SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Gast;own Riot: August 7,1971" by Tom Cone, recounts the incidents leading up to the Gastown riot of August 7, 1971.;

SUMMARY: Open discussion between UBC student council member Gabor Mate and singer Jimmy Deane on the question of hippies and the new university student outlook.;

Interview. An interview with David Longworth. He was very tuned in to what was going on in Kitsilano during its "hippie era" because of his involvement with the community. He was considered a sort of ombudsman for the long hairs, yet was respected by the more established residents. who used him as a liaison between the two cultures.

Interview. This is a three-in-one interview with the three Jackson brothers -- George, Brian and Geoff -- who operate Jackson's Meats, the butcher shop they inherited from their grandfather. They talk about how their grandfather started out delivering meat to his customers using a wheelbarrow; cutting their meat in the lane behind the shop as late as the 1950s; and how the "hippie era" in Kitsilano affected them and other merchants.