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The series consists of films created or acquired by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and its predecessor agencies, between 1928 and ca. 1981.

The agencies responsible for creating the films are:
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 1980-1981
Ministry of Agriculture, 1976-1980
Dept. of Agriculture, 1928-1976

"An in-depth look at the problem of knapweed in B.C. and the different controls in use, including biological methods. Knapweed is a serious threat to rangeland in our province, and the experts in this film offer a realistic view of the future effect on agriculture." [Catalogue description, "Audio-Visual Catalogue," Ministry of Agrculture and Food 1986]

The item consists of two reels of film footage. Shows views of fields of flowers (primarily daffodils) and the picking, packing and transporting of daffodils. Packing boxes are labelled "Pacific Flowers."

The item is reel of colour footage from the 1950s. Daffodil and tulip growing for bulbs on a Dept. of Agriculture experimental farm. A horticultural field day. Flower beds around the Parliament Buildings in Victoria. A Trans-Canada Airlines plane landing.

The item is a reel of film footage from the 1950s. Views of fields of flowers.

The item is a news reel from 1950. Includes an item about Doukhobors (possibly in the Grand Forks area) protesting by burning down their homes and disrobing. There are two other brief BC-content items: the Dominion Curling Championships in Vancouver, and troops departing for Korea from the west coast.

The item is a copy of part of a National Film Board news reel print of one of the items in Eye Witness no. 21. The Hon. Nancy Hodges is seen at home, at work as a columnist for the Victoria Times newspaper, and in her role as Speaker in the Legislative Assembly of B.C. in Victoria.

The item is a reel of unedited film footage. It shows the Fraser River flood of 1948: flooded farmland and villages including Hatzic; rescued farm animals; Clayburn general store; aftermath of flood (after water receded) - houses, field, flood damage inside house.

The item is a film reel containing five short film items from the 1920s and the 1940s, spliced together onto a single reel:

1. Various shots of Bouchie Lake Fair, 1948.
2. Treating seed grain -- C.I.L., Shows Mr. T. Leach demonstrating how seed grain is treated chemically to prevent harm to it during germination, 194-.
3. Sheep shearing contest, Willows, Victoria, BC, Scenes include men shearing sheep, 192-.
4. Grading and packing apples -- Vancouver Winter Fair, 1928.
5. Gardens, flowers and ornamental shrubs, 194-.

The item is a 1947 colour documentary film in three parts. It shows the complete process of flower bulb production, from land clearing to packing of bulbs for shipment. Many varieties are shown.

The item is a reel of documentary film from ca. 1945. "Views of holes showing strata of soil which are identified by digger and by caption. A few shots of fields and swampy forest. There are no landmarks or identifiable scenes." (Colin Browne)

The item is a promotional film made 1945-1946. Poultry breeding in B.C. produces high-grade eggs for domestic and foreign markets. Shows the world's record shipment of eggs, when 33 million eggs were shipped from B.C. to Great Britain -- eggs being loaded onto a freighter at the Vancouver docks.

The item is a b&w newsreel print from 1945 showing the Yalta Conference and the Battle of Germany.

The item is a four part colour film documentary about agriculture in the Okanagan, from 1942.
Part 1: Okanagan Fruit-Growing: fruit and vegetable growing -- irrigation, harvesting, packing and delivery, plus valley scenes.
Part 2: Okanagan Livestock: cattle, horses, pigs, poultry, sheep; dairy products; Okanagan Valley Co-Op Creamery; Interior Exhibition at Armstrong.
Part 3 Okanagan Seed Growing.
Part 4 Okanagan Agricultural Activities including footage of Valley scenery (especially farmland), demonstrating variety of agricultural production; Interior Exhibition, including parade with pipe band, novelties and livestock; Armstrong's "Victory Torch" monument and possible Victory Loan parade.

The item is a film newsreel from 1941. It shows news events of the world in 1941, primarily relating to World War II.

