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SUMMARY: "Best of Emerson" is a twice-a-week series (Monday and Friday) that ran from July 2 to September 28, 1962. In this series Vancouver's provocative conversationalist, John Emerson, discusses unusual asp;ects of Vancouver history and gives his recollections and impressions of well-known people. This episode, number 9 in the series, is the story of the Vancouver Symphony and its conductors.;

SUMMARY: This episode, "Bethune", features the early life of Dr. Norman Bethune, his early career in Boston, his marriage, the civil war in Spain, his work in China (including the training and equipping of mob;ile operating clinics), and finally his death due to blood poisoning.;

SUMMARY: A musical production for radio, with music, book and lyrics by Juan Root. With Winifred Renworth (piano), Betty Phillips, Don Garrard, Lorraine McAllister, Don McManus, Doug Haskins. Producer: Doug Ni;xon. Announcer: Bill Reid.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. In this episode, "An Island is an Island", individual island residents talk about their experiences and island life, including bird an;d animal life, and farming.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "BC Scene", features topical satire, comedy sketches and recorded music. Voices heard include Jack Humphrey, Roger Montg;omery, Daphne Goldrick, Jimmy Johnston, Angela Gann, John Sparks and host Doug Campbell.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "Beyond the Call", is the story of three Canadian Red Cross outpost hospitals in BC. Prepared and introduced by J.J. McC;oll, the program includes interviews with nurses at these isolated hospital outposts -- Betty Dolk in Kyuquot, Alice Owen in Edgewood, and Margaret Pardy in Bamfield.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. In this episode, "Ghost Towns", Jurgen Hesse explores three British Columbia ghost towns: Sandon, Quesnel Forks and Bralorne. Recolle;ctions and reminiscences are recounted by former residents of these mining towns.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. In this episode, "Ghost Towns", Jurgen Hesse explores three British Columbia ghost towns: Sandon, Quesnel Forks and Bralorne. Recolle;ctions and reminiscences are recounted by former residents of these mining towns.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary consisting of interviews and sounds about Bralorne, B.C., a mining town located about an hour's drive fr;om Hope. It was affluent and prosperous from 1932 to 1971. but is now a ghost town. This episode looks at what happened to Bralorne, and considers whether the town might be inhabited again. Some ghost; stories are also discussed.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary consisting of interviews and sounds about Quesnel Forks, B.C., a farming and mining town in the Cariboo ;which was active in the the 19th century. The town was re-established in the fall of 1959 as a gold mining town, but has since been abandoned.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary consisting of interviews and sounds about Sandon, B.C. -- once an active mining town in the Slocan, toda;y a ghost town.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is an interview with Jurgen Hesse, hosted by fellow radio documentarist Imbert Orchard. They talk about Hesse's life and; experiences.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "Kitselas Canyon", is based on a visit to Kitselas Canyon on the Skeena River, and a discussion of its history: the native people and their legends, the arrival of the Europeans, the days of the sternwheelers, and the coming of the railroad. The program is a CBC Vancouver production, compiled, written and produced by Imbert Orchard. The voices heard include Dave Walker, Ben Boulton, Wiggs O'Neill, and John Morrison. The story teller is Michael Irwin.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This tape contains the inserts used in the two-part documentary on mobile homes; see T4230:0060 - 0061 & 0062.;

CALL NUMBER: T4230:0060 SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about life in trailer parks in BC. The people interviewed discuss their lives and expe;riences, and what they like about living in mobile homes. This is part one of two.;

CALL NUMBER: T4230:0061 SUMMARY: As above.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about life in trailer parks in BC. The people interviewed discuss their lives and expe;riences, and what they like about living in mobile homes. This is part two of two.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating from different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This program tells the story of Simon Fraser University, which in its first four years of existence had much publicity and was constantly threatened with possible closure. "Now There is a Mountain" was written by Peter Hay, former Associate Professor in Theatre at SFU.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating from different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary about teacher Vera Chastenay, who spent a year at Aiyansh with the people of the Nass around 1912, and about the way they celebrated Christmas. This is an earlier version of the People in Landscape program "School on the Nass" (T2431:0001) which aired as a regional feature as part 1 of an episode of "Between Ourselves".

