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The item is a reel of unedited footage showing the blasting for highway construction on the Yellowhead route.

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Shows the work of the Bridge Patrol and Ferry Patrol to ensure safety and smooth traffic flow on bridges and at BC Ferry terminals. Includes footage shot on Second Narrows Bridge, the Stanley Park highway, Oak Street Bridge, Lions Gate Bridge, Richmond freeway, and Tsawwassen ferry terminal.

The reel consists of unedited footage. Shows the construction of a temporary Bailey bridge at the site of a bridge washout at Brunswick Beach.

The item is a reel of unedited footage of the Cariboo and Hope-Princeton highways.

The item consists of a reel of unedited footage. This reel appears to include footage from both the two reels of original reversal film. Shows construction work on the Cascade Section of the Southern Trans-Provincial Highway, between Christina Lake and Rossland. Also includes footage of a couple in a convertible driving to Rossland on a narrow, unpaved and dusty road.

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Shows construction inside the China Bar tunnel (including "pumpcrete" lining), and its highway approaches.

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Shows opening ceremonies at Creston Sawmills, attended by Premier W.A.C. Bennett and other dignitaries. Scenes of construction in progress on the Salmo-Creston highway. Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi visits the work site.

The item is a reel of unedited footage showing the construction of a culvert at Culliton Creek on the Alta Lake Road, near Garibaldi.

The item is a reel of industrial film. It shows the planning and construction of the Deas Island Tunnel, and its official opening in July 1959 by Queen Elizabeth.

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Shows site of the washout with collapsed bridge and full Bailey bridge construction.

The series comprises motion picture film materal shot by and for the Dept. of Highways, mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. There are also a few brief items from ca.1935-1940s, presumably shot for the Dept. of Public Works. Most of the material consists of unedited (or rough-edited) footage documenting highway and bridge construction and maintenance around the province, along with a few items about ferry services. The series also contains a few complete film productions, including prints of "Deas Island Tunnel", "Highway on the Sea", "Men, Mountains and the Challenge", and "Rogers Pass", some of which were produced for Highways by the Photographic Branch of the Dept. of Recreation and Conservation.

The file consists of about 180 feel unedited footage in seven reels. 1. Test or construction of a bridge on the Fraser River, ca. 1937. 2 & 3. Ships sailing through the open swing span of the same bridge. 4. Victoria's Inner Harbour, with the Parliament Buildings lit up at night. 5. Daylight moon over dome of Parliament Buildings; Empress Hotel decorated for Royal Visit. (Kodachrome) 6. Boat launching. (Kodachrome) 7. Cariboo Highway near and in Fraser Canyon; Alexandra Bridge at Spuzzum. (Kodachrome)

The item consists of a print reel of film footage showing the construction of the Fraser Canyon highway.

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Shows construction crew assembling a Bailey bridge at washout site; washout damage to railroad bridge and line, road and culverts; bulldozer clearing debris; slide area and damage on hillside.

The item is a film reel containing a television commercial. Promotes the new ferry service to the Gulf Islands. The newly-built ferry "Queen of the Islands" will provide service from Tsawassen to Galiano, Mayne and Saltspring Islands.

The item is a reel of film footage. Shot for engineering purposes, this footage uses single-frame or "time-lapse" cinematography, shot from inside a vehicle, to record automobile traffic. The first section appears to show the Squamish Highway going north. The section travels on the highway through West Vancouver, across Lions Gate Bridge, and onto Denman and Davie Streets in downtown Vancouver. The third section appears to have been shot on an interior highway south of Kamloops.

The item is a reel of unedited footage. In several extended shots taken from a helicopter, this footage follows Highway 99 north through Delta to the then newly-completed Deas Island tunnel. Both tunnel approaches are shown.

The item is a compilation reel of film footage showing Christina Lake-Kinnaird highway opening (06-Oct-1962); Deas Island Thruway; Deas Tunnel toll removal; Upper Levels Highway. Trans-Canada Highway Motorcade leaving ferry at Swartz Bay; ceremony at B.C. Legislature (Premier Bennett speaking); Trans-Canada Highway ceremony at Mile 0, Victoria, with motorcade car dipping its front wheels in the Pacific. Federal government opening ceremony at Rogers Pass summit; Prime Minister Diefenbaker speaking. Old Alexandra Suspension Bridge; new Alexandra Bridge under construction, and opening ceremony (23/24-Oct-1962). Also includes aerial footage of highway construction.

