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Title: Valcin family videos : NYC 1969
Description: Item consists of an a Haitian Canadian family’s home movie featuring the family in New York celebrating a birthday and Christmas. Video was filmed by André and Ginette Valcin. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "It's November 1969 in New York City and the Valcin Family is celebrating Nadine's dad's birthday. Four-year-old Nadine waves at the camera and helps blow out her father's candles. We see Nadine's mother cutting the cake. Later in the day, Nadine, drinking her juice from a cocktail glass, is engrossed in a serious conversation with her father. Her mom is behind the camera shooting on Super 8mm film. At Christmas, the camera is pulled once more, a very exciting time for Nadine who was an only child. This private but celebratory occasion is one the whole family dresses up for. Nadine dons an all-white pantsuit she later swaps for something more comfortable, while her parents sport equally stylish crisp suits. The clothes become secondary to the gift unraveling — the toy car, doll, keyboard, all slowly collecting around her. André Valcin passed in 1999, so the Valcin family was happy to revisit these memories of him."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2018-028 / 001
Date: 1969
Identifier: 2018-028 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1149819

Title: Lo family videos : backyard harvest
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "The year is 1981 and the Lo family are spending a summer afternoon picking vegetables and fruits from their backyard. One of the twins, Lorna helps their father harvest cabbage while the other twin, Vivien keeps Aylwin – the youngest and only a year old accompanied on a blanket. Featured through out the clip is the one outdoor activity that remained a family tradition over the year, picking apples from the beloved Crab Apple tree."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-037 / 001 (06)
Date: 1981
Identifier: 2019-037 / 001 (06)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152032

Title: Chan family videos : Acting out play titled Fun with Toy
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "George Chan gets Kate and her siblings to act out a play he’s labelled 'Fun with Toy' The toy is the mechanical alligator that came directly from China right before Christmas along with customized clothes. They play doctor and nurse with their new presents, the Ben Casey kits. Stan, plays a mischievous boy who startles the doctor played by Kate. Linda plays the nurse, and Joyce plays the mother of a sick child (the doll). Kate calls it a 'play toy within a play of toys'."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (12)
Date: [196-?]
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (12)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152078

Title: Chan family videos : Christmas turkey dinner
Description: Item consists of footage of carving and eating a turkey dinner. Project and donor contributed description follows: "It’s Christmas dinner in 1953, the Chan family sits around the table, Stan, Joyce, Linda and Kate. They are joined by Dad’s first son, Karl Chan, sitting to the right of Kate’s mother, Clara. Karl came to help out in the Virden Café as Virden was in the midst of an oil bloom. Kate’s dad George always remained behind the camera. "
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (11)
Date: 25 Dec. 1953
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (11)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152077

Title: Joudaki family videos : Iran vacation
Description: Item consists of footage of landscapes, cityscapes, and heritage sites in Iran. Project and donor contributed description follows: "Both Bita and her father, Abbas, contributed to this write up. Bita felt protective of her family and their image, and chose to contribute a clip that didn’t centre people but a place. The scenery itself is a beautiful valuable contribution of a country in flux. In 1998, Abbas visits Iran with his daughter Bita for the first time in sixteen years since moving to Canada. Bita at the time was a shy eight year-old and recalls that she didn’t speak for the first three weeks of the trip and that this was her first time leaving Canada. In this clip Abbas is alone behind the camera capturing historical sites. He was prompted to take this trip because an Iranian friend in Vancouver couldn’t go home and asked him to make these movies of Cyrus the Great, Isfahan, etc. and to bring them back to show on local Persian TV. He did end up making these movies on a miniDV camcorder but never did give them to his friend. The clip starts out at night time in Shiraz, with the Takht-e Lamshid built for Cyrus the Great. Then moves on to Isfahan, the "Great Mosque" that in farsi they call the Shah Mosque based in Naghsh-e Jahan Square. Abbas recalls at the time wondering how locals knew he hadn’t been living their for 16 years. People could tell that he had left and was living somewhere else. For Abbas, these clips show a country rich with stories and pride. After years of searching for these tapes, they found them again in the summer of 2018 the night before Bita returned to Iran for the second time in her life."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-029 / 001 (01)
Date: 1998
Identifier: 2019-029 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152026

