CALL NUMBER: T1707:0132 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: On Jack Webster radio program (part 1) SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Premier Bill Bennett is interviewed in the last interview on Jack Webster's open line radio program on CJOR Vancouver, 29 June 1978. Subjects discussed include: the government's compulsory heroin treatment program, the new Forestry Act, plans to extend the BC Railway, government air travel services, federal/provincial relations, and lotteries. TRACK 2: Subjects include: electoral distribution in BC, education, increased pensions for the handicapped, constitutional change in Canada, health care in BC, the search for a new head of ICBC, social services, succession duties, property taxes, and senior citizens.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0133 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: On Jack Webster radio program (part 2) SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of the interview with Premier Bill Bennett by Jack Webster, CJOR Vancouver, 29 June 1978. Subjects discussed include: government pharmacare program, MLAs salaries, BCRIC (BC Resources and Investment Corporation), BC Ferries, social services for the mentally retarded and handicapped, labour/management relations, sale and lease of crown lands, urban transportation, and construction of a Vancouver convention centre. TRACK 2: Public service pension plans, government subsidies to private industry, federal/provincial relations, government boards and commissions, grants to senior citizens, fishing rights negotiations, alcohol and driving on BC highways, control of the size of the civil service, decriminalization of marijuana, and constitutional change in Canada.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1968 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bob Langdon discusses current attitudes about airplane travel in and around Northern Vancouver Island. He describes flying weather; conditions; passengers; potential hazards; rapidly changing; weather; coastal pilot problems; night flying; and emergency flights. TRACK 2: Mr. Langdon recalls the various types of aircraft that have been used since 1948 on Northern Vancouver Island. He describes incidents that have occurred in emergency situations; his career as a pilot in Campbell River; the growth of his company Island Airlines; the impact of the airplane on the northern Vancouver Island region; impact on the logging industry; commuters; aviation centres; licensing.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-?] SUMMARY: In an oral history interview with Imbert Orchard, floatplane pilot Bruce Brown discusses his experiences flying to and around the Queen Charlotte Islands, and the dangers presented by high winds, low visibility, rough water, mountains, and unruly passengers. [Note: This summary is based on incomplete notes in the file.]

The item consists of film footage showing the CPA first trans-Canada flight in May 1959. Preparations inside hangar at Vancouver International Airport; tractor pulling airplane out of hangar; plane lands and taxis; passengers boarding and disembarking; flight attendants' school; flight simulator.

SUMMARY: A documentary account of the first scheduled commericial flight from Vancouver to Amsterdam, flown by Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-6B -- a distance of 4,825 miles by the Arctic route, with a stop at Sondre-Stromfjord, Greenland. The program includes comments from the pilot. Captain Ralph A. Leslie; Don Donaldson of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service; Senator Grey Turgeon; Reg Sargent, CPA's supervisor of passenger services; former bush pilot Lee Britnell; First Officer Aubrey Weatherbee; Chief Navigator Ed Kendall; Dr. J.A. D'Ailly, burgomaster of Amsterdam; and Thomas Stone, Canadian Ambassador to Holland.;

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

Home movies. Children swimming, July 1939. David Ker (aged 10) makes his first flight to Vancouver (on a float-equipped De Havilland Dragon Rapide, CF-AYE, of Canadian Airways). Christmas 1939. Children at Beacon Hill Park, Easter 1940. Children rowing.Salmon-Baker wedding, 8 June 1940. Davida Braide and her children shortly after their arrival from India, june 1940. Indian Days at Banff, 19 July 1940: crowd scenes, Mounties, Banff Springs Hotel, Chief Proud Eagle (John Burns). Helen and davida with Pat Ashley-Cooper and Pam Dawson, July 1940. Gracie Fields and Anna Neagle, 4 August 1940.

