Footage. Snow, mountains (Seymour watershed); crew clearing ski runs and loading cordwood. Sawmill on coast. Men working on bush road and protection access road. Converting old railway grade to access road. Crew camp. Clearing land (or road right-of-way) with fire. Clearing a building trail. UBC demonstration forest. Elk Falls Park.

Footage. Opening of Capilano Park. Cultus Lake Park, near Chilliwack. Gulf and islands [from John Dean Park?]. Road building scenes; equipment in use. Elk Falls and Elk River; building bridge there. Cordwood on railroad track speeder. Tent camp.

Footage. Clearing land and burning stumps [at Green Timbers?]. Crew blowing stumps. Stacking and burning debris. Caterpillar tractor and winch. Cowichan Lake experimental station. Crew working on trail. Bush road. Camp scenes. Crew working on road. Elk River Falls. Frame of building. Falls, bridge, and trails [at Little Qualicum Park?].

Amateur film. "B&W: H.M.S. "Apollo" in Vancouver Harbour. S.S. "Empress of Japan" in Vancouver Harbour. Train at Seton Lake. Fraser Highway. Highlining in the woods. Malahat Drive. Roses at Butchart Gardens. Thompson River. Oliver. Kalamalka Lake. Hospital at Tranquille. Dr. Kingsley Terry. COLOUR: Bridge River. Mt. Halcyon. Upper Arrow Lake. Trail. Elk Falls. Logging camp at Campbell River in 1937." (Colin Browne)

The item is a travelogue film. It contains scenic and recreational attractions in and around some of BC's provincial parks. Includes footage of fishing, skiing, hiking, trail riding; First Nations graveyard and cabins at Ulkatcho (near Tweedsmuir Park); BC/Yukon border.

The item is a reel of industrial film regarding Crown Zellerbach's operations in British Columbia. Sequences include: logging in the Nitinat area; transportation of logs by truck, railway, raft and boom; self-dumping log barge; production of lumber and plywood at Fraser Mills sawmill; newsprint production at Elk Falls; the pulp tanker "Duncan Bay"; Ocean Falls operation; Richmond Division plant (cardboard boxes etc.); marketing staff visits Okanagan Valley apple orchards.

News item. Good aerial shots of the Elk Falls pulp and paper operation, and the hog fuel distribution system at that mill. Hog fuel is used for heat generation. A Crown Zellerbach spokesman (?) says the company will spend $100 million on Vancouver Island, and some of this money may be used to upgrade the Elk Falls mill. Good interior shots of newsprint production.

Stock shots

Amateur film. Trip up the BC coast from Vancouver to Ocean Falls on the "Princess Norah". Shots of Ocean Falls, boating, crab fishing. Lion's Gate Bridge. Trip on the "Princess of Nanaimo." Elk Falls.

Industrial film. Operations of Island Tug & Barge. Includes: historical background on coastal towboating; company's repair & maintenance facilities in Victoria; tugboats at work; a trip with the freight barge "Island Express" to Beaver Cove, Coal Harbour whaling station and Port Alice; barges "Island Exporter" and "Island Importer" carry limestone to Oregon from quarries at Blubber Bay on Texada Island; construction and launching of "Island Yarder", the world's largest self-loading/self-dumping log barge, which is seen loading at Kimsquit and towed to Burrard Inlet for dumping; railcar barges; chemical transportation barge "Island Pine"; other uses of barges to transport bulk cargoes.

Out-takes. Operations of Island Tug & Barge. Footage may include: historical background on coastal towboating; company's repair & maintenance facilities in Victoria; tugboats at work; a trip with the freight barge "Island Express" to Beaver Cove, Coal Harbour whaling station and Port Alice; barges "Island Exporter" and "Island Importer" carry limestone to Oregon from quarries at Blubber Bay on Texada Island; construction and launching of "Island Yarder", the world's largest self-loading/self-dumping log barge, which is seen loading at Kimsquit and towed to Burrard Inlet for dumping; railcar barges; chemical transportation barge "Island Pine"; other uses of barges to transport bulk cargoes.

Television stock shots

Stock shots. Extensive footage of the Sayward Forest, primarily showing outdoor recreation activities -- boating (power, sail and canoe), camping, sport fishing, picnicking, swimming, sunbathing, water skiing, etc. -- on the lakes, streams and rivers of the area. Also includes sequences on the Elk Falls and Menzie lookout towers; forest inventory crews at work near Frog Lake and Elk Falls; Campbell River Forest Nursery; a tugboat pulling a log barge in Johnstone Strait; Campbell River Ranger Station; Elk Falls Park; neat and messy camp sites.

Travelogue. Mainly recreational attractions of the island. Highlights Victoria and area, including view from steamship entering Inner harbour; streets and shops; Beacon Hill Park (cricket and lawn bowling); golf, riding and tennis facilities; harness racing; Thunderbird Park; Saanich peninsula farmlands; swimming at Thetis Lake. Also Island Highway and other areas, including Malahat Drive; making of Cowichan sweaters at Koksilah trading post; resort scenes at Parksville and elsewhere; Forbidden Plateau; coastal and river fishing; autumn hunting for game birds; brief logging scene. Also of interest: Friendly Cove village at Nootka Sound, and BC Provincial Police Highway Patrol.