Deer Hunting and Conservation Films, 1927-1948

Contents List

Container Title
AE 607
[Deer starvation and survey], circa 1938-1945
Physical Description: Black and white, color, silent 
Note: Includes footage from 1938 deer starvation, deer surveys in Price County, and an albino stag walking in a large enclosure with other deer.
AE 608
[Peshtigo], circa 1934-1943
Physical Description: Black and white, color, silent 
Note: Footage includes men deer hunting, men fishing in a rowboat, and winter scenes in the woods.
CC 993
[Lakes, rivers, and falls], circa 1927-1940s
Physical Description: Black and white, color, silent 
Note: Footage from many lakes, rivers, creeks, and falls. Some waterways include Lake Wausau, Armstrong Creek, Robinson Bay, Agate Falls on the Ontonagon River, the Mississippi River, Garden River, and Prairie River. Some footage includes men fishing and hiking. Footage of Niagara Falls is from a 1927 commercial film; this footage is on tinted yellow film stock.
AE 613
[Trees and conservation], circa 1941
Physical Description: Color, silent 
Note: Footage includes shots of people, squirrels, flowers, men butchering a deer, rows of trees, and a man unloading, planting, and inspecting trees. Also includes shots of Langlade State Fish Hatchery Wisconsin Conservation Department sign.
AE 609
[Fires], circa 1940s
Physical Description: Black and white, color, silent 
Note: Shots of brush, field, and building fires. Footage also includes shots of men trying to extinguish a brush fire.
AE 610
[People], circa 1940s
Physical Description: Color, silent 
Note: Footage of men, women, and children engaging in outside activities. Some activities include a man feeding a fawn from a bottle, a cabin and surrounding grounds, a man and boy climbing a tree, men snowshoeing, men snowmobiling, and boys playing in the snow.
AE 611
[Baton twirling, fairground, and agriculture], circa 1930-1940s
Physical Description: Black and white, color, silent 
Note: Footage includes shots of people mostly engaging in outside activities. Some shots include a girl in a majorette uniform twirling a baton, scenes from Wausau high school, exhibits at a fairground, men drilling a well, and grain and cornfields.
AE 612
[Albino deer, hunting, and fishing], circa 1941
Physical Description: Color, silent 
Note: Footage includes shots of a forest in winter, deer running in a meadow in summer (including an albino deer), and men hunting and fishing.