Item V1990:23/001 - Big timber; Saga of the silver horde; The inside story; Saving the sagas; The life of a salmon; Trans-Canada air pageant pt.1

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Big timber; Saga of the silver horde; The inside story; Saving the sagas; The life of a salmon; Trans-Canada air pageant pt.1

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V1990:23/001

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  • 1990 (Reproduction)
  • 1910-1938 (Creation)
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    Canada. National Archives of Canada

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1 videocassette (ca. 60 min) : b&w/colour, VHS, sound/silent ; 13 mm

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In 1989 the BC Archives purchased a 3/4 inch U-Matic video tape copy of six films from the National Archives of Canada through their diffusion program. In 1990 the BC Archives made a VHS copy of the video for reference purposes.

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The item consists of a video cassette tape (VHS) copied in 1990 from a 3/4 inch U-Matic video tape created by the National Archives of Canada in 1989.

The contents include copies of six films about various British Columbian topics created between 1910 and 1938 as follows:

Big Timber / Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, 1935, b&w, sound.
Saga of the silver horde / Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, 1935, b&w, sound.
The inside story / Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, 1938, b&w, sound.
Saving the sagas / Associated Screen News Ltd., copyright Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 1927, b&w, silent.
Life of a salmon / Edison Manufacturing Company, 1910, b&w, silent with captions.
Trans-Canada air pageant and miscellaneous aeroplanes : part one / W.M. Archibald, copyright Air Canada, 1930, b&w & col., silent.

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Original films held by Library and Archives Canada.

Availability of other formats

A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
Contains six items.
Each item was individually digitized.
U-Matic copy purchased and accessioned as V1989:74/001, pulled for destruction in 2017 due to extensive hydrolysis.
VHS copy made in 1990 and accessioned as V1990:23/001.
Betacam SP (00:09:17) copy made of "Big Timber" in 2004 and given number V2004:01/001.

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BC Archives copy for reference viewing only.

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For related material see V1990:23/002 and V1990:23/003.

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Accession number(s): V1989:74 (U-Matic), V1990:23 (VHS)

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Previously described as 1 compilation and 6 separate items using the following reference codes:
AAAA6620, AAAA0240, AAAA2658, AAAA1526, AAAA2681, AAAA1220, AAAA2922.

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