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CHEK (Television Station : Victoria, B.C.) Beacon Hill Park (Victoria, B.C.)
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[Beacon Hill Park]

News item. A spokesman says that little planning or thought has been given to Beacon Hill Park development over the past 20 years. Group wants to keep the park in a more natural state; less emphasis on cars, parking and concrete additions, and more on people and animals in a less spoiled environment.

[Military : ships and aircraft demonstration ; the "Bonaventure" and "Provider"]

Television stock shots. In the first section, a crowd watches from Beacon Hill Park as naval vessels and coastal patrol aircraft (including an Argus) maneuver nearby, possibly in some kind of demonstration. The second section shows the supply ship H.M.C.S. "Provider" and the aircraft carrier H.M.C.S. "Bonaventure" underway at sea. "Provider" refuels another naval vessel while they cruise side by side.

[Reksten on Beacon Hill]

News item. Controversy over the possible addition of more attractions to Beacon Hill Park. Footage gives a cross-sectional view of the park as it was in the summer of 1976.