The item is a composite print of an educational film made in 1958. It shows how hydroelectric power is harnessed and distributed to homes and industry. Shows dam and powerhouse sites, the maintenance of power lines, and the various users of electricity. It is a companion film to NATURE'S MIRACLE.
Bridge River-Rosedale transmission line
The item is a black and white workprint of an industrial film made between 1955 and 1958. It shows the construction of the 345,000-volt power line from Bridge River to Rosedale, which took three summers to complete.
The item is an Industrial film on colour print made in 1947. It is a film about the growth of B.C. Electric from 1906 to 1946, built around the story of stenographer Flossie Creeden, the first female office employee of the company. Footage includes: Goldstream power plant, Vancouver natural gas facilities, BC Electric Railway lines in Fraser Valley, Stave Falls generator plant, Alouette Lake and Ruskin plants, 1939 royal visit, BCE employee's newsletter, A.E. Grauer family at home, office scenes, plans & construction at Bridge River project, BCE employee's service in World Wars I & II and BCE streetcar and trolley bus services.
Dinner for Miss Creeden : out-takes
The item consists of colour out-takes from the film "Dinner for Miss Creedon" made in 1947
The item is a promotional film from 1957. It shows the conversion of appliances and gas mains in the Vancouver area from manufactured to natural gas fuel, and pipeline construction to bring natural gas into Vancouver from Alberta.
Operation overflow : a pictorial record of the Fraser Valley flood disaster 1948
The item is a composite print of a documentary film made in 1948. It depicts the Fraser River flood of 1948 and includes aerial and general views of flooded farmland and communities, as well as relief efforts and dyke construction.
The item is a composite print of an industrial film made in 1951-1952. It shows the construction of the 82,000-horsepower power plant at Wahleach Creek (between Chilliwack and Hope). Footage includes site clearing, tunnel work, building construction, installation of penstock and turbines and transmission line crews at work.
Wahleach : part IV : storage dam
The item is a negative workprint of an industrial film made in 1951-1952. It depicts construction of the storage dam at Wahleach to create a reservoir for the power plant built there.
The item is a newsreel compilation on black and white film print. It contains an historical compilation of international news items: Admiral Byrd flies over North Pole 1926, 1922 personalities, the luxury liner "Normandie" 1935-42, the "Hindenburg" explodes 1937, 1917 fashions, famous stars portray Shakespearean characters, and 1929 sports. It also contains BC material spliced into the print: 1951 "BC welcomes Royal visitors", showing Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip in Vancouver; and 1952 "BC Electric opens Wahleach generating station", showing construction at Wahleach.
Third unit for Ruskin : part I
The item is the original reversal picture of an industrial film. The film documents the expansion of the Ruskin power plant in the Fraser Valley. It shows addition of a new tunnel, penstock, and turbine, and a third generating unit. First of two parts.
Third unit for Ruskin : part II
The item is a original reversal picture of an industrial film. It documents the expansion of the Ruskin power plant in the Fraser Valley. It shows addition of a new tunnel, penstock, and turbine and a third generating unit. It is the second of two parts.
The item is release print of an industrial film made by Canadian Bechtel Ltd. between 1955 and 1957. It shows the
construction of Westcoast Transmission's natural gas pipeline from the Peace River gas fields to Huntington in the Lower Mainland. It includes views of the Peace River region, Fraser Valley, Fraser River and Thompson River, construction of pipeline river crossing in Coquihalla Canyon, land clearing, shipload of pipe arriving at Vancouver Harbour, views from PGE train carrying pipe north and procedure of welding and ditching pipe.