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Travelogue. A video souvenir of Vancouver, including sequences on Expo '86, Chinatown, Stanley Park, the Sea Festival, the Japanese Festival, etc. Includes day trips to Victoria, the Cloverdale Rodeo, and other locales in the Lower Mainland.

Special event coverage. 70,000 people join Pope John Paul II for a multicultural celebration of life at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver.

Special event coverage. The official commemorative video of the 1984 Canadian visit of Pope John Paul II.

Special event coverage. The official commemorative video of the 1984 Canadian visit of Pope John Paul II. Includes 30 minutes of local highlights from the Vancouver visit.

Documentary. Russ Froese introduces an "inside report" concerning the logging of B.C. forests. Includes archival footage and material on the Cowichan Valley, and interviews with Jack Walters (director of UBC's research forest) and Les Reed (former deputy Minister of Environment). Also discusses forestry in Sweden; King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia present awards to the Swedish forest industry.

Special event coverage. The 1986 royal visit to British Columbia by Princes Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Documentary. Logging on the Queen Charlotte Islands.

Unedited footage. A CBC sound camera test, with shots of filmmaker Oscar C. Burritt (formerly of Vancouver) and another man talking on a Toronto street.

Promotional film. A presentation by the Canadian Communications Foundation and the Association for the Study of Canadian Radio and Television (ASCRT). Pierre Berton appeals to broadcasters and others to preserve broadcast recordings and artifacts. His talk is illustrated by a television interview with Robert Service (1958), plus film and video footage from the 1920s to the 1970s.

Documentary. "On 10 February 1985, fifty-three of Canada's top performers gathered together to record the song 'Tears Are Not Enough' in an effort to generate aid to famine victims in Africa. This is a behind-the-scenes look at that historic session . . . ." (jacket copy)

Documentary. A television documentary showing the history, techniques and training of BC's paramedic service, including the Infant Transport Team, a special emergency service for premature infants.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack starts the show with Flora MacDonald, Federal Communications Minister. They discuss polls; the upturn in the economy; Western alienation; cultural sovereignty; the CBC; the Canada Council; satellite communications; Canadian content; fibre optics; the CRTC. Jack speaks with Bob Williams, NDP MLA and critic for Industry and Trade. They discuss Premier Vander Zalm’s performance thus far; Mr. Williams calls Vander Zalm a political hummingbird. They also discuss the Site C dam; gas pipeline to Vancouver Island; stumpage fees; lumber taxes and tariffs; Louisiana Pacific; Northeast Coal.

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SUMMARY: Talk by Harold Winch, Leader of Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) party of British Columbia, about: British Columbia election June 15, 1949; C.C.F. party election promises; social security; and health insurance.

SUMMARY: Comments by Harold Winch, Leader of Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) party in British Columbia, about: British Columbia election results of June 15, 1949.;

SUMMARY: Talks by Grant McNeil, Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) candidate for Vancouver-Burrard, and Harold Winch, Leader of the C.C.F. party in British Columbia, about: British Columbia election June 15, 1949; C.C.F. election platform; economy, British Columbia, Coalition Government, public ownership.;

CALL NUMBER: T0161:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ada McGeer : first woman producer at the CBC RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-08 SUMMARY: Ada McGeer was born in 1890 in Victoria and discusses her early days there; moving to Vancouver; McGill University in Montreal; return to Vancouver; and her employment with the CBC.;

CALL NUMBER: T0161:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ada McGeer : first woman producer at the CBC RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-15 SUMMARY: Ada McGeer discusses her work at the Herald; travels; views on the status of women; and the music club.;

SUMMARY: Talk by Dorothy Steeves, Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) candidate in British Columbia, about: the upcoming provincial election of June 15, 1949; power development; C.C.F. accomplishments.

SUMMARY: Talk by Grace MacInnis, Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) candidate for Fort George in the upcoming British Columbia election of June 15, 1949, about: the election; C.C.F. party election promises; women's role in politics.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Aural History at the Provincial Archives, 1976 PERIOD COVERED: 1950-1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Derek Reimer, Assistant Director of the Aural History Programme at the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, is interviewed by Pat Munroe of the CBC Radio program "Three's Company". He discusses the Aural History Programme and techniques of aural history. [TRACK 2: blank.]

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SUMMARY: Radio program with Hal Denton including an interview with Hugh Keenleyside, Deputy Minister of Mines and Resources, about waterfowl hunting regulations and duck hunting in British Columbia.;

SUMMARY: A talk by author Roderick Haig-Brown about art, imagination and man's capacity for wonder. [from Library and Archives Canada description]

SUMMARY: Talk by unidentified speaker [George Clutesi] about native people in Canada; their rights, history and culture; and their relation with white people.;

SUMMARY: Recording (off-air?) of the CBC program "Anthology". Earle Birney reads his poems, mainly from the recently published collection "Rag and Bone Shop". T0992:0003 track 1 (30 min.) ; track 2 (10 min.); ; T0992:0004 track 1, fragment (5 minutes, source unknown).;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): What's the matter with Canadian literature? SUMMARY: Radio program with Arthur Sager, announcer and Earle Birney, poet, about: the state of Canadian literature and the need for a national heritage; Canadian writers leaving for the United States; the state of Canadian poetry; obscurity of modern poetry.

SUMMARY: Talk by Earle Birney, author, about: reading habits of Canadians; literature, poetry; Canadian writing; Canadian Authors Association.;

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0023 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Interviewed by Richard Gwynn RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-01-26 SUMMARY: Premier Bill Bennett is interviewed by Richard Gwynn of the Toronto Star, 26 January 1977.;

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0024 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Interviewed by Nick Hills, CBC RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-01-25 SUMMARY: Premier Bill Bennett is interviewed by Nick Hills of the CBC, 25 January 1977.;