CALL NUMBER: T3217:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Don MacLaren discusses: background- born in Ottawa, moved to Calgary in 1898, went to McGill University in 1912, joined Royal Flying Corps in Toronto in 1917, with air force until 1920; locating seaplane station at Jericho Beach; fisheries patrol, forestry work done by seaplane station; 1924, he decided to go into business himself -- bought a seaplane, took over Jericho Beach station, bought a flying boat; at this time, the air board became the Royal Canadian Airforce; got fisheries contract from military; partner at the time of Ernest Rogers; cost of buying good new planes- Fokkers, Fairchilds, Junkers; decided to sell company to Western Canadian Airways, but he stayed on; opened base in False Creek area and business started- taxi service to anywhere in province, 2 trips a day to Seattle; passenger load of planes at the time; jobs done- carrying miners up north, ridding the hemlock of an inch worm, dealing with a spruce budworm up north, ambulance cases, photography for timber cruisers, fishery patrol, mail contract. TRACK 2: Don MacLaren discusses: getting the mail contract (cont'd); navigation in the 1920s and '30s; differences between types of planes; training he received at Long Branch; bush pilot business; the Aero Club of B.C.; anecdote about a military parade; Burns Lake operation. CALL NUMBER: T3217:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Don MacLaren discusses: the emergence of Canadian Airways; training pilots in Winnipeg; communication on airplanes in mid 1920s- no reliable radio; more about the Aero Club; Sea Island story; difficulty in convincing people that airplanes were a good form of transportation; H.R. MacMillan; near accident anecdote. TRACK 2: Don MacLaren discusses: difficulties with injured people in the bush; round-the-world flights; lack of training caused the downfall of some operations; problem of landing on glassy water; difference between bush flights and commercial flights; experiences in the Queen Charlottes; pilchard patrol story; relationship between CNR and the airline; Grant McConnachie; story about Paddy Burke. CALL NUMBER: T3217:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Don MacLaren discusses: more on the Paddy Burke crash story; no search-and-rescue formal operation until the war; McAlpin expedition; gliding; more on the Aero Club of B.C. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T4210:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : R. Earl Gerow RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1985-03-04 SUMMARY: R. Earl Gerow was an early aircraft maintenance engineer who worked for Canadian Airways and Trans-Canada Airlines. TRACK 1: He describes the early flying activities at Burns Lake and his entry into aviation business as a mechanic. Bush flying activities of Canadian Airways 1930-36. The Paddy Burke search in 1930 and other significant aviation incidents. TRACK 2: Further descriptions of early bush flying operations around Burns Lake area with references to other operators. Transfers to Trans-Canada Airlines upon its formation and gains A.M.E. licence. Describes the changes from bush operations to airline and the development of Trans-Canada Airlines from 1938 onward. Air Canada today from the operations point of view.

CALL NUMBER: T4210:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : R. Earl Gerow RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1985-03-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Description of early airline service between Vancouver and Seattle. Description of accidents and incidents at Vancouver airport. TRACK 2: Blank.

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.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This tape entitled "Flight North", begins with sounds of a plane taking off and flying. Then Imbert Orchard describes Takla Landing on Takla Lake. Then there are sounds of a plane being refueled and loaded, and conversations with unidentified people about Takla Lake in general. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: [No content information available.]

Amateur film footage. Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State. Mountain scenery. Golf course and Banff Springs Hotel. Power boating on a lake [identified as Muskoka]. Man board twin-engined passenger plane at airport. Extensive views from aircraft in flight: clouds, islands, mountains, view from cockpit, lakes, rivers, view of a city from the air, etc. [Airplane appears to be CF-TCE, a Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra of Trans-Canada Airlines.]

SUMMARY: Trans-Canada Airlines inaugurates its new service from Vancouver [?] to Mexico City.

SUMMARY: Speech by James Thorn, High Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada, upon arrival in Vancouver, about relations between Canada and New Zealand, and trans-Pacific flights. Includes introduction by Gordon Sloan, Chief Justice of British Columbia, and an interview with Commissioner James Thorn.;

CALL NUMBER: T1174:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Air traffic controller in Sandspit, B.C. : J.G. Fraser PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: John Fraser recounts his career in the aviation industry and his coming to Sandspit to run the telecommunications operations at the airport. He then describes the following: hunting and fishing, his role as President of Chamber of Commerce and as Magistrate, the qualities of residents, history and development of the Sandspit airport, navigational aids, air traffic incidents and emergencies, airport and marine operations and the earthquake in Alaska. TRACK 2: Fraser continues with recollections about the earthquake in Alaska, air traffic incidents and the importance of the radio opera;tor, the January 19, 1952 emergency incident at Sandspit and bush flying vs. coast flying.;

