Title and statement of responsibility area
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British Columbia today
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- moving images
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British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
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1976 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
1 film reel (00:21:05 ; 759 ft) : composite print, colour, sound ; 16 mm and additional film elements
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The item is a composite print of a promotional film made in 1976. The film follows a group of American investors as they take a brief trip around B.C. to examine the province's economic opportunities and potential, its resources and markets. The province's major industries (forest products, mining/smelting, fishing/canning, agriculture) are discussed, and the importance to industry of B.C. Hydro's electrical energy resources is highlighted. Includes sequences on Vancouver, shipping facilities, B.C. Ferries, Victoria and area, Bennett Dam, Site One, Mica Dam project construction, Kootenay Canal, Hat Creek coal deposits and exploration, export/trade with the Pacific Rim, and Roberts Bank coal port.
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The original A&B rolls for this production were discarded at the BC Archives; considerable footage had been removed, rendering the rolls unprintable.
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Copyright British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority.
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General note
Accession number(s): F1992:05
General note
Previously described as AAAA0868
Credits note
sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority; director: Lew M. Parry; script: Donald Stainsby; photography: David Hay; animation: Glynn Morris; sound: Lloyd Stump; narrator: Harvey Dawes; producing agency/company: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Accompanying material
Additional elements include:
F1992:05/019.01 - internegative
F1992:05/019.02 - A-wind negative track
F1992:05/019.04 - release print