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Feature film. "A successful Ukrainian-Canadian financier is beset with problems, many of them arising within the ethnic community in which he grew up." (description from Film Canadiana)

Documentary. Examines the integration of Canada's Indigenous peoples into white society, focusing on the federal government's program to integrate Indigenous school children. Filmed at a number of schools across Canada; BC content undetermined. Includes interviews with both Indigenous peoples and white Canadians, some of which contains viewpoints and commentary which are now outdated and can be considered offensive.

Documentary. In British Columbia, where the population is expanding rapidly, there is a need for housing to keep abreast of demand. This film shows what is being done, with National Housing Act assistance, to build planned communities in parts of mainland British Columbia and Vancouver Island, and to initiate various forms of urban development and renewal.

Interview. Charles Bowman, a former member of the Aird Commission (Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting, 1929), talks briefly about the commission and the reasons it called for independent Canadian broadcasting.

Documentary. The story of a young woman's schizophrenic breakdown and her recovery in a modern mental hospital. Filmed at Riverview Hospital in Essondale, BC.

Amateur film. Footage of the Parliament Buildings, Inner Harbour, Empress Hotel (ca. 30 feet) and the exterior and interior of the Crystal Garden, including the ballroom and swimming pool (ca. 50 feet).

Student film

Student film

Educational. Students at Vancouver's John Oliver High School produce a black and white film entitled "Effort 1".

Animation

Documentary. To find out how Vancouver's poets and painters look at life and art, Quebec filmmaker Leonard Forest explores their favourite haunts -- art galleries, private studios and espresso bars. Among the artists seen in the film are painters Donald Jarvis, Jack Shadbolt, Joy Long, and Margaret Peterson; printmaker Sing Lim; and poet bill bisset. The Al Neil Trio (with Glenn MacDonald and Don Thompson) is seen performing at The Cellar coffee house.

Industrial film. An overview of the Alcan development of Kitimat -- Kenney Dam on the Nechako River; Kemano power plant; the Kitimat smelter, which ships aluminum all over the world; and the community of Kitimat itself.

Documentary. Traces the historical cases for land claims of British Columbia Indians.

Travelogue. Surveys mineral hot springs at resorts in the Canadian Rockies, including Radium Hot Springs, Miette Pool, Upper Hot Springs and the pools at Banff.

Documentary. Community involvement and responsibility in regard to education. The film shows how a school project revitalized the community of Lantzville by giving the children an active part to play in community life.

Documentary. Profiles a unique project of the Department of Indian Affairs that is under way in the Chilcotin. On a 150.000-acre forest management licence, some 70 Indians are building a forestry and vocational training complex for their own people. They run their own logging operation and have a small town under construction, complete with school, dining hall, dormitory and 19 modern homes. (from CBC Times description)

Feature film. "The film follows the story of Madeleine (Nicola Lipman), a young French Canadian woman living in Vancouver. Caught between her domineering boyfriend Toro (John Juliani), with his socialist poser friends, and a patronizing employer, Madeleine must break free to assert control over her sexuality and creative desires. Heightened by Doug McKay's quasi-documentary camera style, Spring conveys a strong social vision in her portrayal of Vancouver on the cusp of the 1970s." (Diane Burgess, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2002)

Documentary. The changing way of life of Canada's Indian population is illustrated through a look at the varying roles and occupations of Indian people across Canada. Kwakiutl chief James Sewid of the Nimpkish band is shown at Alert Bay and on his fishing boat, the "Twin Sisters".

Documentary. A look at life on Vancouver's infamous skid row.

Travelogue. A pack-train journey through the wilderness of Ernest C. Manning Park [now called Manning Park].

Promotional film. An overview of the life, economy and scenery of British Columbia, as seen by a visiting reporter/photographer.

Documentary. The importance of Canada's forests to the economy. Includes scenes of logging; log drives; huge trees felled by crosscut saw; sawmill and pulp mill operations and the various uses of forest products. Forest fire prevention and forest fire fighting techniques are shown, with shots of a huge forest fire in a mountainous area. No locales are specified, but the footage is clearly shot in BC. In the first sequence, dealing with a prosperous town which becomes a ghost town after a nearby forest fire, Barkerville is the ghost town location.

Industrial film. The life of the miner and the mining community at the Boss Mountain Mine. Miners and their wives talk about their background, their work and their feelings about living in a remote BC town. Shows the mining of molybdenite and the responsibilities of the mine superintendent, engineer, metallurgist, geochemist and other key personnel.