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SUMMARY: The Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, dedicating the Peace Tower in Ottawa on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation, July 1, 1927.;

SUMMARY: CBC News, part 1, broadcast from Vancouver December 1, 1937. Includes a report outlining an economic agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States. As well, Italian navy construction is r;esulting in the French having to increase the size of their navy. Hitler is about to make a trip to Italy. There is more as well. [With Hugh Bartlett?];

SUMMARY: This episode features the Sandy DeSantis band in a half hour program of swing songs from the Palomar Supper Club in Vancouver. Some of the songs included are "Jam Session" and "You Took The Words Rig;ht Out Of My Mouth". The vocalists are Ethel Lang and Don Baker.;

SUMMARY: Features the Sandy DeSantis band in a half hour program of swing songs from the Palomar Supper Club in Vancouver. Some of the songs included are "Jam Session" and "My Blue Heaven". The vocalists are; Ethel Lang and Don Baker.;

SUMMARY: Features the Sandy DeSantis band in a half hour program of swing songs from the Palomar Supper Club in Vancouver. Some of the songs included are "Scandal in A Flat" and "Waddlin' At The Waldorf". Th;e vocalists are Ethel Lang and Don Baker.;

SUMMARY: CBC News, part 2, broadcast March 18, 1938, from Vancouver. Includes a report outlining the danger of war between Poland and Lithuania. There may be a union between Nazi Germany and Austria. Barcelona; has been bombed and people are fleeing the city. There is more as well. With Hugh Bartlett. [Incomplete.];

SUMMARY: A late-1930s radio broadcast by Ole Olson's Orchestra, probably on the CBC. Musicians include Ole Olson, Al Reusch, Curly Kemp, Wally Poole, Bobby Gimby (trumpet), Sonny Richardson, Art Lintott (vocal;s), Ozzie McCombe, Frank McPhalen, Larry Crawford, Chuck Ingle.;

SUMMARY: The Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, annouces that Canada will soon declare war on Germany, September 3, 1939. Also includes the voices of Norman Rogers, Minister of Labour, and; Ernest LaPointe, Minister of Justice.;

SUMMARY: Story for children: "Peter and Polly".;

SUMMARY: Interviews with Fred Tregillus, Mary Tregillus (nee House), John Houser, Mrs. Roddick, and Mr. Bryant, by Louis LeBourdais (Member of Legislative Assembly for Cariboo), and John Barnes, about: British; Columbia, Cariboo region, pioneer life; industry, mining, gold, Barkerville, including playing of church organ at Barkerville Anglican Church.;

SUMMARY: Interview with Mr. McKinnon, George Williams and Mr. Zlot, trappers, by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, pioneer life, prospecting, natural resources, animals, trapping, carousing.;

SUMMARY: Interview with publisher G.W. Renner, by John Barnes, about: agriculture, ranching, Cariboo region of British Columbia, pioneer life, animals, wild horses.;

SUMMARY: Interview with rancher Lord Martin Cecil, by John Barnes, about: agriculture, ranching, 100 Mile House.;

SUMMARY: Interview with Al D. Young, by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, pioneer life and cold weather.;

SUMMARY: Interview with William Hime, Manager of Giscome Saw Mill, by John Barnes, about: natural resources, timber, lumbering, industry, saw mill processing; including sounds from saw mill and an interview with unidentified manager of hotel at Quesnel.

SUMMARY: Interview with Mr. Pike, Manager of Columbia Tungsten Company Limited Mine at Wells, British Columbia, by John Barnes, about: natural resources, tungsten, mining process, industry, mining. Including sounds from mine during the crushing process.

SUMMARY: Interview with Harry Moffat, by Louis LeBourdais (Member of Legislative Assembly for Cariboo), about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, pioneer life, transportation and pioneer conditions.;

SUMMARY: Interview with G.R. Baker, medical doctor, by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, hunting and fishing potential.;

SUMMARY: Radio program with unidentified announcer, about: native people, Okanagan Indians, including the singing of young Indians.

SUMMARY: Interview with trapper George Williams by John Barnes, about British Columbia, pioneer life; transportation, river freighting, British Columbia.;

SUMMARY: Interview with two trappers, Mr. McKinnon and Mr. Zlot [?], by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, pioneer life, trapping; natural resources, minerals, prospecting; including sounds of the cracking of horse whips.

SUMMARY: Interview with Alex McKinnon, former Presbyterian Minister, by John Barnes, about: transportation, pioneer life, religion, Williams Lake, British Columbia.;

SUMMARY: Interviews with Judge George Wright, George Archie, Julian Fry and Percy Ogden, rodeo participants, and unidentified others, by John Barnes, about: recreation, rodeo, Stampede at Lac La Hache, hunting, fishing; including sounds from rodeo with horses whinnying, bucking horses, bareback riding, and a dance band.

SUMMARY: Interview with John G. Cowan by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, gold mining and pioneer life.;

SUMMARY: Air check of songs and instrumental arrangements featuring the Dal Richards Orchestra, with vocalists Dal Richards and Juliette, from the Panorama Roof, Hotel Vancouver.;

SUMMARY: Recollections by Louis LeBourdais, Member of Legislative Assembly for Cariboo of British Columbia, "Story of Andrew Olson", for radio program "Cariboo Adventure", about: British Columbia, pioneer life, Cariboo gold rush.

SUMMARY: Interview with Eric Johnson, Mill Superintendent of Island Mountain Mine, by John Barnes, about: industry, gold, description of refining process; natural resources, gold, including sounds from operation of mining process with crusher, noon whistle, "grizzly", scoop of ball mill, top of ball mill, swish of return to mill of oversize, general noise, clatter from under ball mill, water coming out of mill, overall sound from door.

SUMMARY: Interviews with Bob McElhaney, Mine Surveyor for Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine, and Bob Willen, drill sharpener for Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine, by John Barnes, about: industry, mining, gold; natural resources, gold, mining process; including sounds from mining process with ore trains, drilling, and sharpening of drills.

SUMMARY: Interview with E.C. Lunn, government agent at Quesnel, by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, land settlements; agriculture and ranching.;