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The item is a documentary film. It explores the problems besetting national parks today: should they be kept as wilderness reserves, or should they become playgrounds for people with recreational vehicles and other trappings of urban society? Shows beautiful scenery and varied wildlife in Banff National Park.

The item is a recreational film. It follows the members of a ski patrol searching for skiers in trouble and for an avalanche. Shows skiers potential hazards which exist in the mountains and precautions which should be observed. Portrays the dedication of the patrol to skiing safety and their love for the sport and the mountains.

The item is a documentary film. It presents the Canadian wildlife artist Martin Glen Loates. Focuses on his work from the rough pencil sketches captured in the remote areas of British Columbia and Ontario to the vivid detail of his finished works, which have appeared in a number of national magazines, as well on Canadian postage stamps.

The item is an educational film. A thirteen-year-old boy shows important geological formations found in the Cascade Range, narrates its history, and recounts the development of rock strata from ocean floor to over 7,000 feet above sea level, where sea-life fossils are found. Produced during the International Geophysical Year. BC content is minimal.

The item is a travelogue film. It depicts a pleasure cruise by a family of three Vancouver sailors, 400 miles up the B.C. coast to the port of Prince Rupert. Includes footage of logging activity at Powell River and Kitimat; totem poles and a First Nations cemetery (at either Alert Bay, Calvert Island or Hecate Island).

The item is a travelogue film. Shot in the St. Elias Mountains of the Yukon Territory, this film portrays the silent land, filmed in colours of mist, hailstorms and sunpaint, underscored by an electronic music composition. With scenes of moose, dall sheep, caribou, tundra vole and hills of gold.

The item is an educational film. It follows the Yellowhead Highway from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, to its terminus at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Includes side-trips to points of geographical and historical interest. Shows farmland, beaches, national parks, ice fields and cities, giving a birds-eye view of western Canada.

The item is a travelogue film. The Victoria filmmaker Wilf Gray, and his wife present the terrain and wildlife of the Kluane Game Preserve in the Yukon, a scenic mountain wilderness area. They focus on creatures of the river valley and the St. Elias Mountains, such as the grizzly bear, dall sheep and caribou.

The item is a video copy of a travelogue. "Power dam with gate & wheelhouse at Ocean Falls. Link River Falls. New power house of Pacific Mills. Board walk at Link Falls. Bridal Veil Falls. Rocky canyon near Twin Lakes. Mountains near Ocean Falls. Beach at Bella Bella. Temple Mountain. Steamer sailing up coast. Lumber camp and new bungalow logging office. Dinner at the lumber camp. Twin Sister Mountains on Burk's [Burke] Channel. Dean Channel. Wild flowers. Canyon Falls. New power house at Ocean Falls. Cave of the Winds. Fishing at Halfway Falls. Swinging footbridge over the Falls. Pleasure-craft at "the island". People swimming. Tour ship "Tillicums" and Mt. Baldy from tour ship." (Colin Browne)

The item is a recreational film from 1966. It portrays the scenic ski resorts and skiing at Mount Seymour and Grouse Mountain near Vancouver and Mount Tod near Kamloops.

The item is a travelogue. A family enjoys an automobile trip through the Columbia watershed, following the Columbia River from its mouth on the Pacific coast to its source in southeastern British Columbia. En route, there are views of the Valley of the Ten Peaks and the Columbia Icefield, including Athabasca Glacier.

The item is a recreational video. It depicts the history and attractions of the West Coast Trail on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Includes historic photographs and film footage.

Documentary. Filmed on the open Pacific and at Kyuquot and Rose Harbour whaling stations, this is the earliest known motion picture devoted to commercial whaling on the B.C. coast. It shows the pursuit, harpooning, and death struggle of a finback whale. The whale is towed back to the whaling station, where the work of flensing the carcass, refining the blubber, and preparing whalebone (baleen) are shown. Also depicts the various species hunted, including the sulphur-bottom (blue), finback (fin), sei, humpback, and sperm whale.

