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The item is a reel of documentary film from ca. 1945. "Views of holes showing strata of soil which are identified by digger and by caption. A few shots of fields and swampy forest. There are no landmarks or identifiable scenes." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of documentary film from 1928. "Illustrates the method of cultivating strawberries from clearing the land to planting, tending, harvesting, packing, crating and trucks driving away with fruit to the Saanich Fruit Growers Association shed at Keating, B.C. Scenes include: A visit of the District Horticulturist. Laying straw before fruiting. Good [close-up of] labels on crates: 'Victoria Strawberries.' Pose by groups of pickers before tents -- 'tired and hungry.' Good shot of fruit being delivered to Saanich Fruit Growers Association's shed at Keating. The manager of the Association helping to nail and sort crates of berries. Dominion Government inspectors at work opening crates and checking. Grower's book being signed. Berries leaving Association shed in trucks for pre-cooling shed and jam factory." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of documentary film from ca. 1931. "'Suffolk rams, shoring massiveness and great strength, with strong hams.' Two rams being shorn on both sides, front and back, and their features being pointed out with captions and a man with a pointer. Flock of Suffolk sheep. [Close-ups of] features of ewes. Suffolk lambs and ewes." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of documentary film from ca. 1929. "Hop growing near Sumas in the Fraser Valley, sixty miles east of Vancouver. White and Indian workers. The film shows hop cultivation from early shoots until the hops, picked and threshed in a warehouse, are sacked and loaded onto a truck. Each step is thoroughly explained and depicted. A good film." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of documentary film from the 1930s. Efficient production of swine, including discussions of breeds. Possibly filmed in Ontario and Quebec.

The item is a b&w answer print of a documentary film from 1929. "'A bird's-eye view of our Okanagan fruit section.' Long Lake, on way to Kelowna from Vernon by train. Storefront window (Kelowna?) of Department of Agriculture, Horticultural Branch, office. A shipping point on Okanagan Lake -- wharves, buildings, ferry dock. Vineyards, irrigation systems. Orchard without irrigation, and with flume and furrow irrigating. Alfalfa growing in orchard to help crop. Horse-drawn spraying of fruit trees. Tank-truck with arsenate of lead and sprayers. Codling moth traps pulled up into trees, buckets of poison. Banding trees against codling moths. Thinning pears and plums. Wire screen protectors around base of tree to deter mice. Greenhouses. Family life -- kids, mother, car and dog in the Okanagan." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of educational film from the 1930s. It is an account of the importance of the horse to man, from the time of the Creation to pioneer America.

The item is a film news reel from 1939 of the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada and the United States. "The Castle Films production of the entire visit is [black and white] and is about 360 feet long. The sections filmed in British Columbia show the Royal Hudson pulling into Vancouver (with a good shot of the engine and tender); the Guard of Honour in Vancouver; the arrival and departure of the King and Queen; the arrival and departure of the King and Queen at Vancouver City Hall; and the arrival of the King and Queen at the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, and the inspection of the Honour Guard by King George. The BC Dept. of Agriculture footage is on colour stock and is 140 feet long. Scenes include: the yellow convertible and the King and Queen's limousine driving through the crowds on Government Street in Victoria. Victoria City Hall. Crowds at the Parliament Buildings. Three nurses beneath a sign reading 'First Aid Post.' Highlanders and veterans marching down the street. Tumultuous crowds massed at Parliament Buildings, soldiers, etc." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of b&w film footage from 1930 containing the following three dcoumentaries:
Checking up on farm loan prospects: "Officials, including George Sangster, Chairman of the Farm Loan Board and Mat Hassen, local appraiser, looking over farm buildings and discussing loan with farmer. Obviously the loan is clinched because officials shake hands with the farmer at their car, smiling. This little film seems intended to assure farmers about receiving a fair shake when applying for a government loan."

Picnic, Dominion Experimental Farm, Summerland, Okanagan, June 3rd 1930: "Trucks and cars arriving. Kids' running races, sack races and wheelbarrow races. Carpenter's competition -- ladies' nail-hampering contest (into a thick beam). Mr. Leek, President of the Vancouver Exhibition Association, and Mrs. Leek, Mr. Matheson, Manager and Secretary, and Mrs. Matheson, posing. Crowds. An old timer, John Treffry of Summerland, with a long white beard. Pan of countryside from railway bridge [crossing Trout Creek]. People walking across trestle; long drop to the bottom of the chasm. Pan across Experimental Farm grounds. Farmers try their hand at gold. Small group watches as train crosses trestle. Mr. Hunter, Superintendent of the Experimental Farm, poses with a cow. Stock-judging demonstrations. $2000.00 cow owned by a man in the district. Poses with Dr. Knight, Livestock Commissioner. Pan of lake with cars in [foreground] across the fields."

