Matthias Ojala film collection
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0135
Collection Organization
The collection consists of a set of seventen films taken engineer Matt Ojala during his time sailing on the Great Lakes in the 1950s and 1960s. He carried an 8mm motion picture camera on many of his trips, documenting many of the other vessels that passed by. Some of the vessels include AQUARAMA, SOUTH AMERICAN, and UNITED STATES GYPSUM. Ojala spent a notable portion of his career on the latter. Also included in the collection are a Bell & Howell Autoload film projector and a Sears Du-All Motorized [Film] Editor/Viewer.
Welland Canal and Mackinac Bridge construction progress, circa 1955-1957
Item – Box 1, Item: 1
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- Creation: circa 1955-1957
"Winter run" - footage of the Toledo-Detroit coal run, circa 1950s-1960s
Item – Box 1, Item: 2
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- Creation: circa 1950s-1960s
"Matt Ojala in ER [Engine Room] of Steam Boat (probably the UNITED STATES GYPSUM)", undated
Item – Box 1, Item: 3
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- Creation: undated
"Detroit River Sunk Ship, Mackinac Bridge", undated
Item – Box 1, Item: 4
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- Creation: undated
"River Explosion", undated
Item – Box 1, Item: 5
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- Creation: undated
"Cliffs Boats Loading Coal [from] Train Cars", undated
Item – Box 1, Item: 6
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- Creation: undated
"AmShip Chicago", 1978
Item – Box 1, Item: 7
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- Creation: 1978
"Drydocking", 1978
Item – Box 1, Item: 8
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- Creation: 1978
"Marine Ball - Brief glimpse of Matt Ojala", undated
Item – Box 1, Item: 9
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- Creation: undated
Eight unidentified 8mm films, undated
Item – Box 1, Item: 10-17
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- Creation: undated
Howell Autoload film projector, undated
Item – Item 18
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- Creation: undated
Sears Du-All Motorized [Film] Editor/Viewer, undated
Item – Item 19
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- Creation: undated