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "The Empty Screen", is an impression of the state of the BC film industry, gathered and compiled by Peter Hay. People co;nnected with the movie industry recount their impressions of working and making films in BC in 1970. Voices heard include: Robert Altman, David Foster, Morrie Ruvinsky, Sylvia Spring, Danny Singer, Al; Razutis, Pat Corbitt, Peter Jones, Cameron Porteus, Gordon Arnal, Art Jones, Pearl Williams, Nip Gowan, and Timothy Baw [sp?].;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "The Far Out West: Baxter, Lewis etc.", features conversations with three young Vancouver artists attempting to redefine; the word "art". Ingrid and Ian Baxter are co-presidents of the N.E. Thing Company; Dennis Vance is a sculptor in sound. They talk with Hilda Mortimer about some of the ways they (and we) might resha;pe the shapes of things to come.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary consisting of interviews with Germans who immigrated to B.C. They speak about their lives and experience;s. This is part one of two.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary consisting of interviews with Germans who immigrated to B.C. They speak about their lives and experience;s. This is part two of two.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. "The Great West Road", which comprises two episodes, presents the story of two journeys from the Fraser River to the Pacific Ocean: th;e first by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793, and the second by a party of scientists following Mackenzies's route in 1975. Dr. Roy Carlson, Dr. Rudi Haering, and Dr. Earl Nelson describe their own adventu;res en route, while Mackenzie's story is told in excerpts from his journal.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary about the British Columbia whaling industry, which came to an end in September 1967, and about "the 'poe;try' of whaling" (in the words of producer Norman Newton). It includes Nootkan whaling songs and stories by Peter Webster; the description of a whale hunt aboard the "Westwhale 8"; and interviews with; the vessel's crew members, including skipper and harpooner Captain Arne Borgen.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. The first part of this episode [archived as T2463:0001] is "The Luck of La Chance" by Imbert Orchard, a special documentary presentati;on about the 1910 avalanche on Rogers Pass, which took an estimated sixty lives. It is a personal account of the disaster by Bill La Chance, the sole survivor. Other voices heard include: Mr. and Mrs;. Philip Parker, Andy Gray, Doug Abrahamson, and G.H. Williamson. The second part of the this episode, "Folk Songs", is a collection of folk songs, including some from B.C.. The vocalists include: Cla;ire Klein, Bud Spencer, and James L. Johnson, with conductor Bud Henderson.f@!NYKlein, Claire singer ;f@!NYSpencer, Bud

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SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "The Sasquatch", is a program about scientists, hunters, legends, and the man-like animal that some say really exists. I;ncluded is an interview with Ivan Marks, who caught the alleged Sasquatch on film in October 1970; a description Roger Patterson's film; and a first-hand account by a man who claims to have been captu;red by these creatures. Indian stories about creatures like the Sasquatch are also explored. Stan Peters narrates the program, which was researched and compiled by Jan Williams and Don Mowatt. Contrib;utors include: John Green, Don Abbott, Roger Patterson, Ivan Marks, Albert Ausman [sp?], Neil Dainard, and Michael Crampton.;

SUMMARY: "Midweek Theatre" was a series of hour-long dramas that originated alternately from four CBC production centers: Winnipeg, Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver. The series began on December 2, 1964. This e;pisode, "Beyond The Edge (Of The Unknown), or Jeremy Jenkins Through the Looking Glass" by David Hughes, is a parody of space-fiction adventures.;

SUMMARY: This item is entitled "Big Bill's Tune : sampler - two extracts". No content information is available.;

SUMMARY: "Billy Bishop Goes To War" is a stage play which recounts the life of the famed Canadian World War One fighter, from his youth through his fighting days.;

SUMMARY: "Billy Bishop Goes To War" is a stage play which recounts the life of the famed Canadian World War One fighter, from his youth through his fighting days.;