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the item is a travelogue film. "An animated curtain rises to reveal waves washing in on a sandy beach. [Long shot of] Hatley Park castle from pond at bottom the garden, a rowboat passing by. "Princess Kathleen", CPR ferry, arrives in Victoria's Inner Harbour with visitors crowding the decks. [Close-up of] passengers along the rails as ship passes. Empress Hotel over the after deck of the "Kathleen". Passengers leave the ship, down gangways into a shed. Car driving along ramp out of a ferry named the "Olympic", under a sign reading: "Come again, Au revoir. For information apply Victoria Publicity Bureau." Several other cars disembark. Good aerial view of Inner Harbour, Customs House, CPR ferries and etc. from top of Parliament Buildings; pans across to Empress Hotel. Sign on a building reads: "New England Cafe -? ? ? - Ask anybody". Also good [long shot of] old Post Office, Belmont Building, streetcar passing on Causeway. A man and a girl examine a rose bush in the Empress garden. Ladies in Mayor Pendray's topiary garden look at a sitting bear, a fat bird, a bird's roost, etc. CPR ferry in [background]. Old codgers lawn bowling. Oak Bay golf course with golfers and CPR ferry sailing by in [background]. Swimming and diving in the Crystal Gardens. "Empress of Japan" in Esquimalt dry dock. Shot down Moss Street (?) with Olympic Mountains in distance. Mount Baker in far distance from Malahat overlooking Pat Bay. Car driving over Malahat Drive -- several shots including one down Finlayson Arm. A car travelling through the forest over a dirt road; a man & woman walk through ferns beneath the trees. Two couples hold hands around the base of a large tree. Car continues through forest. A speedboat, perhaps on Cowichan Lake. A gracious tea being served outdoors by a maid dressed in black, somewhere on the Oak Bay Golf Course, with the ocean & Olympic mountains in [background]. Curtain comes down over beach scene from beginning of film." (Colin Browne)

Amateur film. REEL 1: Rehearsal for presentation of colours, and troops drilling. The Fifth Regiment Guard of Honour rehearsing at the Parliament Buildings. King and Queen leave the Parliament Building on May 30 to drive through the city, returning later down Government Street. The Royal Canadian Navy at Beacon Hill Park; presentation of the colour by the King. King inspects war veterans. Queen with Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Premier Pattullo. REEL 2: Naval party returns to the RCN Barracks, Esquimalt, to deposit the colours. Officers, sailors and guests disperse for refreshments. Ogden Point Docks, May 31. Destroyer escort. The King and Queen arrive, inspect Canadian Scottish Guard of Honour, war veterans, and war nurses. King and Queen board the C.N.S.S. "Prince Robert" and are seen waving from the deck. An hour later, Premuier Pattullo inspects the BC Provincial Police and special constables outside the Parliament Buildings.

The series consists of contract records created by the Dept. of Lands and Works in regards to the Esquimalt Harbour Graving Dock. The files include specifications, bills of quantities, forms of tender, etc. for contracts 1, 2, 4, and 5.