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A date with British Columbia

The item is a release print of a film travelogue, made around 1958. It follows a visiting family on a camping trip in B.C. The cities of Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Chilliwack, Penticton and Kelowna are shown briefly, but the main focus is on the government campsites visited.

A fish for all seasons

The item is a composite print of a recreational film from 1983. It depicts sport fishing in British Columbia, highlighting the various types of game fish, favoured areas, and fishing tips and lore. Discusses Steelhead, Pacific Salmon, Chinook, Tyee, Coho, and Kokanee. Locations include Campbell River, Kamloops, Stellako River, etc.

A fish for all seasons : French version

The item is a composite print of a recreational film from 1983 (French verison). It depicts sport fishing in British Columbia, highlighting the various types of game fish, favoured areas, and fishing tips and lore. Discusses steelhead, Pacific salmon, Chinook, Tyee, Coho, Kokanee. Locations include Campbell River, Kamloops, Stellako River, etc.

A fish for all seasons : German version

The item is a composite print of a recreational film from 1983 (German verion). It depicts sport fishing in British Columbia, highlighting the various types of game fish, favoured areas, and fishing tips and lore. Discusses steelhead, Pacific salmon, Chinook, Tyee, Coho, Kokanee. Locations include Campbell River, Kamloops, Stellako River, etc.

A place of refuge

The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1969. It shows the summer and winter activities in the Columbia Valley of the East Kootenay region. A sequence on the area's history is followed by shots of various approaches to the Valley, and footage of Fernie, ranching, wildlife, skiing, the Kimberley Snow Fiesta, snowmobiling, fishing (ice & stream), the Kootenay Trout Hatchery, Wasa Lake, a modern paddlewheeler, water skiing, the restored pioneer community of Fort Steele, mountain climbing in the Bugaboos, trail riding, provincial campsites, Radium Hot Springs and Fairmont.

A place of refuge : out-takes

The item consists of five reels of film out-takes, from 1967 to 1969, comprising about 3,800 feet in total. The outs are from a travel film about the East Kootenay and Columbia Valleys and depicts the summer and winter activities of the Columbia Valley.

A roof for all seasons

The item is a promotional video from around 1980. It contains a slide/sound presentation which refers to the BC Tourist Accommodation Guide and shows recreation vehicle parks, provincial parks, houseboats, fishing camps, resorts, farms, hotels and motels.

Abbotsford Airshow, 1975

The item is a film reel of unedited out-takes from 1975. It contains footage of the 1975 Abbotsford Airshow. Includes team aerobatics demonstrations by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds (flying the T-38 Talon) and the Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds (flying the CT-114 Tutor); solo aerobatics by various single-engined monoplanes and biplanes; fly-pasts by a Vulcan bomber (of the RAF) and an Aurora maritime patrol aircraft; a demonstration fire retardant drop by an airtanker; a Canadian Forces search and rescue team rappelling from a Labrador helicopter; exhibitions by parachutists and a wing walker; static displays of aircraft on the tarmac; and crowd shots.

This footage may be out takes from the BC government travelogue "This is the Place."

Atlin

The item is a composite print of a travelogue, made 1978-1979. It is a portrait of the historic gold rush town of Atlin in the northwestern corner of BC. Includes shots of abandoned mining sites and the old sternwheeler "Tarahne".

Barkerville or bust : long version "B"

The item consists of composite print of a travelogue from 1966. The history of the Cariboo gold rush town of Barkerville and its restoration as a historic park, are depicted through the medium of the live "period" variety stage show at the town's Theatre Royal.

