RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1979-04-20 SUMMARY: Roy Howard (born 1899) was an automotive mechanic and insurance appraiser. He discusses coming to Vancouver in 1909 and taking up mountaineering for his health. Describes climbing on the North Shore mountains. Creation of Mt. Seymour Park. Detailed story about serious 1939 accident on Goat Mountain, U.S.A., where he sustained serious injuries. Experiences as a mechanic for R. Stark (?), first licenced pilot in B.C. Introduction of pitons and carabineers to B.C. mountaineers. First flying/climbing trips. Formation of the ski section of the B.C. Mountaineering Club. Exploratory climbing in Garibaldi area, north to Wedge Mountain.

SUMMARY: Report by Jim Osborne (?) and comments by William Templeton, Pacific Airport Manager, Walter Rowen (?), Station Manager for Trans-Canada Airways, and T.H. Finnie (?), Manager of British Columbia Aero Club, about: Pacific Airport, Trans-Canada Airways, planned flights and increased passenger traffic.

SUMMARY: Report by Bill Herbert on the arrival of the Lancastrian airplane (converted Lancaster bomber) as the first non-stop transcontinental flight from Montreal to Vancouver.;

SUMMARY: Comments by unidentified speakers for radio program, about: aviation, trans-Pacific flights and weather forecasting.;

SUMMARY: SIDE 1: Highlights of a Saturday afternoon radio show recorded at Shaughnessy Hospital for evening broadcast on CKWX. Format consists of recorded interviews with veteran patients, hospital staff, and; officials of the Mount Pleasant Legion (Branch 177), interspersed with musical requests. This episode includes an interview with patient Ginger Coote, a veteran aviator of World War I and World War I;I, who talks about his experiences as a bush pilot in the Fort Nelson area. Royal Canadian Navy veteran Stanley Carr talks about convoy duty in World War Two. [SIDE 2: blank.];

Amateur film. Port Moody: train station; crowds dressed up, dignitaries on train, RCMP in red tunics, speeches. Street scenes: log houses, mud streets, wooden church; car being pulled out of the mud by horse and cart. Douglas Lodge: Douglas Lake, boat trip, swimming, Indians at the Lodge. RCMP Musical Ride (b&w and colour). Airport (Abbotsford?): airplanes, trick flying, parachuting. Parade (appears to be in Vancouver): floats, bands, etc.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-11-25 SUMMARY: [No content summary available.];