Crosscut Films

11/24/2024

Well, made a little dream of mine come true this last week.

I've always been a long time fan of the 80's Canadian band The Arrows. I got in touch via Facebook with Dean McTaggart, the leader of the band and inquired about if he had any of the Arrows' videos on tape.

Despite hearing from some random guy from Saskatoon asking him completely out of the blue asking to borrow probably the only videotape left in existence that contained all three music videos from the Arrows, he loaned them to me.

I passed the tape off to Craig Jarvis at Vital Transfers - Audio and Video Digitization. VHS to DVD - a rare piece of Canadian music history cannot be trusted to a pawnshop VCR but it can be trusted with Jarv.

Several days later, I presented the finished upscales to Dean and to the world.

Hope you enjoy them too!

The Canadian band The Arrows only made three music videos, and all three were made for their second album, "The Lines Are Open". Lead singer and one of the m...

11/02/2024

Incredibly proud to play a small part in this important project.

11/01/2024

Please take a moment to remember this November 11th.

Remembrance Day is a significant part of Canadian national identity and a time for reflection and gratitude. Both Canada and the US fought side-by-side in th...

10/09/2024

Another great month - thanks everyone!!

08/29/2024

Having long been intrigued by the history of my home province, I'm proud to present this brief history of the second busiest highway in Saskatchewan as the latest in my Abandoned Saskatchewan series.

The previous upload had a factual error that has been corrected.Take a dive into a century of the history of Saskatchewan's Highway 11 and how it's changed o...

08/08/2024

Another great month of growth on YouTube - thanks everyone!

07/20/2024

A little something put together to mark the Mynarski Memorial Lancaster's visit to Saskatoon on Thursday.

Produced in cooperation with the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum

On July 18, 2024, one of the only two flying Avro Lancasters, the "Mynarksi Memorial Lancaster", visited the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum in Saskatoon.

07/18/2024

Quite excited to be granted special access in cooperation with the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum to document the Saskatoon arrival of one of only two remaining airworthy Avro Lancaster WW2 bombers in the world today.

The plan is to compile a featurette on the plane known as the “Mynarski Memorial Lancaster”. It is painted in the colours of his aircraft KB726 – VR-A, which flew with RCAF No. 419 "Moose" Squadron.

Andrew Mynarski was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth’s highest award for gallantry, on June 13, 1944, when his Lancaster was shot down in flames, by a German night fighter. As the bomber fell, he attempted to free the tail gunner trapped in the rear turret of the blazing and out of control aircraft. The tail gunner miraculously survived the crash and lived to tell the story, but sadly Andrew Mynarski died from his severe burns.

07/03/2024

Just a little re-edit of the Outlook CPR / SkyTrail Bridge footage I shot a few years ago

A look at the Outlook CPR Bridge which was converted into part of the TransCanada Trail as the SkyTrail in 2003 only to be closed to the public in 2013 due t...

06/28/2024

So, I'm about to embark on another video in my "Abandoned Saskatchewan" series and I'd like to get your feedback on what topic I should do next. These videos center mostly on drone and aerial footage with a little bit of history about the location.

Here's a sample: https://youtu.be/5erCb6JepjM?si=LmhIE4Bv0sa3q_Fp

So far, I've covered:

Borden Bridge
Outlook CPR Bridge / Skytrail
The story of the old CPR Rail Spur from Asquith to Baljennie
The old highway overpass south of PA
The old railway overpass near Hafford
The old St. Louis Grand Trunk Bridge
The McCloy Creek Trestle near Meskanaw
Lepine, Sask
Bounty, Sask

What do you think I should do next?

In the spring of 1929, construction workers built the large east and west embankments using horse-drawn dump wagons, slips and fresno scrapers.They had to sp...

04/10/2024

Cracked a million views in a month - thanks, everyone! 🫶

03/07/2024

Sooooo close to a million views!!

Thanks for your support, everyone!

02/08/2024

Another great month on YouTube!!

Thanks, everyone!!

02/08/2024

Coming soon!

01/02/2024

01/02/2024

Another great year - thanks everyone!!

12/21/2023

Getting all geared up for tomorrow's video shoot at Lawrence House!

Pumped to be collaborating with Harreson James again for a new video project - looking forward to making some magic like we did three years ago!

Written by Chris Isaak in 1989, this has always been one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy my take on this song with a stripped down acoustic version. Record...