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Lew M. Parry fonds Fraser Valley district (B.C.)
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[Hope for tomorrow]

Promotional film. Extant footage primarily shows handicapped children swimming, playing, doing arts and crafts activities, etc., at Easter Seal camp and various schools (Jericho, Oakridge, etc.). Also shots of Easter Seal buses of the BC Society for Crippled Children; use of Easter Seals; Easter Seal House; the Lower Fraser Valley Cerebral Palsy Association Children's Treatment Centre.

[Lower mainland, Coast Mountains & Vancouver : aerial views]

Footage. Two rolls of aerial views, presumably culled from various outs for use as stock footage. The first roll, compiled from stock dated 1957 and 1960, shows Second Narrows, False Creek, Stanley Park, Fraser Valley and the Coast mountains, with some overall shots of Vancouver. The second roll, on stock dated 1954 and 1955, consists of low-level aerial views of downtown Vancouver, Burrard Inlet and a logging camp (?); "tilt-ups" from the CPR docks to the North Shore mountains; and some high-level aerial views of the city, one of which is on 1947 stock.

[Roberts Bank rail routes : newsclip]

Promotional film. Shows the relative merits of three proposed rail routes from the Fraser Valley to the Roberts Bank coal port. Composed of shots from the film RAIL ROUTES TO ROBERTS BANK (see), this silent news clip was intended for press or PR release.