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Vancouver diamond jubilee

Promotional film. The celebrations marking Vancouver's 60th anniversary provide a framework for a short history and description of the city. Jubilee events include parades, a pageant at Timber Bowl in Stanley Park, Indian dancing and the induction of the Governor-General (Viscount Alexander) as an honorary Kwakiutl chief. Historical photographs show Vancouver's early development. Contemporary footage reveals various aspects of the city: skyline, public buildings, street scenes; Marine Building; harbour and shipyards; False Creek CPR yards and roundhouse; Lion's Gate and Burrard bridges; Vancouver airport; bus and streetcar systems; Police and Fire departments; Kitsilano Beach; Stanley Park; Bowen Island; boating; sailing; Sun Salmon Derby; etc. Also includes footage of regional industries: logging, mining, smelting, fishing, farming, hydro-electric sites.

Decision

Documentary. An analysis of the decision-making procedures of the Ministry of Forests when confronted with ecological and other values in forestry resource management. The question was, "Should chemical sprays be used against the spruce budworm that is killing trees in the Fraser Valley?" Forests minister Tom Waterland hosts an interdisciplinary conference to discuss the issue.

[Widner film]

Footage. Painting of St. Ann's Academy, Victoria, ca. 1950s - circular shot of Victoria from roof, sign "J.T. Devlin & Co., General Painting Contractors" superimposed on view of St. Ann's. Beacon Hill Park - flowers and ducks. California trip including Sacramento, Donner Pass, ca. 1953 (theatre sign for "Shane", which was released that year), Oregon, picnic scenes, truck with sign "Ed Widmer/Vancouver, B.C." Moscow City Limits. Sign "entering Creston" (shows main street); Kootenay Flats (sign "last reclamation in 1952"; classroom, girls doing copper work, boys doing industrial arts? (building model planes); playing field scenes; road sign "International View Point" Oroville/Osoyoos; Anarchist Mountain; truck with water bags; orchard; family eating meal outside; brief fishing/coast scene.

Inventing grace, touching glory : the story of the British Columbia film & television industry : [widescreen edition]

Documentary. ". . . A documented journey into how the western Canadian film business was built from the early 1950s to the present day. It examines the people and events that helped shape the production landscape and unveils an intimate look into the realm of filmmaking and theeconomics that surround it." (package description)

The Princess

Documentary. This film depicts a trip from Seattle to Victoria on the S.S. Princess Marguerite, and profiles the history of the ship -- and of her namesake, an earlier B.C. coastal steamship that was sunk during World War II while serving as a troop transport.

British Columbia Steamship Company (1975) Ltd.

Social Credit radio advertisments, 1972 : [re-created 1976]

PERIOD COVERED: ;1972;-;1972 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1976 SUMMARY: Ten short Social Credit radio advertisements that were used in the 1972 provincial election campaign. They were originally recorded by Ralph Pashley and subsequently erased. He re-recorded them in 1976 at the request of the BC Archives. Also included in the file are the scripts for 19 advertisements. According to Pashley, the scripts were reviewed and approved by W.A.C. Bennett and paid for by the Puget Sound Navigation Company. They were recorded at radio station CJVI in Victoria and broadcast on radio stations throughout B.C.

Kate McQueen interview : [Ruskin, ca. 1975-1976]

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), [ca. 1975-1976] SUMMARY: Kate McQueen is interviewed by Olga Ruskin about early Vancouver. Her family came out to B.C. on the CPR in the 1890s to settle her uncle's estate. She discusses early real estate development in Vancouver. She graduated from McGill and taught languages at King Edward for 33 years.

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