CALL NUMBER: T1174:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Air traffic controller in Sandspit, B.C. : J.G. Fraser SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Fraser speaks about a light aircraft crash, weather and flying conditions, his role as a Magistrate in Queen Charlotte City and Sandspit, a case concerning the removal of totem poles, other cases and problem airport passengers.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Margaret Rutledge RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-26 SUMMARY: Margaret Rutledge was born Margaret Fane. Learned to fly in 1930s with Aero Club of B.C. Founding member of The Flying Seven. Worked for Ginger Coote Airways at Zeballos, B.C. as dispatcher. [No conte;nt summaries available for these tapes.];

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0070 - 0072 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : F. Maurice McGregor RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-09 SUMMARY: F. Maurice McGregor was born in 1911 in Victoria. Learned to fly in 1928 in Victoria. Barnstormed in early 1930s. Worked for B.C. Airways, 1929. Flew Boeing flying boats for Canadian Airways. One of f;irst pilots for Trans-Canada Airlines. Set up Pakistan International Airways. Purchased B.C. Airlines in 1950s and later sold to PWA. [No further documentation for these tapes.];

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0073 - 0075 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : F. Maurice McGregor RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-12 SUMMARY: [No content summaries available for these tapes.];

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-03 SUMMARY: Mel Parker has been logging for a number of years, and is the son of Dewey Parker. (See T1922:0001.) TRACK 1: Recollection of early life and schooling in logging camps. The Depression. Started working in the woods at age 12. Bunkhouse life; camp conditions and food. Camp characters. Safety equipment. Comparison of logging equipment then and now. More camp characters. Places worked: Bloedel's Camp; 5, Victoria Lumber Company, Kingcome. Unions. Entertainment in the camps. Union Steamships. Communications. Increasing use of airplanes for coastal travel after the war. Benefits offered to loggers working in more isolated camps. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item consists of film footage from 1966 to 1968.

1. Press flight of Boeing 737 jet. Shots of 737 tail and exterior; "Press Flight" sign; interior of aircraft; plane taking off and in the air.
2. Re-enactment of early Boeing flight. Plane takes off from water and flies over Seattle and the Boeing plant.
3. Liquified petroleum gas to Japan. Shots of storage tanks; the cargo ship "Mundogas West"; aboard ship; ship departing.
4. New fish plant at Steveston. Shots outside and inside fish plant, including dedication ceremony with guests, 1966.
5. PWA Hercules. Shots outside and inside Hercules aircraft operated by Pacific Western Airlines. Hercules takes off.
6. Log-mining. Shots of signs for "Vigor Explorations Ltd." and "Hannador Gold Ltd."; car traverses log bridge; mining operations within a logging site, 1967.
7. Log-mining. Duplicate print.
8. Ford plowing championships. Sign: "The site of the Canadian and BC Plowing Championships April 1966." Shots of tractors plowing; spectators, judges measuring furrows.

The item contains five reels of film made from 1961 to 1968:

1. Slow-motion footage of golfer Stan Leonard driving a ball from a tee. The ground is marked with lines.
2. Duplicate prints of B.C. California tour.
3. Interview with Marie McDonald ("Marie the Body"), Honorary Sheriff of Encino, California, and a former singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. She discusses her upcoming performance and acting plans, 1961.
4. Boeing 737, shots of a Canadian Pacific Airlines Boeing 737 being flown, landing and taking off from Vancouver International Airport. Also include shots of the aircraft interior, the pilot, control, air traffic control tower, 1968.
5. Print of television commercial, Maharajah of Ali Baba, for radio station CKNW.

