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Stock shots. 1. Synagogue; church steeple; church exteriors. 2. Beaconville Apartments. 3. Congregation Emanuel Temple (Canada's oldest synagogue) being restored. 4. Unidentified interview [Rabbi or architect?]. 5. Metropolitan Store; street scenes. 6. Oak Bay Village. 7. Johnson Street Bridge. 8. Chinese hospital. 9. Coastal scenes. 10. E&N Railway 90th anniversary (1888-1978); train, station, engineer, conductor, etc. 11. Airport -- Air Canada counter. 12. Old Carnegie Library building. 13. Church interior -- Stations of the Cross. 14. St. Anne's Academy -- development plans. 15. Chinatown scenes. 16. Artist's drawing of gate; chart on wall, ending at June 28, 1981. 17. Undeveloped city land [ at St. Anne's?]. 18. Construction site. 19. Sewage outfall; protest banner; Clover Point. 20. Wrecking ball on the waterfront. 21. Office building and mall nearing completion. 22. Refinishing plaster work and gilt finish. Crystal Garden renovation. 23. Construction site. 24. Old building being renovated -- construction scenes.

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Television stock shots. Includes footage of Kiwanis, Desmond House, Resthaven, Sunset Lodge, and Oak Bay Manor rest homes.

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Documentary. Program about the rescue and care of the young orca "Miracle". Includes sequences showing Miracle in the pool at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel; receiving medical treatment; being transported to Sealand by helicopter and sling; training with diver.

News item. One of the keepers at Sealand says Miracle is showing definite improvement from her internal injuries. He feels that the cuts and marks on her back may indicate that she was lured to a motor boat with food. Consequently, it would be unwise to release her when she recovers. Also, her pod might reject her after her long absence.

News item. Shots of Miracle the killer whale being treated at Sealand for injuries (possibly from a boat's propeller blade). Veterinarian (?) says her chances of pulling through are "better than one to a hundred . . . . She is starting to turn the corner."

News item. Miracle the killer whale. Miracle's keeper is interviewed at poolside. Immediate plans are to put Miracle with Haida to see if they will mate in the future. Stanley Burke and Bruce Botte have tried to get to get Miracle released from captivity. The keeper feels this would be an unwise move, as Miracle is still a baby and there is no certainty that a pod would accept her. After being near death when she was found, she is in good health now, so no chances should be taken with her life. In further footage, the keeper describes how Haida and Miracle reacted when kept in close proximity at Sealand pools.

News item. A girls choir sings to Haida the killer whale, who responds with whale songs.

News item. Short sequence with shots of Miracle eating from keeper's hand.

News item. Shows Miracle being air-lifted in a huge sling by a helicopter, from a water tank truck to Oak Bay Beach Hotel pool. There, she is slowly lowered into the water while divers provide assistance and crowd looks on. One diver (musician Paul Horn?) plays flute to simulate whale sounds. Background sound only.

News item. (1) Miracle is being taken off antibiotics, says spokesman for team of three veterinarians. Her condition has been fully assessed by these specialists, and she is well on the way to complete recovery from gunshot wounds and internal bleeding from a possible ulcer. (2) Second part of this reel is from the period when Miracle was brought down from Campbell River to Oak Bay Beach Hotel for intensive treatment in the hotel's salt-water pool. At this time, the vets were not optimistic about her recovery. They barely saved her from dying on the bottom of the pool. One of the vets, Dr. J. Hyman of New York City, is interviewed. He was in the northwest on a fishing trip when Miracle was first found. Sealand staff member explains that once Miracle shows rapid improvement, she will be moved to the Sealand pool beside Haida for company. The reel ends with an interview with the man who found Miracle.

News item. Shows Miracle in temporary pool. The vets have her eating again, which is a definite sign of improvement. At Sealand, special efforts are being made to get approval for a separate salt-water pool to be built at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel just for Miracle. This pool will be her home until a permanent Sealand pool is built.

News item. First part of film shows a baby cormorant (?) being fed by a Sealand employee. Also, shots of an unidentified sea bird (a puffin?) and a seal pup. Second part shows Miracle coming to keeper, who gives her a plastic ball to hold in her mouth. After this, she has to jump out of the water to reach a balloon dangling above the pool. Each time she does these tricks, she gets a fish as a reward. She responds with shrill cries when her snout is scratched. Background sounds only.

News item. Shows Miracle in a holding pool at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel being given shots (probably antibiotics), soon after she was found badly injured near the coast of northern Vancouver Island. The Sealand veterinarian and his assistants are not optimistic about her recovery. She swims listlessly around the pool. The vet decides to treat her out of the water by having her placed on a foam matress under a blanket which is continually kept wet with sea water. Good close-up shots. Background sound only.

News item. Shows Miracle being nursed back to health by vet and his assistants in a temporary pool near where she was found, badly injured. Some repeated material. Ends with close-up shots of Miracle being put in a special sling for helicopter air-lift to the Oak Bay Beach Hotel pool.

News item (out-takes?). First part shows divers going into water with sling to help Miracle at pool at Oak Bay Beach Hotel. Second half shows Miracle being treated by vet and assistants at the pool. Footage lacks continuity; background sound only.

News item. Shows Haida (killer whale) at Sealand performing his jump routine for food and attention. Interview with his trainer, who explains the whale's behaviour. Close-up shots of Haida. Miracle is still being treated in temporary pool near the place up island where she was found.

News item. The Oak Bay and James Bay residential areas are contrasted. Oak Bay has lost many old homes to apartment buildings, while James Bay has been able to keep a good mix of new and old (including some heritage building).

News item. Close-up shots of Haida being fed and scratched on the back by a Sealand keeper. Interview with a female keeper who is looking after two orphaned seal pups, both less than a month old. Shots of them receiving lots of attention.

News item. School for children with mental disabilities. Teacher explains how the classes are run. Short footage of a student doing woodwork.

News item. Oak Bay municipality has selected a site at Shoal Bay for the installation of a new sewage pump house. There is opposition to the plan. Signs read: "Save our seashore"; "Sun and surf or sewage?"