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Industrial film. The design, construction and operation of the wooden-hulled fish packer "Canfisco", whose launching coincided with the fiftieth anniversary of the Canadian Fishing Company. Includes scenes at the shipyard, in Vancouver ...
Ada Dawe interview : [Chapman, 1976]
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ada Dawe : Vancouver Harbour PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: Ada Dawe was born in Vancouver in 1893 and lived at Sechelt until school age. Her father was a captain on the Empress boa...
Part of Ken Jubenvill fonds
Promotional film. Presentation about future development on the north shore of False Creek in Vancouver, the site of Expo '86.
Part of Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services films and videotapes
Promotional video. Presentation about future development on the north shore of False Creek in Vancouver, the site of Expo '86.
Part of Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources films
Travelogue. From Vancouver BC through Canada to the Atlantic provinces. BC footage consists of Vancouver street scenes and waterfront, passenger train in mountain range, and logging shots.
CALL NUMBER: T2195:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-06-22 SUMMARY: Carl Timms was born in Ontario in 1889. Came to Vancouver as a child. Worked in the CPR office, New Westminster. Joined the "Beaver", a s...
Part of Cominco Ltd. fonds
Industrial film. An overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; le...
Part of Lew M. Parry fonds
Industrial film. An overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; le...
Industrial film. An overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; le...
Part of Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources films and videotapes
Industrial film. An overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; le...
CALL NUMBER: T2102:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-06-11 SUMMARY: Charles Robson was born in 1901 on Cape Breton Island. Worked on the CPR steamer "Princess Mary". Discusses working conditions, division ...
Claude Thicke interview : [Chapman, 1976]
CALL NUMBER: T2198:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Towboating on the B.C. coast PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-09 SUMMARY: Born in Ottawa in 1883. Moved as a child to Vancouver. Delivery boy for Clark and Stewart. ...
CALL NUMBER: T2342:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain Ed Johnson recalls his father and uncle, who came to Vancouver in 1895 and worked in the towboating industry on the B.C. coast and the Fraser River. Captain...
Part of Ministry of Agriculture films
Promotional film. Poultry breeding in B.C. produces high-grade eggs for domestic and foreign markets. Shows the world's record shipment of eggs, when 33 million eggs were shipped from B.C. to Great Britain -- eggs being loaded onto a freighte...
Documentary. Examines the life of alcoholic derelicts on Vancouver's skid row. Three denizens of the district talk candidly about their lives and what brought them to their present state. They are shown on the street, along the waterfront a...
CALL NUMBER: T2103:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1915-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-05-26 SUMMARY: Fred Smith was born in England in 1888 and moved to Vancouver after training as an engineer. Started working on towboats in 1911, took one trip on ...
Part of Reynoldston Research and Studies oral history collection
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Gordon C. Odlum : recollections of a lighthouse keeper in B.C. RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-10 SUMMARY: Gordon C. Odlum was born in 1914 and discusses his life spent at remote lighthouses along the B.C. coast...
Part of Don Mowatt fonds
SUMMARY: This episode, entitled "Harbour Chaplain", explores the role of harbour chaplains and their mission in the shipping industry. Features interviews with ships' crew members and chaplains in Vancouver.;
Part of Stanley Fox fonds
Documentary. An impressionistic portrait of city life during a day off in the summertime, with poetic narration set opposite some very observant and intimate views of Vancouver and its inhabitants. These include numerous street scenes; departure ...
In the daytime : [1986 restored version]
Documentary. An impressionistic portrait of city life during a day off in the summertime, with poetic narration set opposite some very observant and intimate views of Vancouver and its inhabitants. These include numerous street scenes; departure ...
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution West
CALL NUMBER: T2197:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-06-29 SUMMARY: J.J. McNaughton was born in Ireland in 1890. Came from Great Britain in 1910 as crew on the "Prince John". Worked for the Union Steamship...
Life in Canada today: Vancouver waterfront ; Commonwealth round-up : sugar from Jamaica
Part of Provincial Educational Media Centre : school broadcasts
SUMMARY: 1. The series "Life In Canada Today" contains actuality-type programs on life in Canada today. Prepared for Social Studies - Grades 5 - 8. This episode, "Vancouver Waterfront", features waterfront act;ivities that occu...
Maintaining the quality of Canadian grown seed through the production and use of registered seed
Part of Ministry of Agriculture films
Documentary. "The first two reels establish the importance of crossing different strains of wheat to create hardier and better strains, but there is nothing about British Columbia. Reel Three however, after showing the harvesting and threshin...
Part of Seaspan International fonds
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 la...
Newsreel item? Documents the moving of the Hastings Mill Store from its original location in Burrard Inlet to the corner of Alma Street and Point Grey Road in Point Grey. The move was organized by the Native Daughters of British Columbia, Post 1,...
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
SUMMARY: A word and sound picture of the Port of Vancouver as it is today. The program opens with a panoramic description of the Port of Vancouver from minesweeper HMCS Cordova as it steams through First Narro;ws. The program includes visits to Po...
Port of Vancouver : the formative years
Part of Grant Productions Ltd. fonds
Documentary. A profile of the Port of Vancouver and its history, using contemporary footage and still photographs.
The Hornby collection : Vancouver harbour at night
Part of Don Mowatt fonds
SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. This episode is about the many so;unds in Vancouver harbour a...
To the ports of the world through Vancouver
Promotional film. REEL ONE: Captain Vancouver's monument. Entrance to Vancouver harbour. The Lions. Ship approaching. Siwash Rock. Boathouse at harbour entrance. Freighter passing. View of ships, piers and buildings. HMS "Hood" and ...
Part of Strathcona Project collection
CALL NUMBER: T2743:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : recollections of a local firefighter PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1930 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-09-02 & 13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Tom Wylie discusses: father's backg...