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Instructional video. Describes the Cowichan Municipal Forest near Duncan. Developed for woodlot owners, this presentation will be of interest to anyone who is concerned about forest management on small parcels of land.

Documentary. A reverential look at the British Columbia forest as it evolves through the four seasons of the year, showing their moods, colours and textures.

Industrial video

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Industrial video

Industrial video

Industrial video

The item is a video copy of an industrial film about forest health.

Educational

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

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CALL NUMBER: T3860:0123 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Evan Wolfe ; Premier Bennett RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-02-01 SUMMARY: Evan Wolfe on welfare; municipal; Bill Bennett on BC Federation of Labour not meeting with the government.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0124 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pat Hibbert (President of the BC Federation of Agriculture) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-02-01 SUMMARY: Pat Hibbert, president of the BC Federation of Agriculture, on committee reports.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0125 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Premier Bennett on Bill Vander Zalm's "frog song" RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-02-01 SUMMARY: Premier Bennett on Bill Vander Zalm's "frog song".; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0126 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tom Waterland RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-02-01 SUMMARY: Waterland reacts to new federal modernization programme.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0127 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tom Waterland RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-02-02 SUMMARY: Tom Waterland on the federal forests subsidy.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0128 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John Fryer RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-02-07 SUMMARY: John Fryer; beginning of smoking ban in government buildings.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0129 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Barbara Wallace RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-02-08 SUMMARY: Barbara Wallace criticises the agricultural committee.;

The item is a promotional video produced by JEM Productions for the Government of British Columbia in 1982. The Hon. Tom Waterland, Minister of Forests, discusses 1983 forest management goals and policies against a background of scenes of B.C. logging and forestry activities.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0132 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: On Jack Webster radio program (part 1) SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Premier Bill Bennett is interviewed in the last interview on Jack Webster's open line radio program on CJOR Vancouver, 29 June 1978. Subjects discussed include: the government's compulsory heroin treatment program, the new Forestry Act, plans to extend the BC Railway, government air travel services, federal/provincial relations, and lotteries. TRACK 2: Subjects include: electoral distribution in BC, education, increased pensions for the handicapped, constitutional change in Canada, health care in BC, the search for a new head of ICBC, social services, succession duties, property taxes, and senior citizens.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0133 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: On Jack Webster radio program (part 2) SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of the interview with Premier Bill Bennett by Jack Webster, CJOR Vancouver, 29 June 1978. Subjects discussed include: government pharmacare program, MLAs salaries, BCRIC (BC Resources and Investment Corporation), BC Ferries, social services for the mentally retarded and handicapped, labour/management relations, sale and lease of crown lands, urban transportation, and construction of a Vancouver convention centre. TRACK 2: Public service pension plans, government subsidies to private industry, federal/provincial relations, government boards and commissions, grants to senior citizens, fishing rights negotiations, alcohol and driving on BC highways, control of the size of the civil service, decriminalization of marijuana, and constitutional change in Canada.

Stock shots. Shows mechanical preparation of soil for tree planting by a caterpillar tractor equipped with Bracke scarifier and a brush blade.

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Footage. Cattle on road and in field. Shoreline of lake, showing timber and burned areas. River boat on fast river and rapids. Landing boat and making campfire. Green Timbers Nursery. Caring for seed beds. Superintendent Tom Wells. Transplant beds. Lifting seedlings. Heeled-in seedling. Packing seedlings. Parade.

Footage. Abandoned mill or smelter at Kootenay Bay on east side of Kootenay Lake. Loading car with emergency fire fighting pack. Car delivers man to woods to fight a fire. Ranger Station. Scenery [Kootenay Lake?]. Man sets up portable radio. Shots of E.C. Manning, K.C. McCannel, and A. Wells Gray. Transporting poles by railroad car and skidding them with a horse.

Footage. Portable radio. Men pack up after lunch, take riverboat down rapids. Mount Robson. Loading hewn railroad ties. Lookout tower. Men land boat on river bank and extinguish abandoned fire with backpack pumps. Road through big timber [Cathedral Grove?]. Coast hand-logger towing logs with rowboat. 200-year-old stump. Hand-logger working jack. Hand-logger's floating camp, with cabin, rowboat, and log boom.

Footage. 1. Alternative Service Workers at Green Timbers are shown washing up after a fire, in shack camp, assembling for a meal, and collecting their pay. 2. Sequence on small and portable mills: mill burner; hog fuel; waste; portable mill at work; slab pile; caterpillar tractor and logs; power saw with log carriage.

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 spruce beds, root pruning, fertilizer spreading, and equipment used.

Stock shots. Aerial footage of the forest nursery at Campbell River and of the Duncan Bay Pulp Mill. Ground-level footage of the Quinsam Seed Orchard and of operations at the Campbell River Nursery.

SUMMARY: Reports by Jim Nesbitt about British Columbia forestry and railroad transportation from Quesnel to Dawson Creek.;

Stock shots. Show clearing of snags, etc., in the area of the Paul Fire, using caterpillar tractors equipped with chains. Includes aerial views or operation and cleared area.

Stock shots. Shows a caterpillar tractor with a specialized blade clearing brush.