in the Icelandic way and the conversation among the old-timers talking local events is Icelandic too [Applause] they might have settled in countless other areas of the province and found an environment equally as attractive Manitoba's lakes have never been counted after 100,000 the tabulators gave up [Music] a festival and a superb Manitoba beach as granddad says Iceland was never quite like this the copper and gold of Flin Flon staggered the imagination of prospectors and the dances of Flin Flon at the trout festival though it could boggle the mind of a Fred Astaire [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] space to breathe in a world growing crowded time to think in an age that worships speed friendly people in an impersonal century people of many cultural Heritage's working hard and having fun in big country Manitoba a Viking heritage KZ Icelanders a name for their first Manitoba settlement sailing up Lake Winnipeg they chose the site and called it after the home of the gods in Norse mythology Gimli [Music] two pioneers from the small country of Iceland plagued for decades by a series of calamities this broad open country with plenty of fresh water was the promised land [Music] not the wildest visionaries among the early settlers foresaw the Gimli fishing boats replaced by pleasure craft Icelandic maiden on deck in a bikini [Music] in Viking tradition blonde Emma they brought with from sunflower seeds and began a new industry a new festival and a new contest are we for the sunflower seed eating contest between Miss Manitoba and her two princesses are we ready one two three go [Music] and you just hear them sunflowers crack the demurrer approach but can it win a prize [Applause] [Music] among the liveliest and most varied of Manitoba's festivals the sunflower festival features a low German play especially written for the event motorbike races a swing in and of pie throwing contest all this a parade and for the sunflower Queen a crowd [Applause] officially placed the crown and Frances congratulations [Applause] [Music] easy riders on excellent Manitoba roads destination a Holiday Festival of Arts at Nebo ah where visitors can enjoy courses in drama music dancing and painting even painting the top [Music] [Music] Oh I [Music] where [Music] [Applause] [Music] sponsored by the University of Manitoba distinguished artists instructed neva and helped open up new worlds to the young [Music] in see the problem that you have here is that everything is too much on its own they don't relate that you've got a line here we've got a more accurate and that's going right to you and now you take that look at this one say even just with the rub that you put in here right there just like that these dancers painters and actors all practice for showings and public performances at this unique art festival you follow the mighty red hat to Morris if you want to see a chariot race a man wrestle of Bear or one of the wildest rodeos in the West the Manitoba Stampede and agricultural exhibition [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] only half the battles staying aboard this conveyance the other halfs avoiding an annoying puncture perhaps the most rugged individualists of all gathered to watch and compete at the trapars festival at the paul the trappers festival is action-packed outside and indoors too [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you ask you this is the festival attests the skills of the outdoorsman try bird calling without a store-bought bird collar sometime I determined men and determined animals a heritage of the canadian north vital even in the nuclear age [Applause] [Music] st. boniface boasts the largest french-speaking community outside of the province of Quebec the Manitoba French reflect the inherent artistry of the French people [Music] tonight the entre pede choir performs in the sophisticated environment of the Centennial Center which houses a planetarium the Museum of man and nature the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the internationally acclaimed Royal Winnipeg Ballet [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the Selkirk Interlake Fair is held near lower Fort Garry under giant trees planted by the first Highland settlers there are times at the Selkirk fair when it's hard to remember that Loch Lomond isn't just across the way or that the children of the Highlanders have never in their live set foot on Scottish soil [Music] Robert Burns said my heart's in the highlands wherever I go each year at Selkirk one of the largest Highland gatherings on this side of the Atlantic confirms on this day at least Robert Burns words [Music] [Applause] [Music] during four days and four nights the rhythm and war of the thrush Sherman's reunion fills the air at Austin the old time thrashing machine parade chugs and clangs by every day with a rodeo every night and it's a lot of fun [Music] an almost forgotten era meets with modern times at the Thresher man's reunion housing in our location [Music] yeah old-fashioned Stu King used to be a thorny problem at harvest time today it's only a festival contest but still a thorny problem Western girls can tie up a goat nearly as fast as a man [Music] [Music] [Music] Cowboys get cream for their coffee the hard way a wild cow milking contest [Music] [Music] [Music] kids are still fascinated by trains and the Thresher Minh provide a little beauty [Music] summertime in Dauphin brings visitors and internationally known entertainers from all over to Canada's national Ukrainian festival one of Manitoba's most colorful events [Music] floats that to about Ukrainian folklore bread and salt traditional religious symbols most ancient of the Ukrainian folk arts dating back to pagan times the intricately designed aids symbolize the renewal of life and the rebirth of hope [Music] each egg requires six to ten hours work if you're an expert the eggs are given at Easter as tokens of friendship [Music] after the parade most people had for the grandstand variety show [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] Manitoba Canada's festival country [Music] you [Applause] when the clean fresh breeze blows across those Midwestern nights the pressures off the world slows down there's time to think and space to breathe among people of many cultural Heritage's [Music] [Laughter] [Music] a time for meeting a time for fun a happy time for home folks and their visitors in Canada's festival country big friendly Manitoba [Music]