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Opening of the British Columbia Provincial Museum

SUMMARY: Bill Herbert reports on the opening of the new British Columbia Provincial Museum in Victoria. Speech by Premier W.A.C. Bennett: origins of the museum, acknowledgements to various institutions, people;, etc. Bill Herbert interviews BCPM director Clifford Carl. They discuss the architecture of the museum building and the Heritage Court complex, then tour the museum, describing and discussing: the relief map of B.C.; the "rain curtain"; the Nootka whaling sculpture; the totem poles by the escalators; natural history exhibits on the second floor --dioramas, climactic regions [to be developed], specifically "the dry interior"; classrooms. Says it will take "several years to fill our exhibit space". Third floor: "Man in B.C." Conclusion by Herbert. Sound of the carillon playing.

[Provincial Museum]

News item. The museum's new First Peoples Gallery on Northwest Coast Indians opens. Some good close-ups of totem poles and petroglyphs. The museum director is briefly interviewed about exhibit.

[Provincial Museum exhibits]

News item. Footage showing exhibits of various tools, machines and household equipment as used in the 19th century. Reporter talks about west coast geological formations in front of an exhibit which explains them. Close-up shots of Cornish water wheel. Also, interior exhibits of ship "Discovery", Grand Hotel and Livery.