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The item is a composite print of a travelogue from the 1960s. There is footage of Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise and climbing the Rockies.

The item consists of six reels of unedited film footage, from around 1971. It contains material shot for a production that was never completed. Includes much footage of the P.N.E. (midway, rides, etc.), street scenes in downtown Vancouver and Gastown, a residential area, and cyclists (in Stanley Park?). Two teenage boys and a young man appear in some of the P.N.E. and downtown scenes.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue, probably from the 1970s, featuring the Capitol Orchestra of Hollywood..

The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1961. It showcases scenery, attractions and industries in the Vancouver area. General and aerial views of Vancouver, plus sequences on the harbour, Vancouver International Airport, Stanley Park, UBC, the Vancouver International Festival and the PNE. Industry is depicted through shots of a sawmill, a fish cannery, a foundry and a shipyard (where the vessel Yukon is launched). Water sports, golf and skiing at Grouse Mountain are shown, as well as Queen Elizabeth Park, Capilano Suspension Bridge, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Granville Street at night and a White Spot drive-in.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1969. It features Vancouver, BC.

The item is a release print of a travelogue from 1975. It depicts the advantages of visiting and/or living in Vancouver. Includes the Folk Festival, Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park; Vancouver Sea Festival; and parade during the official opening of Gastown.

The item is a composite print of a recreational film from ca. 1970. It is a sailing film shot in Victoria, Nanaimo (bathtub race), Vancouver, and West Vancouver.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue made between 1972 and 1977 which highlights the Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast. Includes footage of Vancouver (general), Abbotsford Air Show, Royal Hudson steam train excursion, ferry from Horseshoe Bay, Sechelt, sport fishing, boat trip up Jervis Inlet, salmon fishing derby, Garibaldi Provincial Park (camping, mountain climbing).

The item is a composite print of a travelogue film from 1973. It contains footage of aspects of the province as seen in Beautiful B.C. Magazine; the British Columbia Boys Choir is featured. Also includes sequences on the Cariboo-Chilcotin region; the Williams Lake Stampede; Hell's Gate Aerial Tramway in Fraser Canyon; sculptor Arnold Michaelson of White Rock; skiing by aircraft in the Purcell Range (Kootenay area); Queen Elizabeth Park (Vancouver); Three Valley Gap; Festival of "Medieval Sports" at Cloverdale and activities in Stanley Park.

The item is a release print of a travelogue from 1967. It depicts the attractions of Alaska and the Yukon Territory; includes CN's "Northland Prince" leaving Vancouver harbour and sailing up the Inside Passage to Alaska. Narration includes excerpts from the poetry of Robert W. Service.

The item is a release print of a travelogue from 1975. It depicts the attractions of Vancouver in the winter.

The item is a reel of out-takes from the film "The Road Home", made in 1955-1956. It shows post-polio treatment at a rehabilitation centre in Vancouver and at Vancouver General Hospital including men and women in wheelchairs playing basketball and volleyball; occupational therapy; hospital wards and cafeteria. Also shows the transportation of polio patients from outlying areas by the RCAF.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1973. It is about British Columbia, as seen through the eyes of Chief Dan George. Includes general footage of B.C. scenery, lakes and rivers, Barkerville, a rodeo, ranching, recreation, the Fraser Canyon, Vancouver and Victoria.

The item is a U-Matic video tape of a promotional film from 1984. It contains a pre-fair promotion for Expo 86. It is a video version of slide-tape presentation.

The item is a reel of film out-takes from 1958. It contains footage of the royal visit by HRH Princess Margaret and centennial celebrations in BC. Footage includes: preparations for bridge opening ceremonies, Bernard Avenue, Kelowna; plane in air; armed services review in front of Empress Hotel; parade; arrival from Parliament Buildings for review; travelling [shots of?] Savona and Shuswap Lake; Army camp, Chilliwack; Nanaimo city hall & cake ceremony; Penticton; equestrian square dance at Williams Lake stampede; departure for Nanaimo from front of Empress Hotel; arrival at Williams Lake; armed services parade in front of Empress Hotel; crowds arriving and bridge opening ceremonies, Kelowna; float plane leaving Kelowna; Penticton [?]; aerial views; Victoria armed services parade fly past; helicopter on Parliament Buildings lawn; aerial views of naval review; ministers leaving Parliament Buildings; Fort Langley [poor focus]; HRH receives honorary degree at UBC Convocation; Veterans hospital; presentation inside Parliament Buildings.

The item is a reel of original out-takes from 1958. It contains footage of a royal visit by HRH Princess Margaret and centennial celebrations in BC. Footage includes: Last crossing of Okanagan Lake by ferry "David Lloyd-Jones"; views of Okanagan Lake Bridge and Kelowna from ferry; Chilliwack [?]; Williams Lake stampede; arrival at float plane, Kelowna; bridge ceremony preparations and crowds arriving; ceremony at Parliament Buildings, Victoria; garden party at Government House (Princess arrives at end); Nanaimo cake; departing for Naval Review, Victoria; barge leaving and fleet; Kelowna Bridge opening ceremonies; Victoria to Nanaimo, arrival in Duncan, through Ladysmith; Agassiz Bridge; driving to Chilliwack; arrival at Memorial Gymnasium, UBC; Kamloops; Okanagan Lake Bridge plaque (July 19, 1958); aerial views of Vancouver Island; presentation of Indian totems and chiefs, Courtenay; Fraser Valley; Mission [?]; Comox airport departure; aerial views of Gulf Islands; arrival at Vancouver airport; church at Haney; travelling shots of Thompson River from train; RCAF honour guard review at Comox airport; aerial views, Gulf to Portland Island; aerial shots of Fraser Canyon on way to Fort St. John; arrival in Vancouver; Vancouver Preventorium; naval review seen from HMCS "Skeena".

