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CHEK TV fonds Pacific Coast (B.C.)
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[CHEK-TV news film -- Victoria construction #1]

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.

[CHEK-TV news film -- past CHEK construction (Kings Road) and mining footage]

Stock shots. 1. Construction site. 2. Community meeting [?]. 3. More construction -- CBC logo. 4. New CHEK-TV station. 5. Brick laying. 6. Unidentified person [Jack Davis?]. 7. Quadra Steel Company plant. 8. Offshore oil drilling rig. 9. Open pit mining. 10. Ships. 11. Oil rig. 12. Clallam County Courthouse. 13. Fish trawler -- navigating, etc. 14. Maps. 15. Open pit mining. 16. Stills of historic mining, windmills. 17. Modern windmill. 18. Canadian Forces Base -- Toronto. 19. Hydro lines. 20. Tank farm. 21. Freighter. 22. Oil pipeline. 23. Ships at sea.

[CHEK-TV news film -- fishing, farming, logging]

Stock shots. 1. Fish boat -- fire, Coast Guard helicopter. 2. Spawning salmon. 3. Fish processing plant. 4. Fish boat. 5. Fish hatchery. 6. Threshing machine. 7. Farm scenes -- cabbages and apples. 8. Lumber mill. 9. Bumper boats; fallers at work. 10. Horse logging. 11. Train on trestle. 12. Premier Bill Bennett wearing hard hat. 13. Helicopter logging. 14. Tree planting. 15. Pulp and paper mill. 16. Canmet, Bells Corners complex. 17. On board ship. 18. Loading newsprint rolls.

[Tankers -- program #3]

Television stock shots. F1984:08/158 includes an item referred to as "Lorne's sewage story".

[Search and rescue -- Mother III]

News footage. A re-enactment of a Canadian Armed Forces search and rescue operation. On 15-Mar-1978, Doug Larden's fishing vessel, "Mother III", had an engine room fire en route from Vancouver Island to the herring fishery off Queen Charlottes. The crew was forced to escape by liferaft. Three days later, they were spotted by a Canadian Forces Argus aircraft and rescued by helicopter.

[Coast Guard 501]

News item. In summer, the Canadian Coast Guard's search and rescue methods include the use of a high-powered pontoon boat which can tow a disabled vessel to shore in record time. In winter, the Coast Guard uses the pilot boat for these missions. Footage of the summer operations in Juan De Fuca Strait.

[Ship loses cargo]

News item. The freighter "Stove Transport" has lumber scattered all over its decks. In rough water, tugs are trying to get lines to the ship so it can be pulled to shore.

[Texada Mine closes]

News item. [Footage at beginning taken underground - too dark.] Interview with Herb Shuttleworth, mines superintendent, about the closure. He says he hates to see such fine crews of miners leave. Shots of overall surface mine operations taken from an elevation. Interview with motel owner who says closure will impact his business. Interview with Arnold Walker, Vice-President and Mine Manager, Texada Mines Ltd. Main reason for shutting down mine, he says, is depletion of ore reserves and increasing costs. Mr. Walker says most of the employees do not want to leave the island -- it is a "nice place to live". All mine shafts will be closed and all the equipment disposed of within the next year. Interview with Ben Nicholas, Shop Steward for Local 168, Rock and Tunnel Workers. He says the company has aided employees by providing extra training to help them get other mining jobs. Aerial footage of the mine surface and surrounding areas. Shots of surface operations taken from outside it, and rather dark shots of the mine's mill.

[RCMP patrol]

News item. Brief interview with RCMP officer. Excellent footage of RCMP boat, BC Ferries vessel and pleasure craft, all in Active Pass.