Includes the whaling ships Black and Green.

The item is a video copy of out-takes. Promoting Victoria as "a little bit of Old England", this footage was shot for Universal's "Going Places" travel series with the co-operation of the National Film Board's John Grierson. The outs include shots of: Legislature at night and arrival of dignitaries; sequence on Canadian Scottish Regiment at church parade at Work Point Barracks; University School [St. Michael's boys school] rugby game; girls' school; library reading room; golfers playing at Oak Bay golf course while Empress steamers pass in background; Craigflower School?; dinner at Royal Oak Inn; Nanaimo Bastion; sequence on girls' drill team performing on lawn behind Legislature with Kinsmen Boys Band; Cowichan Indians making sweaters and carving totems and work on display at Koksilah Trading Post, Duncan; also footage of salmon fishing and logging.

The item is a video copy of news reel items. This excerpt from the 1951 version of Tuum est [not to be confused with the 1958 Parry Films production of the same name] is mainly composed of footage shot by B.C. film pioneer A.D. Kean. However, most of the inter-titles in this excerpt are from the 1951 film. The archival footage depicts the first UBC convocation (May 4, 1916) and activities of UBC's contingent of the Western Universities Battalion, 196th Battalion, C.E.F. (1916-1917).

The item is a documentary video from 1986. It describes the history of the Silver King mine.

The item is a travelogue and an official video of the Greater Vancouver Visitors and Convention Bureau. It includes some scenes of attractions outside Greater Vancouver, such as the Abbotsford Air Show, the Pemberton Rodeo and Squamish Logger's Day. Includes a sequence on Expo '86.

The item is a travelogue film from 1972. It presents a series of views of Vancouver Harbour which shows its beautiful natural setting. Shows the industrial sections and the areas devoted to pleasure boating.

The item is a video travelogue. It contains a souvenir "videogram" of Vancouver, including Expo '86.

The item is a documentary video from 1977 about the treatment of Japanese-Canadians in British Columbia during World War II. Includes film footage shot at the time by Rev. Canon G.G. Nakayama (footage now at Public Archives in Canada) and interviews with Ken Adachi, David Suzuki, Rev. Canon Nakayama, Howard Green, and many other witnesses to the period. Modern location footage includes Vancouver and Slocan City. The October Crisis of 1970 is discussed as another application of the War Measures Act.

The item is a video copy of a promotional film. It depicts the attractions of Vancouver as a tourism destination; shows the Expo '86 site and mentions the centennial of Vancouver.

The item is a recreational video from 1984. It depicts techniques of a successful steelhead trout fisherman (Gary Cooper).

The item is a music video which features songs from the Bryan Adams album "Cuts like a knife." Contents include: Run to you ; Summer of '69 ; Somebody ; Heaven ; Kids wanna rock ; This time.

The item is a video showing Canadian folk singer Joni Mitchell, recorded in concert September 1979 at the County Bowl in Santa Barbara, California.

The item is a recreational film from 1975. It presents the Nicola Valley area of South Central British Columbia and shows wildlife, birds and flowers and features a pack trip through the picturesque cattle country.

The item is a video copy of a documentary on the life and work of folklorist Marius Barbeau. The visuals consist almost entirely of b&w stills. This video combines both French and English-language versions: bilingual titles; English audio on channel 1; French audio on channel 2.

The item is an educational film. The history, geography and economy of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. Shows such activities as fishing, lumbering, mining, agriculture and shipbuilding. The scenic and recreational attractions of the Rockies are also shown.

The item is an instructional video program about records management and archives.

The item is a instructional video. It shows techniques and procedures for doing oral history interviews.

The item is a video copy of a documentary from 1979. It depict the Great Depression of the 1930s and the accompanying societal struggles are documented through archival footage and interviews with people who took part. Specific topics covered include the work relief camps, the On-to-Ottawa Trek, and the birth of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.