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The item is an industrial film print made ca. 1977 from footage originally shot between 1934 and 1936. The compilation shows the company's mining, smelting and related operations in southeastern British Columbia including: the Sullivan Mine and concentrator at Kimberley; a power plant on the Kootenay River; the Trail smelter; and the fertilizer plant at Warfield.

The item is a reel of amateur film. It contains foughly edited sequence of events celebrating Trail's 75th Anniversary shot mostly out of focus.

The item is a kinescope of a television presentation about the geology of, and mining in, southeastern B.C., with maps, illustrations, lecture and shots of terrain, including extensive sequences about an underground mining operation (possibly the Sullivan Mine, Kimberley).

The item is a reel of film footage, roughly edited with tape splices. Shows construction activity in preparation for open-pit mining of the Fording Coal property, as well as the residential site at nearby Elkford.

The item is a reel of spliced footage showing various aspects of construction and mining activity in the Fording Valley.

The item is a print of an industrial film by Lew Parry. It contains an overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; lead-zinc mining operations in the Sullivan Mine; processing of ore by crushers, ball mills and flotation cells; residential scenes in mining towns (Fraser Lake, Pine Point, Ashcroft); Cominco smelter at Trail; contribution to steel industry (pig iron and coke); training of mining technicians at BCIT; role of the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines, including its Prospectors' Mining School; Vancouver and Port Moody dockside scenes showing concentrates, coal and ingots being loaded.

The item is an industrial film which depicts Morrison-Knudsen's construction activities in the Pacific Northwestern USA.

The item is a film answer print containing footage of blasting to provide a diversion channel at Waneta Dam construction site. This print is a compilation of the two original reversal prints 15.1 and 15.2 in sequence.
15.1: Original footage of first phase of blasting, and print segments of shots repeated in reverse
15.2: Original footage of second phase of blasting, and print segments of shots repeated in reverse.

The item is a film print which shows details of the closure of the diversion sluices of Waneta Dam.

The item is a print of an industrial film. It shows the installation of a two-mile-long power transmission line spanning Kootenay Lake, part of a 170,000-volt line built between South Slocan and Kimberley to serve Cominco operations in the East Kootenays.

The item is an amateur film. Part 1 depicts a golfing match. Part 2 consists of a family picnic, including some golfing practice.

The item is a reel of unedited film containing footage of sports fishing and golfing scenes.

The item is an industrial film demonstrating the integrated nature of the various Cominco operations. Cominco's operations in Trail and Kimberley are discussed from the viewpoint of various Cominco employees. Includes footage of: Sullivan Mine; refining and smelting processes for lead, zinc, silver; power plant on Kootenay River; research and development; use of metals refined; manufacture of fertilizer from smelter emissions; mine exploration and prospecting across Canada; facilities, accommodations and recreational activities [e.g. hockey, Kimberley Dynamiters, etc.] in communities around the plants. Also includes sequences on a fertilizer plant in Calgary (Alberta Nitrogen Dept.) and mining at Yellowknife, N.W.T.

The item is a reel of film footage consisting of ten short reels of varying length assembled onto one roll. It mainly depicts subjects related to Consolidated Mining staff and operations across Canada. Notes (from original film boxes): 1. Sulphur experiment. 2. Quebec 1933 or 1934. 3. Montreal and Quebec, [19]34 -- "only fair". 4. Flin Flon 1934. 5. Edmonton to Fort Rae by plane -- [19]35 or 36. 6. Trip to Great Bear and back, 1935 or 1936. 7. Vancouver and Big Missouri, 1937. (black & white) 8. Kimberley football and Montgomery's and Lindsay's, 1934. 9. Chemists in Trail; Trail picnic 1937. 10. Ed Montgomery, P. Wetmore in N.S. [Nova Scotia?] -- Bingay's house in Vanc[ouver] -- Tadanac Hall, also Sir Colin Fraser.

The item is a long sequence about the production of sulphuric acid composed of printed inter-titles and pictures on 1934 film stock, as well as added-on shots of other Cominco operations. This section of film was removed from a reel containing loose sections of film with sequences on different Cominco subjects.

The item is a short sequence that appears to be part of an industrial film about Cominco dams and power plants on the Kootenay River. Shows power plants at Lower Bonnington Falls, Upper Bonnington Falls, and South Slocan. This section of film was removed from a reel containing loose sections of film with sequences on different Cominco subjects.