Moving Image

One day at Vesle Skaugum, Norwegian Air Force Recreational Center, Toronto, Canada, circa 1943

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Title
One day at Vesle Skaugum, Norwegian Air Force Recreational Center, Toronto, Canada, circa 1943
Identifier
2022013_12
Date
circa 1943
Description
No description available. Film available online here.
Funding for digitization provided to NAHA by the Sons of Norway Foundation.
Extent
00:14:00
Format
Independent films
Rights
In Copyright
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Spatial Coverage
Toronto, Canada
Table Of Contents
00:00:00 Opens with black screen
00:00:03 Opens with text: “Little Norway Films Presents: Vesle Skaugum, Royal Norwegian Air Force Recreation Center.”
00:00:27 Black screen with white text: “Photographed and edited by members of The Royal Norwegian Air Force.”
00:00:32 Views of camp buildings. Man opening gate. More shots of camp buildings.
00:01:12 Close ups of flowers. People walking around camp. Men getting into canoes on water. Sailboat on water.
00:02:08 Man walking out on the porch. Close up of soldiers. Man petting dog. Dog walking in water.
00:02:52 Close up of the dog on the canoe. Man rowing boat with dog inside. Dog swimming in water.
00:03:17 Dogs going through the gate. Man feeding dogs. Man picking up dog. Men throw dogs in water, dogs walking in water.
00:04:03 Bear playing with dogs. Soldiers playing with bear cub in their laps.
00:04:22 Bear cub on leash crossing water on log. Bear cub in field of flowers. Bear playing next to two young boys. NOTE: nudity, boys are naked.
00:04:54 Man approaching bear cub with plush panda bear. Bear cub being fed.
00:05:30 Man chopping wood. Men painting wooden stakes. Man painting paddleboard. Views of camp buildings.
00:05:47 Men load box into car. Men place loudspeaker on box. Men running out of the building, car driving away. Car driving through forest.
00:06:19 Men taking cover in bushes, using radio equipment. Man receives telegram, soldier sending message in morse code.
00:06:47 Car stops in the forest. Men examining map, driving further, then exiting vehicle. Men setting up loudspeaker in bushes. Man speaking into microphone, broadcasting through loudspeaker.
00:08:00 Fades to black
00:08:02 Bear cub being walked on leash down dock, getting on canoe. Men paddling in a canoe with a bear cub. Bear gets out of the canoe into water and goes back again.
00:08:13 Fades to black
00:09:15 Vehicles at camp, soldiers standing around. Men loading materials into truck.
00:09:42 Men standing at attention. People shaking hands.
00:10:01 Men playing with bear cub. Man holding child. Men waving at camera. Trucks leaving camp, men waving.
00:10:43 Black screen.
00:14:00 Film ends.
Bibliographic Citation
[Indicate the cited item here]. Campbell Norsgaard Collection. Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
Has Format
MP4

Citation

Norsgaard, Campbell, “One day at Vesle Skaugum, Norwegian Air Force Recreational Center, Toronto, Canada, circa 1943,” Digital Collections, accessed October 16, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/16007.