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The item is an instructional film in two reels:
"Part One deals with the initial stages of growing and training an apple tree, and shows the steps taken from cross-pollination to seed selection and on to budding, pruning and top working. Part Two begins with bridge grafting and then shows entomologists in the laboratory studying insects that attack fruit trees. The various life stages of the codling moth are examined and explained. A horse-drawn spray unit moves through an orchard in British Columbia. The need for three and four applications of spray are explained and the stages at which it must be done. Scene of a spray and dust manufacturing plant. Blossom time in Quebec. Cultivating around the bottom of the trees to prevent the moisture being sapped by weeds. A grass mulch around the base of trees. Wire protectors around the trunk to discourage mice from eating the bark. Scenes of irrigation works in British Columbia, showing sluices, flumes, etc., costing about $14.00 per acre-foot. Thinning fruit in July, remaining apples left about six inches apart. Ripe apple in sunlight. Much of this film was shot on an experimental farm, probably in Ottawa." (Colin Browne)

The item is a b&w documentary film from ca. 1928. "The Poultry Inspector from the British Columbia Department of Agriculture visits Rose Comb Red Farm and inspects their hens, chicks, cows, pigs and bees. He also visits a Boy's and Girl's Poultry Club in Grindrod, where the school principal has been instrumental in establishing such clubs. Later he visits another mixed farm and looks over 600 Barred Rock chicks. He marks and culls the 'slow featherers' and Looks over the pigs and cows. There is also a [long shot] of the 40-acre orchard." (Colin Browne)

Amateur film. May Day celebrations at Kamloops in 1928. Scenes from road trips along the Merritt road, along the highway to Shuswap Lake, and along the Monte Lake route to Vernon area.

Travelogue. Footage taken on automobile trip(s) through "the historic gorge of the Fraser". Also includes footage of trail rides and Rainbow Lodge at Alta Lake. The reel concludes with shots of a covered wagon and cars on the Fraser Canyon highway.

Footage. Various shots of businesses, factories, farming, and social life in the North Okanagan and Shuswap regions. Armstrong shots include: overview of valley, Triangle Poultry Farm, main street businesses, rail yard and station, prosperous family at home, Golden Gate Cafe, Interior Provincial Exhibition livestock competition, horse race, fairgrounds. Enderby footage shows main street, including Sutherland's Bakery and King Edward Hotel, bus on highway, pasturing of cattle, celery packing. Salmon Arm subjects include Safe Community Store and other store fronts, box mill, fruit packing, a bottling plant, a man guzzling soft drinks, men examining a crop field, apple packing, railway station, more packing, Shuswap Lake. Last shots show a display of Okanagan apples and fruit (in the Okanagan or at the PNE, Vancouver?).

Amateur film footage. Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State. Mountain scenery. Golf course and Banff Springs Hotel. Power boating on a lake [identified as Muskoka]. Man board twin-engined passenger plane at airport. Extensive views from aircraft in flight: clouds, islands, mountains, view from cockpit, lakes, rivers, view of a city from the air, etc. [Airplane appears to be CF-TCE, a Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra of Trans-Canada Airlines.]

Footage. