John's uncle, the poet, photographer and filmmaker

George Johnston 1913-2004

New - Complete List of Johnston Family Home Movies - 7 hours!
Recent book of George's poems, and analysis, one poem quoted in full.
>>> George's Memoir of his parents: Part 1 w/ photos; Part 2 w/ chart.
>>> Peggy's Cove photos, some by George. >>> His sister's paintings.

Johnston Family Home Movies 1947-2005
Ottawa - Toronto - Peterborough - Sackville, NB - Peggy's Cove
Newfoundland - Elgin, Quebec - Denmark - Faroe Islands - Florida

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George and Peggy Johnston, 19 Churchhill Ave., Sackville, NB - 1948
in a frame near the end of reel 2 of George's 8mm home movies.

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LIST OF 7 HOURS OF FILMS, 1947-2005
Complete 8mm and Super 8 Home Movies by George Johnston,
his father Benson Johnston, his sons Andrew and Bob Johnston,
and his brother-in-law and nephew Larry and John Porter.
See Also - Porter Family Home Movies 1944-1961.

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INDEX

LISTED AS TRANSFERRED TO DVDs IN 2008 (5:50)

1. George Johnston's 8mm Films, Batch #1, 1947-1959, 57 minutes
(Also transferred to VHS tapes in 2001.)

2. George Johnston's 8mm Films, Batch #2, 1949-1982, 79 minutes

3. Andrew Johnston’s 8mm Films, 1976-1984, 127 minutes

4. George Johnston's Super 8 Films, circa 1970, 17 minutes

5. Andrew & Bob Johnston's Super 8 Film, circa 1970, 27 minutes

6. John Porter's Super 8 Films, 1971-2005, 43 minutes

NOT TRANSFERRED TO VIDEO (:50)

7. Benson Johnston's 8mm Films, 1949-1950s, 29 minutes

8. Larry Porter's 8mm "Porters" Reel in George's Collection, 14 minutes

9. Larry Porter's 8mm "Johnston" Scenes in his own family films, 7 minutes

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LIST AS TRANSFERRED TO DVDs IN 2008 (5:50hrs)

Listed first by format, then filmmaker, then in rough chronological order, but with all of
each filmmaker's long compilation reels listed before all of their short unedited reels.

1. George Johnston's 8mm Kodachrome Films 1947-1959
(First batch, transferred in 2001 to VHS tapes, then in 2008 to DVDs.) 57 minutes

1. 200' blue metal can & reel. "Johnston 1 Sackville". (1947)
Not Sackville: McRae family re-union in a back yard (slo-mo?). (Marg?) Hern wedding (combined with Larry Porter’s footage). Infants Bob & Deirdre with George & Jeanne at the lake. Benson & Margaret with Bob. Benson & Margaret swimming. George, Bob & Margaret in the lake. George with swamped canoe. Benson diving. Marion, Nancy & Susan Porter.
Sackville, NB: Bob crawling. Jeanne & Bob at Mount Allison University. Churchhill Ave. and house. Bob walking. Car ferry. Pan of seashore.

2. 200' grey metal can & reel. "Johnston 2 Sackville". (1947-1948)
Infant Bob. Bob walking with Jeanne on Curchhill Ave. at the house. George & Doug McCallum building chicken coop in summer. Newmans visit in winter: Bob & Deirdre in bathtub. Doug McCallum taxis Johnstons & Newmans to train arriving at station. Bob walking in house and out front in winter. Margaret & Benson, Jeanne & Bob on beach in summer. At neighbour's house? George & infant Peggy in front of 19 Churchhill Ave. (photo above). Bob playing piano, crawling, and with dog friends.