The item is a travelogue film from ca.1941. It shows scenes from an automobile trip to the Cariboo, Okanagan and Similkameen.

The item is a reel of documentary film from the 1930s. "A bulb digger 'which will dig 5 tons of bulbs an hour with an average crop of 8 tons per acre' clears a field. Men harvesting alfalfa. Stacked alfalfa is heaped onto a wagon. Alfalfa is baled. A man in a test kitchen prepares something with milk & bacterial culture and a seed. View of farm and fields. This might be the Experimental Farm at Sidney." (Colin Browne)

The item is a 16 mm b&w, silent documentary film from the 1930s. It is about poultry raising.

The item is a reel of documentary film made sometime between 1923 and 1939. It shows the proper procedures for profitable production and marketing of Canadian wool.

The item is a reel of educational film from the 1930s. It is an account of the importance of the horse to man, from the time of the Creation to pioneer America.

The item is a reel of documentary film from the 1930s. It shows turkey farming on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.

The item is a news reel film from the 1930s. A variety of news stories featuring super tanks, child boxers, college students slinging mud, monkeys, bees, glider pilots, acrobats and a human cannon ball.

The item is an instructional film from the 1930s on three reels. Methods of efficient production on a dairy farm, as suggested by the life experiences of Blossom the cow.

The item is a b&w Instructional film from the 1930s. It shows judging poultry to improve production by eliminating particular hens.

The item is a b&w film from the 1930s with agricultural footage: "Layritz Nurseries, Victoria, where Premier Tolmie and the Minister and Deputy Minister of Agriculture look on as shrubs are packed to be sent to the British Legation in Peiping. Rabbits in cages. Lady wearing fox fur in Victoria. B.C. Dept. of Agriculture booth at CNE, Toronto. Fox farm pens & feeding. Catching foxes. Feeding turkeys and other turkey shots. A field of dug-up potatoes. Horse-drawn potato harvester working. Potatoes being sorted and bagged. Huge mounds of potatoes in trucks. Horse-drawn cutter cuts plants off at surface." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of what may be out-takes from a 1930s film. "This is perhaps a discard from the end of Seed film #67. It shows people working in a field. Rows of blooms. Workers pulling garden peas. Men inspecting seed crops. Pan across a row of beans. Men in storage shed. Pan across fields. Men walking in centre of clipped hedge. Tree. Pans across seed fields, buildings, people walking by." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of documentary film made in the 1920s or 1930s. It shows views around Oliver, B.C., cantaloupe planting and other horticultural activities and local people.

The item is a reel of b&w documentary film containing two sections, from the 1930s.
"1. A visit to Premier S.F. Tolmie's farm Cloverdale. Tolmie discussing his garden, inspecting his potatoes, working in the fields, prodding cows into barn for milking. Mrs. Tolmie and he posing several times, individually. Cloverdale consisted of 1300 acres, 400 under cultivation, and Tolmie took great interest in all agricultural pursuits. When he resigned in 1933 after five years as Premier of British Columbia, he dedicated himself to setting up a model farm on his land.

2. Simon Fraser Tolmie died at Cloverdale on October 14, 1937; his funeral was held on October 16, 1937 in Victoria with full honours. Scenes include flag at half mast. Coffin being carried down Parliament Buildings' steps and placed in hearse. Empress Hotel. Cars in the procession and the hearse in front of the Parliament Buildings. Entourage driving up Government Street with crowds lining the street. Procession continuing along Quadra Street. Procession on way to Royal Oak Burial Park. Removing the coffin from the hearse at the cemetery." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of film footage from the 1930s. Bee-keeping techniques; scenes from early Victoria, including views of Inner Harbour and an old Hudson Bay Company building; views of sheep day on Saltspring Island.

The item is a news reel from the 1930s. It contains a variety of news stories featuring dogs, "modern girls", a "modern Hercules", bicycles, motor bikes, Oregon people fishing and car stunts.