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British Columbia. Forest Service Victoria (B.C.) Item
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Conscientious objectors' alternative service work camp footage

The item is a video copy of amateur film footage taken by J. Harold Sherk from 1941 to 1943. It shows activities of conscientious objectors doing alternative service in B.C. during World War II under the auspices of the Forest Service. Includes: forest camp in Ontario; train trip across prairies; scenery around Banff; Green Timbers forest nursery; forestry work (land clearing); Yale; camp life, firefighting, forestry work, etc., at Campbell River, Bowser, Parksville, Cowichan area, Duncan, Shawnigan, Langford; Victoria street scenes; Rocky Mountains and Alberta foothills on train trip back east.

[Miscellaneous footage : streets, dams, railway, etc.]

Stock shots. Street scenes in Prince George, Victoria, and Kamloops; forest cover map at the P.N.E.; Indians in traditional dress at Banff; Upper Bonnington, Grand Coulee and Waneta dams; mine site near Salmo; Prince George Airport; buildings under construction in Prince George; trains and railroad cars in the Prince George freight yards.

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