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The sub-series consists of nine recorded talks from the CBC Radio program "10:15 Talks", with Canon Alan Greene, formerly of the Columbia Coast Mission. Also known as "All That I Have Seen and Met", the programs (episodes 1-6 and 8-10 of 10) feature Canon Greene recalling his experiences as a seafaring parson on the Strait of Georgia from 1911 to the 1940s.

SUMMARY: "Saturday Evening" is a series that was broadcast from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m.; usually in two parts, it consisted of plays, classical concerts, documentaries and talks. This episode is a documentary abou;t the Napoleonic invasion of Russia, as told by those who survived. This is part one of two.;

SUMMARY: "Saturday Evening" is a series that was broadcast from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m.; usually in two parts, it consisted of plays, classical concerts, documentaries and talks. This episode is a documentary abou;t the Napoleonic invasion of Russia, as told by those who survived. This is part two of two.;

SUMMARY: Description of anniversary of first arrival of transcontinental train in Vancouver, by Dick Halhed and Ray Mackness. Includes comments by W.D. Hayward [?], and speeches by C.A. Cotterhill [?], CPR official, and Jack Cornett, Mayor of Vancouver.

CALL NUMBER: T4329:0404 - 0408 SUMMARY: A reading of V.S. Pritchett's memoir "A Cab at the Door" by Edward Atienza. There are two episodes on each tape. See also T4329:0409.;

SUMMARY: A reading of V.S. Pritchett's memoir "A Cab at the Door" by Edward Atienza. This tape contains all ten episodes. See also T4329:0404 - 0408.;

SUMMARY: A series of children's programs containing, among other things, a great number of nonsense verses about some of the more extraordinary place names in Canada, as well as other nonsense verse and prose.; The program is written and hosted by David Brock.

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a series designed to introduce and encourage promising contemporary writers and actors, and to draw attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. The series; celebrated a quarter-century of broadcasting in 1969. This episode, "A Day In The Life Of Robert Schumann" by Goran Tunstrom, was adapted and translated by Otto Lowy.;

SUMMARY: "Festival Theatre" was a CBC stereo monthly production devoted to the "best in radio drama". This epsisode presents a radio version of Edward Albee's stage play "A Delicate Balance", featuring Kate Reid, Peter Brockington, Doris Chilcott, Lillian Carlson, Joy Coghill and James Johnston.;

SUMMARY: A drama by Curt Goetz, translated by Otto Lowy.;

SUMMARY: A narrative program which encourages a healthy lifestyle and healthy habits. The focus in this episode is eating healthy foods.;

SUMMARY: "Studio '71" was a series that presented avant-garde experimental theatre adapted from stage plays and short stories by new and established national and international writers. The series was first broadcast in the spring of 1969. This episode features actress Marti Maraden.;

SUMMARY: "A History Of Music In Canada", a four-part series prepared by Dr. Harry Somers, provides witty, light-hearted programs that are entertaining as well as musically and historically informative. Prepared for Music - Elementary-Junior. The first episode begins by tracing early indigenous music, including examples of Inuit throat music, and early recordings of Canada's first peoples.;

SUMMARY: A dramatic program about two young people, Eliza and Jimmy Anderson, who went to school in Fort Victoria 100 years before this broadcast. This is the second episode about Eliza and Jimmy, and it focus;es on how they got along at school.;

SUMMARY: "A Look At Drama" is a series designed to stimulate students' to interest in live theatre. This episode focuses on live theatre as entertainment; action is stressed.;

CALL NUMBER: T4250:0041 item 01 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1947-06-29 SUMMARY: Program #29 -- possibly done in Toronto, but label reads "For use at UBC summer school".;

CALL NUMBER: T4250:0041 item 02 RECORDED: [location unknown], [194-] SUMMARY: An excerpt from a radio broadcast of the play by William Shakespeare; produced and directed by Andrew Allan, with an original score by Lucio Agostini.;

SUMMARY: "Festival Theatre" was a CBC stereo monthly production devoted to "the best in radio drama". This epsiode features "A Month in the Country" by Turgenev. T4329:0277 contains acts 1 and 2; T4329:0278, a;cts 3 and 4; and T4329:0279, act 5.;

SUMMARY: "Midweek Theatre" was a series of hour-long dramas which alternated between four CBC production centres in Winnipeg, Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver. The series began on December 2, 1964. [No episode ;description is available.];

SUMMARY: "A Propos" is a French language teaching aid aimed at helping students in grades 10-12. The entire broadcast is in French. This episode contains puzzles, quizzes, conundrums and songs.;

SUMMARY: "A Propos" is a French teaching aid aimed at helping students in grades 10-12. The entire broadcast is in French. Conmtemporary settings and contexts aid students in their use of vocabulary. This episode features the character Jean-Paul Provost in a series of adventures.

SUMMARY: "A Propos" is a French teaching aid aimed at helping students in grades 10-12. The entire broadcast is in French. Contemporary settings and contexts aid students in their use of vocabulary. This episo;de features a conversation between friends about a trip to Strasbourg, in the Alsace region of France.

SUMMARY: "A Quest For Peace" is a series that examines the work and evolution of the United Nations. Prepared for Social Studies - Grades 10 - 12. This episode, "A Quest For Peace - Program Two" looks at the ;United Nations in operation today, against the background of its headquarters in New York.;

SUMMARY: 1. "A Question Of Health" is a series in which questions are put to top experts in the field of health. This episode is an interview with Dr. Asmore about hospitals and operations. 2. "The Curiosity ;Club" is a science series in which adapatation to the environment is examined.;

SUMMARY: 1. "A Question Of Health" is a series in which questions are put to top experts in the field of health. This episode is about first aid. 2. "The Curiosity Club" is a science series in which adapatati;on to environment is examined. This episode is about people, places, and things.;

SUMMARY: Soprano Audrey Borschel performs a program of songs by the Vancouver composer Elliot Weisgarber, accompanied on piano by Robert Rogers. The works featured include selections from "Eight Songs" (1952); "Seven Poems by Robinson Jeffers" (1972, revised 1980); "English Lyrics: Book 1" (1981); and "Omnia Exeunt in Misterium" (1943, 1946, 1976 and 1981).;

SUMMARY: This program, from Vancouver, is part one of a three-part thriller by Laurence Gough. A police officer is given a top secret job by his partner. The officer and his partner see a drug dealer they are ;guarding shot by an unknown sniper. Later that night, the officer's partner is murdered, and the officer is suspected of murder.;

SUMMARY: This program, from Vancouver, is part two of a three-part thriller by Laurence Gough. A police officer is given a top secret job by his partner. The officer and his partner see a drug dealer they are ;guarding shot by an unknown sniper. Later that night, the officer's partner is murdered, and the officer is suspected of murder. In this episode, the officer in interrogated and is dismissed from the; force. The officer decides to conduct his own investigation. He ends up trapped in a phone booth with a hired killer outside.;

SUMMARY: This program, from Vancouver, is part three of a three-part thriller by Laurence Gough. When a police officer's partner is killed following the murder of a drug dealer they are guarding, the officer -;- dismissed from the force under suspicion of murder -- decides to conduct his own investigation.;

SUMMARY: Talk by naturalist Dan McGowan about the Earl of Southesk's visit to the Canadian Rockies in 1859-1860.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a series designed to introduce and encourage promising contemporary writers and actors, and to draw attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. The series; celebrated a quarter-century of broadcasting in 1969. This episode, "A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder", is based on the 19th-century Canadian science-fiction novel by James de Mille, f;irst published in 1888, adapted by British Columbia writer Crawford Killian.;