3. 200' blue metal can & reel. "1949-1952".
"Linden-Lea? Bob, Peg, Andrew, Cathleen, John Porter, Dierdre & Jenny".
Peggy’s Cove. Infant Peggy with Margaret. Family (which?) group pose. Bob with cat. George reading to Bob. Bob & Peggy. (George & Jeanne?) Infant Peggy with Norma & Grandma McRae. Andrew, Peggy & friends. Infant Cathleen. Andrew & Bob with toy trucks in the dirt. Peggy. Wagon on hill. Bob mowing lawn. Andrew & Peggy with hammock. Andrew playing with bottles, walking. Susie & Duncan McRae, Grandma Rogers. Bob & Peggy swinging. The Newmans. Infant Peggy walking (out of chronology?). Cathleen with Bob & Peggy.

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4. 50' black metal reel in mailer box to Benson Johnston, 38 Bracondale Hill Rd., Toronto. Postmarked July 4, 1950. "Andrew (baby). James Gardens."
Bob, Peggy, Andrew. Margaret, Benson, Bob, Marion, John, Nancy & Susan Porter in James Gardens.

5. 50' grey plastic reel in mailer box to B. Johnston, 38 Bracondale Hill Rd., Toronto. Postmarked July 3, 1953. "Ottawa 1953 - Tulip Jones at ?".
Fancy car, George, Benson & Margaret, Marion Porter, McRaes. Hodgson kids? & Johnston kids. Infant Cathleen.

6. 50' grey plastic reel in longer mailer box to Johnston, 22 Third Ave., Ottawa.
"Third Ave. Railway - ?. All Johnston." Postmarked June 1, 1955.
Bob, Peggy, Andrew. Cathleen walking. Four kids on railway tracks.

7. 50' grey plastic reel in mailer box to G.B. Johnston, 22 Third Ave., Ottawa.
"Cottage 1958". Cathleen. Benson & Margaret.

8. 50' grey plastic reel in mailer box to Johnston, 22 Third Ave., Ottawa.
Postmarked January? 9, 1960. "Mahon Lake Summer 1959. All Johnston."
Boys fishing & swimming at the lake. Andrew in miniature sailboat. Rowboating. Infant Nora with Jeanne, Peggy, Andrew. Canoeing. Many kids swimming in the lake. Canoeing tricks.

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2. George Johnston's 8mm Kodachrome Films 1949-1982
(Second batch, only collected and transferred in 2008 to DVDs.) 79 minutes

1. 70' on 200' tan metal reel w/o can. (Not transferred to video.)
"Porters, Benson & Margaret & Myrtle, St. Clements & Couchiching."
Plane arriving. Margaret & Myrtle greeted by Marion, Nancy & John. (No "Benson") Porters behind their St. Clements Ave. home, and swimming at Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching.

2. 170' on 200' grey metal can & reel. "Cookes Lines 1962-1965."
Andrew & Bob fishing. Nora. Hay gathering. Kids swimming in pond & cycling. Baby in crib. Girls dress-up. Rope swing. Andrew & Nora.

3. 200' on grey metal can & reel. "Cookes Lines 1965-1968."
Lots of Mark. Kids swimming in pond. Pony ride. Nora & Mark. Fred with hay thrasher, baler, gathering. Rope swing. Ducks.

4. 200' on grey metal can & reel. "Cookes Lines 1969-1970s."
Mark & Nora exploring outside in the Fall, and dress-up. Winter panoramas. Pushing car. Dark dusk. Group walk. Sugaring. Rope swing. Fred cutting tree. Gathering hay.

5. 200' on grey metal can & blue metal reel. "Denmark & Faroes." Mid-1970s?
Mark & Nora. On ferry and walk with group & Marion Porter. George w/ movie camera (dark). Nora skipping rope. Bob cycling. Car ferry w/ Marion. Fishing village. Group walk through spectacular landscapes.

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6. 50' silver aluminum reel w/o box. (Not transferred to video.)
"Porter 1952." Nancy Porter’s birthday party exterior and underexposed interior.
Porter kids in rowboat. Nancy & Susan riding bicycles. John - good & over exposures.

