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Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.) Vancouver (B.C.)
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[B.C. generic (2x30) / B.C. premier (1x30)]

Television commercials. Expo '86 promotional spots on the "invite the world" theme. First two include aerial views of B.C. natural scenery, of Vancouver, fireworks, graphics. Third promotional spot includes aerials of B.C. scenery and Vancouver, plus welcoming speech by Premier W. R. Bennett.

B.C. invites the world

Promotional. Preview of Expo 86, presenting footage of Vancouver, the Expo site, and the Expo Centre celebration. Also includes comments from Premier W.R. Bennett, Jim Pattison, Commissioner Patrick Reid, and visitors. Sound track includes narration with theme song, "Something's Happening Here", sung by Lisa Dalbello.

B.C. Place : toward 2000

Promotional film. Presentation about future development on the north shore of False Creek in Vancouver, the site of Expo '86.

Beautiful Vancouver

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.

Expo 86 : Canada Pavilion

The item is a video master of a promotional film from 1985. It explains the role of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 86. It is a video version of a slide/tape presentation. See also "Full sail", which may be the same production.

Expo 86 : it's happening

Promotional. A presentation that advertises Expo 86 and the General Motors Pavilion, and explains the opportunities provided by Expo to advertise and sell GM products. Includes a proposed marketing plan. Shots include Expo site construction, models of pavilions (including General Motor Pavilion), talk by Jim Pattison, interviews with site visitors, and comments from GM managers.

Expo 86 : preview centre model

Demonstration. Shows mock-up of proposed Expo Centre design, showing model viewed as from Georgia and Granville Streets, B.C. Place and the ALRT. Includes graphic and photographic images in the sphere. Model designed by Bruno Freschi Architects; sphere images courtesy of Applause Communications, Creative House, Evans & Sutherland, Vertigo Graphics.

Expo 86 records

  • GR-1986
  • Series
  • 1980-1986

Records - including posters, drawings, sketches, photographs, slides, audio-visual material, and construction plans -
relating to the 1986 World Exposition, specifically the Expo 86 Corporation, held in Vancouver in 1986. Includes files from all of the divisions and departments within the Corporation, reflecting the planning, coordination, development and execution of the World's Fair.

Expo 86 Corporation

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