Title: Chan family videos : Chinese new year preparations
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "On January 24th, 1963, Kate’s mother, Clara Chan, prepares for Chinese New Year the night before, setting the table and filling red envelopes with money her kids. Cut to the next day where Stan, Joyce, Linda and Kate, are coming downstairs to receive their red envelopes. Everyone sings around the piano as Joyce plays. Upon further observation Kate’s friend notices that they are singing 'Away in a Manger'. Clara is a Russian refugee who came to Canada after the war in 1950. Fortunately for Clara the Manitoba law that prohibited white woman from working in Chinese restaurants was repealed in 1948. Her parents met in the Virden Café in 1950."
Type: video files
Accession / Box: 2018-039 / 001 (04)
Date: 24 Jan. 1963
Identifier: 2018-039 / 001 (04)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152065

Title: Chan family videos : Virden Cafe sign
Description: Item consists of footage of a sign that reads: Virden Cafe : fish & chips, chop suey. Project and donor contributed description follows: "The neon lit café sign of the Virden Café at night, Kate’s dad’s Chinese Canadian restaurant."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2018-039 / 001 (03)
Date: 1963
Identifier: 2018-039 / 001 (03)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152067

Title: Burke family videos : England '1990
Description: A video clip recording representing a portion of the VHS cassette from 1990 featuring two women and a girl dancing; panning shots of the garden, street, and views of the city; and the family chatting around a table in the backyard with music playing in the background. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "'The year is 1990, and the Burke Family is on vacation in Bristol, England. This is filmed where Leah’s father, Sam grew up. All of Leah’s aunts and uncles had houses in the same neighbourhood, and this is a family reunion of sorts. Here, Leah, age eight or nine, dances to ska and lovers rock with her mother, Rita and Great Aunt Sweeney, while her dad is seen off in the background, and her older brother, Jason, films. Her dad has roots in Jamaica and her mother has roots in Guyana. At different points in their lives both immigrated to England, and later met each other there. Her parents then set off to Canada during the Pierre Trudeau years in 1972 to raise a family. The Burkes now call many places home.'"
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2018-029/001(02)
Date: 1990
Identifier: 2018-029/001(02)
Identifier (PID): yul:1150174

Title: Lo family videos : twins giving a tour of the house
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "Lorna '… remembers filming that specific clip’—the video of the twins giving a home tour of their new home. The camera would routinely come out during gatherings, a feature in the background of their lives, but this was the one home movie Lorna remembers the most. She remembers seeing the house and thinking 'A room dedicated for toys, that was unheard of. I thought it was the greatest thing.' Moving into this home marked a new chapter in the Lo’s family history."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-037 / 001 (05)
Date: [between 1978-1982]
Identifier: 2019-037 / 001 (05)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152031

Title: Lo family videos : Christmas : part 4 of 4
Description: Item consists of a video recording that features children opening Christmas presents and performing a dance in a living room. Project and donor contributed description follows: "During this Christmas, the family have their cousin Sau Fong visiting. The children are waving excitedly to the camera as they open and show their gifts. Over the years, uncles and aunts would occasionally stay with the Lo family while studying English at the local college. Home movies were one of the ways they stayed connected to relatives in Macau and shared their life living in Canada. Copies were routinely made to send back."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-037 / 001 (04)
Date: [between 1978-1982]
Identifier: 2019-037 / 001 (04)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152030

Title: Lo family videos : Christmas : part 2 of 4
Description: Item consists of a video recording that features two children playing on a swing set in the winter. Project and donor contributed description follows: "Their extended family are visiting from Macau for their first Winter visit. For many of them it was the first time experiencing the Canadian cold. "I remember we were outside playing in the snow for a really long time… the adults were playing in it just as much as the kids", Lorna recalls. The children can be seen playing on the swing bundled up in coats and snow pants."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-037 / 001 (01)
Date: [between 1978-1982]
Identifier: 2019-037 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152027