7. 50' grey plastic reel in mailer box to Johnston, 22 Third Ave., Ottawa.
Postmarked October 25, 1954. "Cottage. Hirsches?" (Black & white, not Kodachrome.) Overexposed gardens. Ships in dock. Ends with good shot of Margaret on ship deck, then Benson cut short.

8. 50' grey plastic reel in mailer box to Benson Johnston, 38 Bracondale Hill Rd. Postmarked September 29, 1950. "Mahon Lake. Cathleen 1 1/2." (= 1954, not 1950)
Johnston kids swimming. Jeanne. Rowboating. Cathleen & kitten.
Cathleen walking at 22 Third Ave., underexposed.

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9. 50' grey plastic reel in mailer box to G.B. Johnston, Sackville, NB.
Postmarked June 28, 1960.
"22 Third Ave. June 1960. All Johnston. Nora (baby), Grandma & running in hose 22 3rd." Infant Nora, w/ Jeanne, Bob, Margaret. Older kids running in sprinkler at 22 Third Ave.

10. 50' grey plastic reel in mailer box to G. Johnston, 22 Third Ave., Ottawa.
Postmarked September 13, 1971. "Denmark (Atta) 1967-1968."
Pan of house. Nora, Mark, Cathleen, Jeanne underexposed. Walk in woods.

11. 50' grey plastic reel in mailer box to G. Johnston, RR 1, Athelstan, PQ.
Postmarked July 16, 1969. "Hostel move." Some back-lit underexposures.

12. 50' grey plastic reel in mailer box to G. Johnston, RR 1, Athelstan, PQ.
Postmarked August 18, 1969. "Store move." Good exposures.

13. 50' black plastic reel in mailer box to G. Johnston, RR 1, Athelstan, PQ.
"Mark's Sports Day 1982." Kate & kids. Jeanne & baby. All four Fishers. Bob McRae.

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3. Andrew Johnston’s 8mm Kodachrome Films, 1976-1984
(Collected and transferred in 2008 to DVDs.) 127 minutes

1. (1976-1977) Cookes Line, Quebec
- George, Andrew, Kate, Cathleen, Nora, Ford truck, lunch on the verandah.
Eagle Lake, Ontario - Tom Brewis’s cabin, Andrew, Kate, Tom Brewis, Brook the dog.
Alexandria or Gananoque, Ontario - Bob Johnston, Bob MacDermid, Ford truck, prefab building.

2. (1977) Montreal, Quebec - Caniapiscau River Canoe Trip - Peggy & Cathleen,
Bob Johnston & Bob MacDermid, Kate & Phil Lancaster (?) walking on downtown street. Saguenay River - the ferry.
Sept Isles, Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway - trip members (Bob J., Bob Mac D., Kate, Cathleen, John Philpot, Andrew) carrying canoes, boarding train etc.
Labrador City - Jim Troke’s float plane.

3. (1977) Caniapiscau River, Quebec - Various shots of the river, the trippers paddling, camping, cooking.
Cookes Line - wood shed extension framing, Nora McRae, Jeanne, Mark.

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4. (1977) Almonte, Ontario, Stubbs’ House – deck and studio building, Andrew, Kate, Nora.

5. (1977) Almonte, Stubbs’ Studio - Andrew, Kate, Nora, mixing concrete, pouring footings, repairing house porch roof.

6. (1977) Almonte, Stubbs’ Studio - “Little Box” (Rachel Haight’s cabin), Kate, Nora, Andrew, Ford truck outfitted with gin pole and chain block, hewing logs, hoisting and moving logs, marking and cutting dovetails.

7. (1977-1978) Almonte, Stubbs’ Studio - roof raising, many people involved,
Andrew, Kate, Nora, David Sentesy, Murray Cock, David Stubbs, Mark and others.
Toronto, Credit River Canoe Race - Bob, Phil Lancaster.