The item consists of six reels of film footage including:

1. Billings IWA reply, John Macdonald Billings responding to IWA contract demands, 1972: negative picture with optical sound
2. W.M. Skillings, Minister of Industrial Development, Trade and Commerce, being interviewed about the "Home Grown BC Quality" products campaign, 1972: negative picture with optical sound
3. Boeing 737 press flight: negative
4. Interview with D.R.J. Campbell, Minister of Municipal Affairs, and Grace McCarthy, Member without Portfolio, about the job opportunity program of the Social Credit government. Campbell comments on the success of the program, 1971: negative picture with optical sound.
5. Last steam locomotive, Various shots of steam locomotive at logging site. Train pulls up to water tender, loading water, coupling train of logs, etc.: duplicate negative
6. CP Air : executive jet service, Shot at Vancouver International Airport, this item features Canadian Pacific Airlines, demonstrating the "executive service" offered to business travellers by CP Air: edited master.

The item consists of six film reels including:

1. Liquified petroleum gas to Japan, shots of storage tanks; the cargo ship "Mundogas West"; aboard ship; ship departing, 1966: negative
2. New winery Penticton: negative outs
3. B.C. Government tours, airplane taxiing; passengers disembarking; etc: negative
4. Carter report, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 1967: negative picture with optical sound
5. Vigor Mines, 1967: negative
6. Pacific Centre opening, 1971: negative.

The item consists of seven reels of footage created between 1968 and 1969.

1. CP Air jet landing and taking off from Vancouver International Airport. Shots of control tower, jet interior, November 7, 1968.
2. Hon. Kenneth Kiernan, Minister responsible for tourism explains government programs to encourage domestic tourism, April 29, 1969.
3. Canadian Jeep: field trial or demonstration of jeeps.
4. BC California tours : BC promotions taking place in California.
5. Leslie Peterson announces a $10m fund to aid sports and recreation.
6. Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Hon. Donald Brothers inspect flood damage in Trail, BC, 1969. In an interview, Bennett says that he has proposed a joint federal-provincial effort to aid victims of the flood, May 9, 1969.
7. Premier W.A.C. Bennett in a platform speech discusses his proposal for a negative income tax and guaranteed annual income which would replace the current social welfare system, May 9, 1969.

Out-takes. The geographical barriers that once hindered progress in Canada, and the surmounting of those barriers by air travel. Filmed all across Canada (including Charlottetown, Montreal, Toronto and Uranium City), with staged sequences on the Confederation conference, pioneer farming and the building of the CPR through the Rockies. According to Parry, the BC scenes are relatively "anonymous." The outs include aerial views of mountains; aircraft on tarmac and airport terminal scenes (Malton Airport, Toronto); Britannia Mines concentrator; construction & earthmoving at Bridge River and/or Kemano; herring fishing; hydro-electric installations; logging; Ottawa; Quebec City; TCA aircraft; Uranium City, Saskatchewan (airfield, town, Eldorado Mining operations); Vancouver harbour; Yellowknife.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This airplane journey includes the sounds of an Island Airlines flight (by floatplane) out of Campbell River at the spit; traveling to the [change in tape speed] islands east of Campbell River. Imbert Orchard describes the scenery viewed from the plane and freight stops along the way, including Gorge Harbour and Mansons Landing, both on Cortes Island. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T4255:0146 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Plane last : [sounds] RECORDED: [location unknown], [1971?] SUMMARY: [No content information available.]

CALL NUMBER: T4255:0147 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Plane last : Imbert Orchard's description of landscape RECORDED: [location unknown], 1971 SUMMARY: [No content information available.] "Imbert Orchard's description of landscape." [Note: box marked with "N"[echako] code].

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.

Footage. Shows various supply and construction activities associated with the project of tunneling under Seymour Narrows and placing dynamite under Ripple Rock. Includes shots of coastal features near the site, a freighter in Seymour Narrows, Painter's Lodge (Campbell River), construction of wooden frame buildings, and a sequence showing a turkey dinner being served to a work crew. No shots of the actual explosion are included. One sequence shows the freightboat "Cloverleaf IV" being loaded and en route (possibly to Ahousat, on the west coast of Vancouver Island). Unrelated material (in two segments) shows a De Havilland Comet Mk. 3 airliner with BOAC markings (registration G-ANLO) landing, taxiing, and disembarking passengers at Vancouver Airport.