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Footage. Reforestation work at a camp in Green Timbers, and elsewhere. Camp scenes. Green Timbers supervisor Tom Wells. Eucalyptus seedlings. The forestry launches "Larch" (on Cowichan Lake) and "Syrene" (at sea). Falling snags. Planting.

Footage. Peace Arch celebration [?]: George Melrose speaking, crowning of Queen, planting of tree. Harold McWilliams. Two men falling a snag with a 1966-era chainsaw. Views of and from John Dean Park. Beaver Lake [?]. Falling snags. Fire-killed snag area.

Thie series consists of an extensive collection of stock shots, depicting a wide range of B.C. Forest Service and Ministry of Forests activities and related subjects. Compiled from footage shot for a variety of purposes, the material was retained for potential use as stock footage in BC Forest Service and Ministry of Forests film productions and TV spots. Some footage was also loaned out for TV news use.

Stock shots. Includes footage of wildlife, birds, flowers, alpine meadows, trail riding, snow and skiing on Mount Seymour, other outdoor recreation shots and scenery.

Stock shots. Includes footage of the "Manning Park Gallows" fire prevention sign on the Hope-Princeton Highway; general footage of forest fire(s), fire fighters, and their equipment; aerial footage of fire; use of helicopters and air tankers (B-17 bomber); etc.

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Stock shots. Shows hand loggers at work in a coastal inlet. Scenery; sawmill; log boom; hand loggers' shack, boat, domestic scenes; a visiting gill-netter; traveling by by rowboat to shoreline timber site; falling tree into the water; de-limbing the tree; towing log to boom.

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Documentary. BC forest industries join forces with agencies of the Canadian and BC governments in an all-out aerial spraying campaign against the widespread spruce budworm infestation of forest stands on Vancouver Island.

Stock shots. Sequences showing crews painting road markings and falling snags on hillside. Also include footage of data computing, radio communication, parachute drop, Ranger School, construction of Okanagan Lake Park, planting at Duncan Forest Nursery, and a helicopter transporting a load of lumber to the location of a fire lookout station.

Stock shots. Shows location crew surveying for road; clearing trees and preparing road area with caterpillar tractor, scraper and other heavy equipment; installing culverts; use of dredger and stone crusher; surfacing road with gravel. Also camp scenes, including cookhouse. Appears to be in the vicinity of Stone Creek and Willow River, in the Cariboo southeast of Prince George.

Stock shots. Surveyors carry out a forest inventory. Shots of aircraft taking off and landing; blasting a log jam; surveyors travelling by helicopter; preparing aircraft; camp scenes in fly camp. Crew traveling by boat; shots of Anson aerial survey plane; survey crew in timber; more boats, including the "B.C. Forester"; cooking over campfire; surveyors and survey foresters at work; more helicopter footage; scenes in camp; aircraft.

Stock shots. Street scenes in Prince George, Victoria, and Kamloops; forest cover map at the P.N.E.; Indians in traditional dress at Banff; Upper Bonnington, Grand Coulee and Waneta dams; mine site near Salmo; Prince George Airport; buildings under construction in Prince George; trains and railroad cars in the Prince George freight yards.

Stock shots. Shows grazing cattle and range plants; cattle auction or show; cowboys cattle; calves in corral; branding of calves. Also lambs and shepherd.

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Stock shots. Experimental water-dropping trials with a Martin Mars airtanker at Cassidy Airport. Experimental water-bombing trials with a De Havilland Beaver and an Avenger at Vancouver airport.

Stock shots. Show the process of extracting seeds from cones at the Duncan Forest Nursery.

Stock shots. At Patricia Bay Airport, a Martin Mars airtanker is shown being towed to a beaching ramp, testing its spray tanks while afloat, and taking off from the water. Filmed March-April, 1960.

Stock shots. Shows training of "bird-dog" pilots and radio operators to observe forest fire fighting operations from the air. Includes footage of Avenger airtanker at airport base and making drops on a fire.

Stock shots. Caterpillar tractors using ball and chain apparatus to knock down trees and clear land.

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Stock shots. Shows slash burning in progress on flat area and on hillside; men igniting the slash; aerial and general views during and after the burn; night shots. Also shows helicopter with monsoon bucket, and logging truck passing through the burn area. There is also footage of B.C. Forest Products operations in the Caycuse area, including: plantations near Bear Creek and Caycuse; forester inspecting browse damage; views of logged area(s), fire guards, slash and regeneration; falling snags; sequences showing planting in burned and unburned terrain; Autum colours in the (Cowichan?) Valley.

Stock shots. Shows a helicopter with a monsoon bucket dropping water on a fire and picking up water from a river.

Stock shots. Shows a crew painting road signs promoting forest fire prevention. Stencilled directly on the road surface, the signs read: "USE YOUR ASHTRAY / KEEP B.C. GREEN".

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Stock shots. Shows tree felling, land clearing, and construction of road(s), probably in the vicinity of Gold River and/or Elk River. Much footage of construction equipment, including bulldozers, scrapers, drills, cranes, etc.

Stock shots. Footage includes: powder man preparing to blast section of rock; dumping truckloads of at the Port hardy log dumping ground; caterpillar tractors shifting logs and moving earth; more drilling and blasting; more log dump scenes.