8. (1978) Toronto, Humber River Canoe Race - Bob & Phil Lancaster, Andrew & ? (Peter Haines?), Peggy & Peter Gould, Jonathan Stanley & (his wife?).
Elora, Ontario, Grand River Canoe Race - Peggy and Andrew.
Clear Lake, Ontario, Stubbs’ cottage, Mississauga River.

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9. (1978) Yellowknife, North West Territories - John Philpot, Peter and Carol Gould and friend Carl, Kate.
Itchen Lake, North West Territories - Cathleen’s geological survey camp in the Barrens (near Point Lake), Andrew, Cathleen, Kate.

10. (1979) Cheltenham, Ontario - Ted Haines, Jewel Foster, Kate, Brigid, Thea.

11. (1980-81) Toronto, Cheltenham - Brigid and Thea Haines, Jewel Foster and Ted Haines, Kate.

12. (1981) Toronto - Brigid, Luke, Maggie, Mark, Kate, Peggy and John, park in Rosedale.

13. (1981)Pickering, Ontario - Track meet at Pickering School - Mark, Maggie, Cathleen, Nora, Kate.
Cookes Line - Nora’s and Jamie’s wedding.

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14. (1982) Peterborough, Ontario, Marble beach - Brigid, Luke, Maggie, Peggy, John, Kate (half of film not exposed)

15. (1983) Peterborough, Weller Street - Luke, Stephanie and Michael Sayers, Maggie, Brigid, Gabriel (?), Matthew Sheehan, John, Solomon. Gilmour Street - Jewel Foster, Thea, Gabriel, Solomon.
Drag Lake, Haliburton, Ontario - Travis, Brigid. (Fisher’s rented cottage)

16. (1983) Selwyn Beach, Ontario (near Peterborough) - Ted Haines, Jewel Foster, Kate, Brigid, Thea, Maggie, Solomon, Gabriel.
Stoney Lake, Ontario, (near Peterborough) “Tentland” - Kate, Brigid, Maggie.

17. (1984) Cookes Line - Nora, Jamie, Kate, Brigid, Maggie, Seamus, Solomon, Katy.

18. (1984) Toronto or Peterborough and Marmora (Christiansen) - Kate, Brigid, Maggie, Solomon & Tonka truck. (shot in George,s Kodak Sportster)

19. (1984) Cookes Line - Cathleen, Seamus, Nora, Jeanne, Fred. Peterborough – Kate, Brigid, Maggie, Solomon.

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4. George Johnston's Super 8 Kodachrome Films circa 1970
(Collected and transferred in 2008 to DVDs.) 17 minutes

1. 150' on 200' blue plastic reel & can.
Cookes Lines in Winter. Long, dark landscapes at dusk with snowplows and panoramas. (Try to save in the transfer to digital.) Bob at window. Cars leaving.

2. 50' black plastic reel in yellow plastic can w/o box.
Kids & horses at Cookes Lines, some underexposed.
Ends with good shot of Nora & Mark riding.

3. 50' grey plastic reel in mailer box to G. B. Johnston, RR 1, Athelstan, PQ.
Postmarked August 22, 1969. "Damian." Horses at Cookes Lines. Cathleen riding.

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5. Andrew & Bob Johnston's Super 8 Kodachrome Film
(Transferred in 2008 to DVDs.) 27 minutes, circa 1970.

400' on blue plastic reel & can.
Bob walking his motorcycle on Howard St., Toronto. Andrew riding it at Cookes Lines. George, Fred Elliot, Bob, etc. pulling down old hostel. Horse-riding. Fred, fence & cow. Dragging shelter with 2 tractors. Posting signs. Cats, kids & Kelsey. Fred & Andrew making cider. Andrew & John Porter swinging. Panoramas. George, Nora & Mark. Pond.
Running, walking & exploring w/ Johnstons, Marion & Larry Porter, Kelsey.

