Fires--British Columbia--Vancouver

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Alfred E. Booth footage : CBC sample reel

The item is a video compilation of footage from eight unedited film items from the Alfred E. Booth collection.

  1. Cariboo scenes, ca. 1936: includes ranch scenes (Flying U Ranch?), river ferry, etc.
  2. B.C. interior scenes, ca. 1937-1945: includes buses, beer parlour interior, Kamloops Indian Residential School, fire trucks, steam train.
  3. Kelowna Regatta, ca. 1939: water sports, lifesaving class, "Ogopogo" replica, Okanagan scenery.
  4. Greenwood, ca. 1939: visiting baseball team on street with locals, mining scenes, old-timers, artist at work, scenery.
  5. Edgewood and Arrow Lakes area, ca. 1938: townsfolk, street scenes, etc.
  6. Cariboo scenes, ca. 1936 or 1939: guest ranch scenes (Flying U Ranch?), orchard, trail riding (or pack train?) scenes. 7. New Denver area scenes, ca. 1938-1939: ore refining [?], town scenes, fire hall, etc.
  7. Pier D fire, Vancouver, 27 July 1938: the fire (various angles), crowd of onlookers, fire crews and fireboats at work.

[Parry Films Ltd. -- miscellaneous library footage]

Stock shots. Compiled from the outs of sundry Parry productions, these rolls include footage of cannery operations, cattle ranching, farming, fishing, a foundry, logging, pipe laying, powerhouse and power line construction (Kemano), sawmilling and shipping. In addition, there are such sequences as an amphibious aircraft landing on a lake and taxiing onto land; a CPA DC-8 airliner taking off and in flight; Kelowna's Royal Anne Hotel; CPR locomotive 374 (retired) at Kitsilano Park; Mission Dam; Okanagan Valley apple blossoms; Rocky Mountain scenery and locales; Stanley Park; a fire in a Vancouver shipyard; and Vancouver's streets, skyline & waterfront. 76.3 has some particularly good mid-1950s Vancouver street scenes (with newsboys hawking papers on busy streets), as well as good footage of the waterfront and docks, various cargoes being loaded or unloaded, etc.

[Pier D fire] : [Booth footage]

Footage. Detailed depiction of the fire that engulfed the Canadian Pacific Railway's Pier D on Vancouver Harbour on 27 July 1938. Includes shots of fire-fighting, crowds of onlookers, and adjacent buildings.

Webster! : 1979-02-08

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Note: Last half hour not recorded. Jack looks at the recent spate of arson-related fires in Vancouver, and interviews insurance adjuster W. Blair Gillies. In a pre-recorded segment Webster interviews Shelagh Day, a government equal opportunity officer. Shelagh's job was abolished and she feels she was the victim of a wrongful dismissal.

Webster! : 1979-02-13

Public affairs. On his popular weekday morning talk show, Jack Webster continues the discussion about the recent spate of arsons in Vancouver. He interviews Ron Kassell and Brent Atkinson, the president and vice-president of the Insurance Agents Association of B.C.

Who, me?

Educational. What is being done in Vancouver to alleviate traffic flow problems and promote traffic safety. Shows the three main elements of traffic safety (enforcement, engineering and education), and illustrates various causes of traffic accidents. Includes aerial views of Vancouver; sequence on accident scene at south end of Burrard Bridge; fire-fighting, road repairs and parades as causes of traffic congestion; Cambie Street bridge swing-span in operation; Vancouver Motor Vehicle Inspection Station; driver training (McKinley Driving Schools Ltd.); Vancouver Police; etc.

Who, me? : [out-takes]

Out-takes. What is being done in Vancouver to alleviate traffic flow problems and promote traffic safety. Shows the three main elements of traffic safety (enforcement, engineering and education), and illustrates various causes of traffic accidents. Includes aerial views of Vancouver; sequence on accident scene at south end of Burrard Bridge; fire-fighting, road repairs and parades as causes of traffic congestion; Cambie Street bridge swing-span in operation; Vancouver Motor Vehicle Inspection Station; driver training (McKinley Driving Schools Ltd.); Vancouver Police; etc.