The item is a reel of b&w documentary film from ca. 1931. "Vancouver Island bulb grower and his home and garden. October, planting time, bulbs being shaken from the back of the tractor into every second furrow, then placed by hand. Spring cultivation with a rototiller. Men in overcoats inspecting plants for disease and insect damage. Pan across field of daffodils. Pickers picking blooms to improve the bulb, then dumping them into a heap to be destroyed. Pickers playing in a pile of flowers. Men inspecting good blooms. Diseased or insect-smitten bulbs are rogued, or dug up and destroyed. Huge litter of cut blooms being carried away by pickers. Bulbs ploughed out of the ground by a tractor that once was a Ford car. Helpers collecting the bulbs from the top of the furrow. Bulbs in baskets, transported to drying sheds. Loose bulbs are unloaded into drying trays for storage. Stacking trays in storage shed, unloading truck." (Colin Browne)

The item is a 1947 colour documentary film in three parts. It shows the complete process of flower bulb production, from land clearing to packing of bulbs for shipment. Many varieties are shown.

The item is a b&w film reel from 1936 containing footage showing selecting, harvesting, storage and packing of bulbs. "Grown in Holland" and "Narcissus King Alfred" signs. Seeding.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Charlotte Fatkin recounts her family's arrival in BC in 1889. She married Mr. Fatkin in 1908 and moved to Bradner in 1911 to grow daffodils and start a bulb business. She talks about the BC Electric shipping flowers; other bulb growers in the area; tulips; the Bradner Flower Show. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item consists of two reels of film footage. Shows views of fields of flowers (primarily daffodils) and the picking, packing and transporting of daffodils. Packing boxes are labelled "Pacific Flowers."

The item is a reel of b&w documentary film from 1929. "Opening ceremony of the Seventeenth Parliament of British Columbia. Shot of War Memorial and Empress Hotel from west wing. Highlanders march past, band, soldiers in front of buildings. Dignitaries arriving. Lieutenant-Governor [R.R. Bruce] inspects Guard of Honour. Group of Cabinet Ministers in top hats. The Premier, Dr. S. F. Tolmie. Minister of Agriculture, Hon. William Atkinson. Children celebrate 24th of May at Parliament Buildings. Parliament Buildings greenhouse. Head gardener checking plants in greenhouse. Plants in cold frames. Bedding summer plants. Grooming beds. Sprinklers on lawns. Mowing back lawns of Parliament Buildings. Correct way of packing tulips for market demonstrated." (Colin Browne)