The item is a composite print of a promotional film from ca. 1978. It contains an overview of BC Hydro projects, activities and plans to meet the province's energy needs -- past, present and future. Sequences include: historical footage from 1950s of power plants in the Lower Mainland and the Bridge River development; the Peace River project under construction and now; flood control benefits of the Bennett dam; the provincial power grid; power line right-of-way made available for other uses; new submarine cable to Vancouver Island (late 1960s); Duncan and Keenleyside [Arrow] dams and side benefits [Kokanee spawning channel, Duck Lake waterfowl sanctuary, new beaches on Arrow Lake]; construction at Mica dam site; helicopter transporting transmission tower; crew stringing power lines on Mission Ridge; helicopter patrolling line; crew working on fallen line and tower; possible new energy sources for the future; B.C. Hydro building in Vancouver. "Hydro in Action" is probably a short version of this film.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-01-30 & 31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert Bruce Scott recalls coming to Bamfield in 1930, and his impressions of the coast. Mr. Scott worked at the Bamfield cable station for over thirty years. He describes the station; the residents; the social life; the operation of the station; the history of Bamfield; the history of the cable company; the "All Red Route"; and his work at the cable station. TRACK 2: Mr. Scott continues; with his description of the work at the cable station; World War II; the end of the cable service; life at the station; the West Coast Trail; the Cape Beale lighthouse; maintenance of the trail; early lighthouse families and residents of Bamfield; Indian reservations; his job as a magistrate; the BC Packers Cannery at Kildonan.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by David R. Richeson titled "Sandford Fleming and the establishment of a Pacific cable." 1972. x, 360 leaves: ill., maps. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Alberta, 1972. Bibliography: leaves 348-360. Canadian theses on microfilm, 13541.

The item is a workprint of an industrial film from 1958. It shows the laying of twin undersea cables from Tsawwassen Beach to Galiano Island and Parker Island to Saltspring Island by Her Majesty's Telegraphic Ship "Monarch", the world's largest cable-laying vessel.

Workprint missing as of 2003.

The item is a workprint of an industrial film from 1956. It is the first film of a three-part engineering record of the manufacture and laying of an undersea power cable from the mainland to Vancouver Island. Part one shows surveys, preparations, construction of shore installations and the hanging of overland and overwater cables.

The item is a workprint of an industrial film made in 1956. It is the second film of a three-part engineering record of the manufacture and laying of an undersea power cable from the mainland to Vancouver Island. Part two shows the manufacture of the cable by British Insulated Callender's (Submarine Cables) Ltd. at Trafford Park, Manchester and the loading of cable onto the ship "Ocean Layer" for shipment to BC. There is no BC footage.

The item is a workprint of an industrial film made in 1956. It is the third film of a three-part engineering record of the manufacture and laying of an undersea power cable from the mainland to Vancouver Island. Part three shows the laying of five cables from Saltspring Island to Parker Island (3 miles) and from Tsawwassen Beach to Galiano (14 miles) by the cable-laying ship "Ocean Layer". It also shows shore operations and connections. The cable became operational on 25 September 1956.

The item consists four film elements that make up the short version of an industrial film about a 132,000 volt submarine cable. The footage shows a condensed version of the three-part production, depicts shore installations (cable chases), cable manufacture (in England) and actual laying of cable from Tsawwassen Beach to Vancouver Island (under the Straits of George and Trincomali Channel).

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-10-02 SUMMARY: Robert Bruce Scott reads the poem "The Laying of the Cables, 1858 to 1866" from the book "The Bride", an anonymous volume of poetry published in 1938.

PERIOD COVERED: ;1918;-;1964 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-05-13 SUMMARY: In an interview by Robert Bruce Scott, William Duffield Fowlie talks about the history of Bamfield and Bamfield Cable Station, and his experiences there; the operation of the Pacific cable; Norfolk Island; Fanning Island; incidents with the Pacific cable; etc.