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6. John Porter's Super 8 Films, 1971-2005
(Collected and transferred in 2008 to DVDs.) 43 minutes

Canoe Trip (1971, 17 minutes) Five, 50' black plastic reels, each in mailer boxes
Postmarked September 1, 1971, to George Johnston, 22 Third Ave., Ottawa.
Missinaibi River canoe trip with Bob, Andrew, Clive Brewis, and shot by John Porter.

Wedding Reception (1977, 3.5 minutes)
Andrew & Kate’s wedding reception at Bathurst St. United Church, Toronto.
Shot in time-lapse or “pixilation”.

Ben’s Friends (2004, 3.5 minutes)
Time-lapse / pixilation of Solomon, Miles and John-Olaf tabogganning in Peterborough.

Family Reunion (2003/2004, 12 minutes)
The big Johnston - McRae family reunion at the Quinns’ farm with George & Jeanne,
The Fishers, dogs, building the quincy, time-lapse of dinner, group photo, big bonfire.

Fishers Loft Inn, Port Rexton (2005, 7 minutes)
Panoramas of the inlet, town, inn buildings and garden. House renovation. Moonrise.

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NOT TRANSFERRED TO VIDEO (:50hr)

7. Benson Johnston's 8mm Kodachrome Films
(Not transferred to video, except #3 transferred to YouTube in 2008.) 29 minutes

1. 50' black metal reel in mailer box.
from Benson Johnston, 38 Bracondale Hill Rd. "Florida. Mostly black. 2 of 3." 1949?
Tracking shot of houses on shore from passing boat. Zoo animals.

2. 50' black metal reel in mailer box from Benson Johnston, 38 Bracondale Hill Rd.
"Florida. 3 of 3." 1949?
Poor exposures, some black. Overexposed pan of street. Margaret walking in distance through street, then hotel. Sunset. Black. Margaret behind banquet table and in dining room, underexposed. Mansion. Underexposed street. Margaret.

3. 50' grey plastic reel in mailer box to B. Johnson. "Florida 1952. 4."
(Transferred to YouTube in 2008, but not to DVDs.)
As 2., but very good tracking shot from boat, Margaret, Kingston Hotel, Hollywood Beach Hotel. Margaret & car on beach. Mostly buildings.

4. 125' in a 200' brown metal can in Golberg Bros. "Reflex" cardboard box.
“Rome. Piza. London.” First 50’ double-exposed. Few seconds of Margaret.

5. 150' in a 200' brown metal can in Golberg Bros. "Reflex" cardboard box.
“Trossachs / Scotland. Paris. Venice Bombings. Meditteranean.”
Few seconds of Margaret.

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8. Larry Porter's 8mm "Porters" Reel in George's Collection
(Not transferred to video.) 14 minutes

200' on a 300’ brown metal reel in cardoard "Revere" package.
“Porters in Clarkson.” Shot by Larry Porter.
Includes Hern wedding scene, added to George’s footage before transferring to DVDs.

9. Larry Porter's 8mm "Johnston" Scenes
Only ever transferred to VHS in 1991, along with all one hour of Porter Home Movies.
100' / 7 minutes

1953 - McRaes, Bob & Andrew Johnston, Benson.
1954 - Jeanne, Hodgsons. Cathleen about 1 year old.
1955 - Peggy, Nancy and George at Bracondale Hill Road, Toronto.
Porters, Peggy & George, Margaret & Benson.
1961 - Cookes Line: car; Kelsey Jones; Peggy, Nora, Bob & Andrew fishing; Jeanne.
22 Third Ave.: Margaret, Nora, Bob & Andrew.

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>>> New Book of George's Poems.

>>> Analysis of his poems, one quoted in full.

>>> George's Memoir of his parents: Part 1 w/ photos; Part 2 w/ chart.

>>> Peggy's Cove Photos, some by George.

>>> George's sister Marion Porter's Paintings.

>>> NEW! - List of Larry Porter's Family Home Movies, 1944-1961.

>>> John Porter's "Lost Porter Cousins", and Father's Physics Theory.

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