Dick and Ada Bird - This Generation: A Prairie Romance
Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan
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 Published On Feb 8, 2024

Filmed in 1934 by Dick and Ada Bird, This Generation: A Prairie Romance (Film R-485), a dramatized documentary, portrays the romance of living on a prairie farm. The film describes the methods of grain marketing by the Saskatchewan Co-operative Wheat Producers Ltd and includes views of elevators, farm implements, and railway traffic.

The Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan has in its collection records created, accumulated and used by Dick and Ada Bird of Regina, Saskatchewan during the course of their careers in the cinematography field, their travels worldwide and their lecture tours throughout Canada and the United States. Their personal family life is also documented. The period of the record relates predominantly to the 1920s through 1970s and can be referenced using the reference code BF 17.

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