Pacific Coast (B.C.)

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[Columbia Coast Mission miscellany, 1939]

Footage. "Probably members of the Columbia Coast Mission visiting the mission boat ['Columbia'] in Vancouver harbour during the Royal Visit. Includes ladies and two nurses. Scenes up the coast taken from the Mission boat: blue sky and sea, islands, and an unidentified [floating] settlement and its residents. Lion's Gate Bridge [long shot], looking out Vancouver Harbour. Lighthouse up the coast. Scenery through the islands, [fishing] boats & settlements. [Logging sequence.] Flowers in an unidentified garden and a little stone fountain in a pond with swans. Two women on deck of Mission boat look out over small village up the coast. Fishing boats, settlements. Man painting hull of Mission boat. Nurses. Boat at dock with other boats nearby, probably in Inner Harbour, Victoria. Empress Hotel. Ladies [disembarking]. Fishermen picking fish out of hold, Mission boat nearby. Scenery and settlement with fish-boats up the coast. At a Lighthouse (Pachena?), a small boat is transported across the top of the water by a cable, then lowered into the water when out of danger. The boat is then rowed out to the Mission boat. More scenery, settlements and islands. Scenery up the coast, islands, settlements, tugboat passing, destroyer passing. Point-No-Point Lodge and beach. [Logging scene.] [The yacht 'Taconite'] in Vancouver Harbour for King and Queen's visit. Many flags and pennants. Lion's Gate Bridge in background. Hundreds of boats in Harbour: fishboats with flags, cabin cruisers, motorboats, and RCN destroyer H48, 'HMCS Fraser'. Biplanes fly over bridge very close to cables. 'Princess Marguerite' hoves into view then sails away under bridge to Vancouver Island, carrying the King and Queen. Village church with wedding party emerging. Settlements, scenery and people up the coast." (Colin Browne)

[Herring harvest]

Footage. Footage from an unidentified film. Includes views of Vancouver [and North Vancouver?] from the harbour; many scenes of herring fleet under way; shots of and on board various herring boats (including "Norcrown", "Irana", "Waldero" and "Western Cruiser"); the packer "Norcrest" unloading fish at a cannery on the North Shore; herring in nets and being brailed into hold; seagulls swarming.

Moving mountains

Industrial film. Highlights Island Tug & Barge Ltd.'s role in developing the ocean-going barge, including the conversion of four tankers into self-dumping log barges (which can also be used to transport other materials). Shows the 1962 launching of the "Island Exporter", which (like her sister barge "Island Importer") was built to carry crushed limestone and similar cargoes on the open Pacific. Loading/unloading systems. Notable voyages. Tugs pulling Davis rafts and berthing a replica of the "Bounty".

[Ocean Falls holiday, 1952]

Amateur film. Trip up the BC coast from Vancouver to Ocean Falls on the "Princess Norah". Shots of Ocean Falls, boating, crab fishing. Lion's Gate Bridge. Trip on the "Princess of Nanaimo." Elk Falls.

Pacific harvest

Industrial film. A survey of the Pacific coast fishing industry. Follows a commercial fishing vessel on a typical trip along the BC coast, and shows the various fishing methods used. Also includes footage of cannery operations, fish ladders at Hells Gate, spawning grounds, the cleaning of fish on a processing ship, fishery by-products (such as fish meal used for stock feed), the manufacture of nets and other equipment, fishing boat maintenance, etc. Features fishing boats Pacific Raider and Western Provider.

Pacific harvest

Industrial film. A survey of the Pacific coast fishing industry. Follows a commercial fishing vessel on a typical trip along the BC coast, and shows the various fishing methods used. Also includes footage of cannery operations, fish ladders at Hells Gate, spawning grounds, the cleaning of fish on a processing ship, fishery by-products (such as fish meal used for stock feed), the manufacture of nets and other equipment, fishing boat maintenance, etc. Features fishing boats Pacific Raider and Western Provider.

Pacific harvest

Industrial film. A survey of the Pacific coast fishing industry. Follows a commercial fishing vessel on a typical trip along the BC coast, and shows the various fishing methods used. Also includes footage of cannery operations, fish ladders at Hells Gate, spawning grounds, the cleaning of fish on a processing ship, fishery by-products (such as fish meal used for stock feed), the manufacture of nets and other equipment, fishing boat maintenance, etc. Features fishing boats Pacific Raider and Western Provider.

Seaspan

Industrial film. A wide-ranging survey of the tow boat industry featuring Seaspan International Ltd. Includes footage of the cargo ship Vanlene.

Seaspan : [out-takes]

Out-takes. A wide-ranging survey of the tow boat industry featuring Seaspan International Ltd. Includes footage of the cargo ship Vanlene.

There's the land . . . have you seen it!

The item is a video copy of a travelogue. It shows the attractions of Alaska and the Yukon Territory; includes CN's "Northland Prince" leaving Vancouver harbour and sailing up the Inside Passage to Alaska. Narration includes excerpts from the poetry of Robert W. Service.

There's the land . . . have you seen it!

The item is a release print of a travelogue from 1967. It depicts the attractions of Alaska and the Yukon Territory; includes CN's "Northland Prince" leaving Vancouver harbour and sailing up the Inside Passage to Alaska. Narration includes excerpts from the poetry of Robert W. Service.