Title: Valcin family videos : Montreal snow storm
Description: Video recording from 1971 consisting of a Haitian family and their neighbours shoveling snow and digging out the street. Recording also features children playing in the snow and a tractor plowing the street. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "On March 4th, 1971, Montreal saw the “Storm of the Century”, a massive snowstorm brought 43cm of snow and 100/km winds to the city. It would take 41 years for this snowfall record to be broken. People lost electricity for as long as ten days. Nadine recalls living on St. Leonard and not being able to see through her patio doors and that the only people who could get around were emergency vehicles and snowmobiles. Of course this major setback meant snow days for everyone, and Nadine’s parents and neighbours got to shoveling. In a predominantly Italian neighbourhood, Nadine suspects her family may have been the only Black family on this street. With no school, five-year old Nadine took pleasure in the Montreal pastime of building snow forts."
Type: video file
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Date: 1971
Identifier: 2018-028 / 001 (02)
Identifier (PID): yul:1149820

Title: Burke family videos : Christmas '92 : Singing
Description: A video clip recording representing a portion of the VHS cassette from 1992 consisting of a brother cooking breakfast on Christmas and a sister filming a tour of the house. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "It’s Christmas, 1992, and within the short span of this clip the presence of almost Leah Burke’s whole family is felt. From her dad offscreen singing along to gospel (Mahalia Jackson’s ‘Go Tell It On the Mountain), to her brother, the then sullen teenager, seen cooking pancakes for family breakfast, to finally Leah, who weaves through the house filming. She reveals herself as the documentarian in a mirror reflection waving ‘Hi’. In present day, Leah recalls, ‘This is a typical Burke house family moment’."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2018-029/001(05)
Date: 25 December 1992
Identifier: 2018-029/001(05)
Identifier (PID): yul:1150176

Title: Chan family videos : Cleaning up
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "Mom and Joyce picking up the wrapping and cleanup, etc."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (10)
Date: [196-?]
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (10)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152076

Title: Burke family videos : Christmas '92 : Sunrise
Description: A video clip recording representing a portion of a VHS cassette from Christmas Day in 1992 featuring the narration of a sunrise and featuring panning shots of a snowy street and building in Peterborough. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "'This is Friday, Dec 25th, 1992,' Leah’s dad, Sam, begins the voice-over in this clip made in the Burke’s family home in Peterborough, ON. Her father describes the beautiful sunrise that clear Christmas morning. It contrasts the weather from just a week prior when there was a record breaking 70 cm of snow, which was the worst snowfall in the province in 90 years. This filming style and voice-over in the Burke’s home movies was characteristic of her father, Leah says, 'He wouldn’t wait for anybody, he would just start filming.'"
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2018-029/001(04)
Date: 25 December 1992
Identifier: 2018-029/001(04)
Identifier (PID): yul:1150175

Title: Chan family videos : RCMP weddings : part 2 of 4
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "In the 1960s Kate’s dad, George admired the RCMP and made a point of befriending them. This segment includes four RCMP weddings. Here at Virden United Church George, like much of the town, waits to see the bride and groom. George would later go on to screen these films at the town Holiday parties. The Chan family was the only Chinese family in the community and his relationship with the RCMP helped him maintain his business as the owner of the Virden Café. It also helped that Kate’s mother, Clara, was Russian and hostess at their café."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (02)
Date: [196-]
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (02)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152068

Title: Lo family videos : Christmas : part 3 of 4
Description: Item consists of a video recording that features children opening and playing with Christmas presents. Project and donor contributed description follows: "During this Christmas, the family have their cousin Sau Fong visiting. The children are waving excitedly to the camera as they open and show their gifts. Over the years, uncles and aunts would occasionally stay with the Lo family while studying English at the local college. Home movies were one of the ways they stayed connected to relatives in Macau and shared their life living in Canada. Copies were routinely made to send back."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-037 / 001 (03)
Date: [between 1978-1982]
Identifier: 2019-037 / 001 (03)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152029