The item consists of a film reel of out-takes from 1958. It shows the royal visit by HRH Princess Margaret and centennial celebrations in BC. Footage includes: Naval review; New Westminster City Hall; Williams Lake Stampede (from grandstand); last cruise of the ferry "David Lloyd-Jones"; long shot of Okanagan Lake Bridge; Nanaimo cake; first arrival at Empress Hotel; Fleet review; Langley; Williams Lake Stampede (from fence); UBC convocation procession; UBC Memorial Gymnasium; Prince George; Quesnel; train parked; Chilliwack; HMCS "Crescent"; Naval review; New Westminster City Hall; Vancouver City Hall; Mayor Hume; church attendance in Kelowna; crowds at Vancouver City Hall and New Westminster City Hall; Pattullo Bridge, New Westminster; children's wing at Vancouver Preventorium; RCAF honour guard review at Comox airport; Comox hospital; arrival and convocation procession at UBC; HMCS "Crescent"; Veterans hospital, Vancouver; presentation of First Nations gift and dances.

The item consists of four reels of unedited film elements that make up a documentary from 1958. It shows Princess Margaret's 1958 royal visit to mark BC's Centennial. Includes: numerous official welcomes and ceremonies; Royal Review of ships of the RCN, USN and Royal Navy; visit to natural gas development at Fort St. John; rodeo at Williams Lake; opening of Okanagan Lake Bridge & Fort Langley restoration; UBC convocation (and bestowal of honorary degree on Princess Margaret); aerial and travelling shots from planes and trains. Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Lieutenant-Governor Frank Ross appear throughout.

The item is a composite print of an educational film from 1961. It shows training in the safe handling of firearms, gasoline and explosives on land and on water. Includes hunting safety; safe transportation of firearms; the perils of handling blasting caps and dynamite; and what to do if unexploded naval ordnance is discovered on the beach.

The item is a composite print of an industrial film, from 1961. It shows the construction of Western Pacific's crude oil pipeline from the Peace River region to Kamloops. Includes shots of Barkerville; seismic blasting; drilling for oil; laying of pipeline (with crossings of the Fraser and Quesnel Rivers); BC oil refineries (including Ioco); Prince George; Vancouver (harbour, Lion's Gate Bridge, skyline); Cariboo range land and family recreation.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue film from ca. 1970. It depicts a scenic trip on the "Queen of Prince Rupert" from Kelsey Bay to Prince Rupert introducing such destinations as Vancouver, Victoria and the Cariboo. Includes shots of Active Pass, Barkerville, Campbell River and the W.A.C. Bennett Dam. The Inside Passage and the province's highways are seen as parallel north-south "highways."

The item is a release print of a documentary film from 1978. It examines the preservation of old buildings in Canada. Particular attention is paid to Victoria (Market Square, Yates Street and Fort Street) and Vancouver (Gastown).

The item is a video master of a promotional film from 1985. It explains the role of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 86. It is a video version of a slide/tape presentation. See also "Full sail", which may be the same production.

The item is a release print of an educational film on drug abuse from 1971, filmed in Vancouver at Kerrisdale School.

The item is a composite print of an industrial film from 1966. It consists of an overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; lead-zinc mining operations in the Sullivan Mine; processing of ore by crushers, ball mills and flotation cells; residential scenes in mining towns (Fraser Lake, Pine Point, Ashcroft); Cominco smelter at Trail; contribution to steel industry (pig iron and coke); training of mining technicians at BCIT; role of the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines, including its Prospectors' Mining School; Vancouver and Port Moody dockside scenes showing concentrates, coal and ingots being loaded.

The item is a promotional video from 1985. It is a program about B.C. Transit. Includes shots of buses and bus drivers; a Seabus leaving the North Vancouver terminal; Skytrain and Skytrain track construction.

The item is a composite print of a promotional film which depicts the 1961 BC International Trade Fair. Footage shows interior of exhibition halls, preparation of displays, special events; Premier W.A.C. Bennett at the fair; airliners arriving at airport; freighters unloading. Also promotes the forthcoming 3rd BC International Trade Fair in 1964. A French version was also released.

The item is probably a work print of a promotional film, made 1958-1959. It reflects the industrial growth of the province as represented by its first international trade fair in May 1958. A French language version was produced for European distribution.

The item is a VHS video of a promotional film from 1985. It is a slide/tape presentation on Expo '86. It is the 1985 version of "Something's happening here."

The item is a VHS video copy of a promotional film from 1984. It outlines plans for the BC Pavilion at Expo '86. It is a video version of a slide/tape presentation.