The item consists of a negative reel of news footage showing the Queen Mother's visit to Vancouver and Edmonton in January 1963 including shots of people planning tour (looking at a map); ship's (?) officer studying map; snowfall in Vancouver; people getting out of cars in snowfall and being greeted; flight attendants boarding airliner; deplaning from CP Air "Empress" airliner (in Edmonton?); various comings and goings on the Queen's BOAC jet; jet taxis away.
News footage: Burke Machine Works fire, January 31, 1963: scenes of fire being fought. Close-ups of street signs.
News footage: Aftermath of a holdup at the Canadian Bank of Commerce on Main Street, Vancouver, February 1, 1963. Shots of police with dogs, close-ups of street signs, the bank, people being interviewed, police inspecting the scene, people inside the bank.