SUMMARY: The speakers are Dr. James Tyhurst, Airport Planning Committee; Harry Rankin, City of Vancouver alderman; and John Allen Fraser, MP for Vancouver South.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Alma Gaudreau RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-04-27 SUMMARY: Alma Gaudreau was born in Quebec in approximately 1895. Wife of Frank Gilbert. Bought plane in 1931 and (with husband) started flying school, Gilbert's Flying Service at Vancouver Airport. TRACK 1: De;scribes buying Aeronca aircraft in 1931 and learning to fly. Started renting aircraft out and eventually built up to a flying service at Vancouver. Discusses prejudice against women fliers. TRACK 2: ;Discusses early flying at Vancouver.;

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.

Stock shots. Shows training of "bird-dog" pilots and radio operators to observe forest fire fighting operations from the air. Includes footage of Avenger airtanker at airport base and making drops on a fire.

Shows roads and watercourses with preferred flight routes and landing facilities. Shows boundaries of aeronautical charts.
Insets: [Greater Victoria Region]. Scale [1:506 880] -- [Fraser Valley]. Scale [1:506 880]. 16732

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Bryan E. Mahon RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-07 SUMMARY: Bryan E. Mahon was born in Vancouver in 1913. Flew gliders in the 1930s. Was a partner in Columbia Aviation Ltd., 1933-36. Went to work for Boeing Aircraft of Canada, 1936-44. Transferred to Boeing Ai;rcraft Company in Seattle in 1945 and remained with them until he retired at age 70. TRACK 1: Talks about his early involvement with aviation through gliding and Columbia Aviation Ltd. TRACK 2: Furth;er discussion of the Boeing primary glider. Discussion of the rise and fall of Columbia Aviation Ltd. Discussion of flying activities at Vancouver Airport during the 1930s.;

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0008 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Bryan E. Mahon RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discussion of working for Boeing Aircraft of Canada, the Blackburn Shark and the PB2B Canso. Discussion of his later career with Boeing Aircraft Company. TRACK 2: Some small snippetts during; post interview discussions.;