Title: Chan family videos : RCMP weddings : part 3 of 4
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "In the 1960s Kate’s dad, George admired the RCMP and made a point of befriending them. This segment includes four RCMP weddings. Here at Virden United Church George, like much of the town, waits to see the bride and groom. George would later go on to screen these films at the town Holiday parties. The Chan family was the only Chinese family in the community and his relationship with the RCMP helped him maintain his business as the owner of the Virden Café. It also helped that Kate’s mother, Clara, was Russian and hostess at their café."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (03)
Date: [196-]
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (03)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152069

Title: Chan family videos : RCMP weddings : part 4 of 4
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "In the 1960s Kate’s dad, George admired the RCMP and made a point of befriending them. This segment includes four RCMP weddings. Here at Virden United Church George, like much of the town, waits to see the bride and groom. George would later go on to screen these films at the town Holiday parties. The Chan family was the only Chinese family in the community and his relationship with the RCMP helped him maintain his business as the owner of the Virden Café. It also helped that Kate’s mother, Clara, was Russian and hostess at their café."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (04)
Date: [196-]
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (04)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152070

Title: Chan family videos : Stan marching with a tuba is in his Virden Band uniform
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "Filmed by Kate and Stan’s dad, George, in 1963. George staged this shot of Stan is in his Virden Band uniform marching with his alto horn in his bedroom before going downstairs into the world. Four years later the Virden Band would go on to play at Expo ’67 in Montreal."
Type: video files
Accession / Box: 2018-039 / 001 (02)
Date: 1963
Identifier: 2018-039 / 001 (02)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152064

Title: Chan family videos : House with Christmas decorations
Description: Item consists of footage of a snowy house with Christmas decorations on the lawn. Project and donor contributed description follows: "George Chan filmed Christmas decorations in town, day and night."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (07)
Date: [196-?]
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (07)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152073

Title: Chan family videos : RCMP weddings : part 1 of 4
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "In the 1960s Kate’s dad, George admired the RCMP and made a point of befriending them. This segment includes four RCMP weddings. Here at Virden United Church George, like much of the town, waits to see the bride and groom. George would later go on to screen these films at the town Holiday parties. The Chan family was the only Chinese family in the community and his relationship with the RCMP helped him maintain his business as the owner of the Virden Café. It also helped that Kate’s mother, Clara, was Russian and hostess at their café."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (01)
Date: [196-]
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152066

Title: Chan family videos : Queen Elizabeth’s Christmas message
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "George films the TV and captures Queen Elizabeth's message to start off the Christmas day."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (08)
Date: [196-?]
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (08)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152074

Title: Chan family videos : Christmas 1962 sign
Description: Item consists of footage of a sign with Christmas 1962 written on red. Project and donor contributed description follows: "Christmas 1962: George captures holiday decorations, neon lights, dinner and his kids opening presents, etc."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (05)
Date: 25 Dec. 1962
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (05)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152071

Title: Lo family videos : Christmas : part 2 of 4
Description: Item consists of a video recording that features adults outside on a snowy day and two children playing on a swing set in the winter. Project and donor contributed description follows: "Their extended family are visiting from Macau for their first Winter visit. For many of them it was the first time experiencing the Canadian cold. "I remember we were outside playing in the snow for a really long time… the adults were playing in it just as much as the kids", Lorna recalls. The children can be seen playing on the swing bundled up in coats and snow pants."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-037 / 001 (02)
Date: [between 1978-1982]
Identifier: 2019-037 / 001 (02)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152028

Title: Chan family videos : RCMP dinner at Virden Café
Description: Item consists of footage of town decorations and individuals at a restaurant. Project and donor contributed description follows: "An RCMP dinner at Virden Café including all of the grooms and brides."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (06)
Date: [196-?]
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (06)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152072

Title: Chan family videos : Opening presents and playing
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "Kate and her siblings open presents and set the scene for a play her dad directed with typewriter and doctor/nurse kits. Kate’s mom is in the silk housecoat. Joyce plays piano and they all gather to sing around her."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (09)
Date: [196-?]
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (09)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152075