The item is a reel of promotional film showing the design, construction and launching of the B.C. Government ferries M.V. "[Queen of] Sidney" and M.V. "[Queen of] Tsawwassen".

The item is a reel of film stock shots. (1) People sunbathing on Hot Sands Beach in City Park, Kelowna. Aquatic Pool building visible in background. (2) Activity at a game checking station (probably the permanent one at Cache Creek). Game conservation officer checking hunters' firearms. Deer carcass tied to hood of car; hunter removing its lower jaw to turn in. (3) Vancouver Airport, showing runway [construction?] and airliners (Trans-Canada Airlines) at terminal building.

The item is a reel of unedited footage. Kelowna Regatta and Penticton Peach Festival activities and celebrations. Kelowna: Ogopogo Pool (a.k.a. Aquatic Pool?) and City Park; footage of parachute skiing, diving, swimming competition and water skiing; Regatta parade floats; buildings on Bernard Avenue. Penticton: children's parade; Square Dance jamboree events; Peach Festival parade floats; beach scenes.

The item consists of a reel of unedited film footage and associated workprint of water traffic on the south arm of the Fraser River near the site of the Deas Island Tunnel. Two sequences show the operation of the Ladner ferry, a car ferry service crossing the Fraser between Ladner and Woodwards Landing in Richmond. Shows cars, trucks, and buses boarding the ferry; crew at work on the deck and the bridge; views from ferry during the crossing; docking and unloading; etc. Also includes footage of the CNR rail car ferry S.S. "Canora"; a large floating dredge; and the sternwheeler "Essington". The latter usually operated out of Prince Rupert as a snag puller, but at this time she was replacing the "Samson V" on the Fraser; her deckhands are shown servicing a navigational buoy.
These sequences were found among the original footage and out-takes from the film Deas Island Tunnel (1957-1959).

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Summer scenes showing Pinewood Lodge, Allison Pass, mountain scenery, an alpine meadow, and the Similkameen.

The item is a reel of industrial film showing highway construction in BC. Includes planning and surveys; opening of contractors' bids by Highways Minister Gaglardi; clearing of route by heavy equipment; culvert assembly; drilling and blasting rock; road bed preparation; paving. Traffic control and overpass construction are also discussed. Sections of Highways 1 and 1A are shown, and Premier W.A.C. Bennett presides at an official opening.

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. Shows highway and/or bridge construction at Nine Mile (Canyon?) Bridge, Sailors Bar, and Yale.

The item consists of a workprint reel of film footage. Highways minister Phil Gaglardi cuts ribbon made up of various miniature flags at the opening of the Nine Mile Canyon bridge.

The item consists of two reels of unedited film footage. Shows the surveying of the route for Highway 16 along a railway line beside the Skeena River.

The file consists of three reels of unedited film footage, either Kodachrome originals or a workprint. The footage documents the need for, and construction of, the Oak Street Bridge between Vancouver and Richmond. Includes sequences showing traffic problems at and around the old Lulu Island bridges (Fraser Street Bridge and Marpole Bridge); traffic to Vancouver International Airport (plus "air traffic"); Richmond Lumber Yard and rush hour traffic; horse racing at Lansdowne Park; the Peace Arch; Fraser River bridges and tugboats; opening ceremonies for the new bridge (with Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi); views from a tugboat towing a log boom on the Fraser River; construction, painting and finishing on the Oak Street Bridge.

The item is a reel of film footage showing the removal of toll booths and gates from the Okanagan Lake Bridge at Kelowna.

The item consists of a reel of original unedited film footage and a print. Shows opening of the Overlanders Bridge near Kamloops. A Western-style stage coach carries VIPs to the ceremony site. Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi are showing at the ceremony. A procession returns from the ceremony across the new bridge.