Scenes on the way from Penticton to Princeton: "This footage was possibly shot while returning from a picnic at Summerland Experimental Farm in June 1930. Keremeos passes by the window. Concentrator at Hedley Gold Mine and cable. Young shepherd from Inverness, Scotland, and his dog. The dog rounds up sheep. Shorthorn herd of Mr. Taylor, Princeton. His irrigation ditch and flume. Gold hunters in dry creek bed -- one holds up fake gold. Beaver dam. Scenes on William Thompson's sheep farm near Merritt, sheep being driven into pens for shearing. From L to R: Mr. Munro, Deputy Minister of Agriculture; Mr. Davie; Dr. Knight, Livestock Commissioner; Mr. Patterson and Mr. Challenger; Mr. Halmer, manager of Nicola Lake Ranching Co.; Mr. Brodie, a prospective settler from Australia."
(Colin Browne)

The item is a promotional film from 1929 on two reels. "Depicts the growing, curing and processing of tobacco at the Totem Tobacco plantation owned by McKercher's Ltd. at Sumas Prairie.
Reel one: shows employees' dwellings, shack-like barracks, readying the field for the crop and fertilizing the soil. The seedlings are shown in the greenhouse, being transplanted and being planted out. Growth at stages of four to six weeks is shown. Workers top the plants and pinch out the suckers. 30-40 days after the topping, the plants are picked by the split-stalk method and hung over wooden laths to dry.
Reel two: shows plants being loaded onto horse-drawn wagons and taken back to kilns where the curing begins. After curing, the leaves are taken to the processing plant, graded and sorted and steam processed. The leaves are then baled and driven off to the factory in a truck. The employees return to work after lunch. This very good film shows every step as it is carried out over a season, all the buildings, sheds and processing areas required, as well as interesting vignettes of the employees and their living conditions." (Colin Browne)

The item is a documentary film in two reels. Tobacco growing, curing and processing at the Totem Plantation, Sumas Prairie, BC. "Identical to TOBACCO GROWING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, except that the opening shots present a picture of the McKercher Company executives and give a plug for the company. Nowhere on this print is the British Columbia Dept. of Agriculture mentioned, although the government may have produced the film. Perhaps McKercher's put up the money, or some of it." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of documentary film from the 1930s. It shows turkey farming on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.

The item is a reel of documentary film from the 1920s. "Students are shown field crops, fall-sown oats, Jersey cows, poultry incubator, tulips. An 'Alfresco lunch' is provided by the farm at long tables outside. Minister of Agriculture W. Atkinson and Deputy Minister J.B. Munro and their wives join them for lunch. Minister makes a speech. The VIP's size up the crops and pose with their wives. They inspect the bees and the grapes in the greenhouses. Mr. Toomer, the gardener, in greenhouse. Pan of the Dominion Experimental Station. Vancouver Island Horticultural Association is entertained by the superintendent at outdoor tables for lunch and speeches at Sidney. The advantages of paper mulch demonstrated. Various shots of Horticultural Association group." (Colin Browne)

"An in-depth look at the problem of knapweed in B.C. and the different controls in use, including biological methods. Knapweed is a serious threat to rangeland in our province, and the experts in this film offer a realistic view of the future effect on agriculture." [Catalogue description, "Audio-Visual Catalogue," Ministry of Agrculture and Food 1986]

The item is an instructional film from the 1930s on three reels. Methods of efficient production on a dairy farm, as suggested by the life experiences of Blossom the cow.

The item is a reel of colour nature film made sometime in the 1930s. "Includes shots of Easter lilies (dogtooth-violets), peacocks, dogwood, daisies, trilliums, periwinkle, Indian paintbrush, honeysuckle, yellow daisies, broom, Oregon grape, yarrow, fireweed, and many others. It appears as if most of this film was shot on Vancouver Island." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of instructional film from 1929. It depicts the production of woolen goods, by manual labour and mechanical means.

The item is a b&w newsreel print from 1945 showing the Yalta Conference and the Battle of Germany.