Barkerville or bust : short version "A"

The item is a composite print of a documentary film from 1965. The history of the Cariboo gold rush town of Barkerville, and its restoration as a historic park, are depicted through the medium of the live "period" variety stage show at the town's Theatre Royal.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 01

The item is a film reel of out-takes from ca. 1943-1945. Comprises out-footage from completed BC Government Travel Bureau films: "Kootenay East, Kootenay West", "Of mines and men" and "Rails to romance". Includes people at cairn; various shots of scenery and recreational activities; footage of the steamship "Lady Alexandra" departing Vancouver, arriving at Bowen Island (with scenes on the island), and arriving at Squamish; plus shot(s) of Lillooet.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 02

The item is a film reel of out-takes from ca. 1941-1945. Comprises out-footage from completed BC Government Travel Bureau films: "Kootenay East, Kootenay West", and possibly "Eggs Unlimited" and "The Fraser Valley". Includes autumn scenes; boats on lake; river, highway and rail line in Fraser Canyon; horseback riding; cattle ranching; hunting; river ferry; rodeo; Clinton; Agassiz; plaques at Fort Yale, Sapperton, and Fort Alexandria sites; egg grading and chicken farming; the Great Divide; swimming; scenery; recreational activities; cable ferry docking and unloading cars (Columbia River?); mining; the "Minto" docking and unloading.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 04

The item is a reel of film out-takes, ca. 1946-1948. Out-footage from various BC Government Travel Bureau films, including "Highway Sixteen" and "Of Mines and Men". Includes sequence at hunters' campsite on Dease Lake, with hunters displaying and packing trophies and filming amateur movies; lumber truck boarding lake ferry; recreational activities (boating); aerial views; sawmilling; sternwheeler snagging logs [possibly the "Essington" on the Skeena River?]; B.C. Provincial Police officer on horseback; totem poles at Kitwanga and/or Kitwancool; regatta.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 05

The item is a reel of film out-takes, from 1941 to 1961. Out-footage from various BC Government Travel Bureau films, including "Vancouver Island" (the 1941-1942 version); Okanagan footage from "A Date with British Columbia" (1957-1958) and "Kootenay Lake Holiday" (1960-1961). The reel includes footage of: the Kelowna Regatta (including Lady of the Lake ceremony); camping and boating on Okanagan Lake; picnic site; Kootenay Lake boating; interior and exterior shots of the beached sternwheeler "Moyie"; Manning Park Nature House; Victoria street scenes etc.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 06

The item is a film reel of out-takes from about 1941 to 1955. Out-footage from various BC Government Travel Bureau film productions, including "Legend of the West" and possibly "The Fraser Valley" and "Rails to Romance". Includes footage of rodeo events at the Williams Lake Stampede (ca. 1953); fishing scenes; Fort Alexandria cairn; Prince George railway station (ca. 1941); overhead cable ferry at Boston Bar; customs or toll highway stop outside New Westminster (1940s); hydraulic mining; tool booths (possibly King George Highway in Surrey); sunsets; and various recreational activities such as boating, water skiing; etc.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 07

The item is a reel of film out-takes from around 1957-1961. The first ca. 525 feet of this reel shows bighorn sheep grazing, being corralled, and being herded into a truck container. The second part of the reel (ca. 575 feet) comprises (duplicate?) out-footage from the BC Government Travel Bureau film "Big Game Camera Holiday", including footage of caribou in summer and winter; bighorn sheep; mountain goats; moose; birds; flowers; and some aerial shots. Both sections show photographers "stalking" the animals with still and 16 mm movie cameras.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 08

The item is a reel of film out-takes from 1957-1961. This reel is believed to be duplicate out-footage from the BC Government Travel Bureau film "Kootenay Lake Holiday". Includes shots of the Kootenay (?) River; power plant (Bonnington Falls); bridges; downtown Nelson; hoodoos; Vancouver's West End; highway scenes; boating; scenery; recreational activities; salmon enhancement facility; ferry and Fort Steele.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 09

The item consists of film out-takes from ca. 1944. It contains out-footage, primarily from the BC Government Travel Bureau films "Kootenay West" and "Kootenay East" and includes footage of a sawmill; Nelson, including fire truck, Courthouse, and parade shots; the sternwheeler "Minto"; car ferry unloading (Kootenay Lake?), docking and loading; fishing from a small boat; scenery; recreational activities; logging and tennis.

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