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Ministry of Forests films and videotapes
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Seed centre

Item consists of one instructional video on the Ministry of Forests' seed centre. The video covers the work done in the seed centre following cone collection.

Seed evaluation

Item consists of a training video which provides a brief background on the biology of the seed cone, which may be useful to students as well as technical personnel. The video also shows how to select, harvest and evaluate samples.

Silva survey

The item is a reel of documentary film showing methods used in conducting a forest inventory in BC, including the use of airplanes and helicopters, aerial photography, and ground-based survey crews. Also shots of Forest Service office staff at work (mapping, etc.) in Victoria.

The Cowichan log

The item is a documentary film. "Logging at Cowichan, Vancouver Island. Many scenes of logging operations, natural forest reproduction, forest fires, and wild Life. A lesson on forestry as recounted by an old-time logger. The old-time logger appears at the beginning and the end and is a white-bearded old fellow named John Newell Evans who smiles a lot, an MLA in the BC Legislature from 1903-1906. The Cowichan Log was originally 800 feet long, but has been cut down to aid more recent productions." (Colin Browne)

The protection story

Item consists of an instructional video prepared for general audiences. The video shows the methods used by protection personnel to combat various threats to the forest, including wildfire, insects and disease.

The trouble with weeds and The safe application of herbicides

The item consists of a video containing two item: The Trouble with Weeds, which shows five methods of controlling and delaying weeds which are a threat to BC forests; pros and cons; and long range benefits and The Safe Application of Herbicides which focuses on the best method for the control of forest weeds -- herbicides. Describes several methods of applying and the procedure followed, as well as the long-range benefits.

Timber-r-r

The item is a reel of educational film about modern logging operations on the BC coast, and the value of timber to the province's economy.

Trees to Expo '70 : British Columbia at Osaka

Item consists of a promotional video on the British Columbia Pavilion at Expo '70, which emphasized the province's forest industry. This presentation follows some special Douglas Fir trees (192 feet long) as they are moved by water from Chemainus to Vancouver and shipped to Japan for use in the construction of the pavilion.

Trees unlimited

Item consists of an industrial video which covers a "seed-to-seedling" look at BC's reforestation program emphasizing the production of more and better trees for tomorrow's forests.

Trees, our renewable resource

The item is a reel of documentary film explaining the importance of good forest management in British Columbia.
Leader labelled "W/P' [workprint]. This is a silent, incomplete print of the film in excellent condition, apparently set aside for stock shot use. At least one section has already been removed.

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