Moving Image

Royal Norwegian Air Force Muskoka Airport, Toronto, Canada, circa 1943

Dublin Core

Title
Royal Norwegian Air Force Muskoka Airport, Toronto, Canada, circa 1943
Identifier
2022013_15
Description
Footage includes bear mascot around the camp, eating, wrestling, and playing. This video is restricted.
Funding for digitization provided to NAHA by the Sons of Norway Foundation.
Extent
00:11:28
Format
Independent films
Rights
In Copyright
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Spatial Coverage
Toronto, Canada
Table Of Contents
00:00:00 Black screen

00:00:01 Opens with a bear cub on leash next to dogs. Soldiers playing with bear cub in their laps.

00:00:21 Bear cub on leash crossing water on log. Bear cub in field of flowers. Bear playing next to two young boys. NOTE: nudity.

00:00:52 Man approaching bear cub with plush panda bear. Bear cub being fed.

00:02:28 Black screen

00:01:29 Bear cub being walked on leash down dock, getting on canoe. Men paddling in a canoe with a bear cub.

00:02:40 Black Screen

00:02:43 Grown bear running across field, chasing soldier. Soldier and bear wrestling.

00:05:29 Bear being walked on leash. Bear swimming in water.

00:06:17 Bear climbing up and down a tree. Man joins bear in climbing. 00:07:24 Bear eating man’s ice cream cone.

00:07:37 Bear climbing ladder. Bear digging in the dirt.

00:08:04 Bear climbing ladder and drinking soda.

00:08:45 Men carrying out pail of water, place turtle in water, bear plays with turtle in water. Bear tips over a pail of water. Bear plays with turtle on land.

00:10:24 Bear play-fights with dog.

00:11:22 Black screen

00:11:28 Film ends.
Bibliographic Citation
[Indicate the cited item here]. Campbell Norsgaard Collection. Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
Has Format
MP4

Citation

Norsgaard, Campbell, “Royal Norwegian Air Force Muskoka Airport, Toronto, Canada, circa 1943,” Digital Collections, accessed October 16, 2026, https://www.norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/16010.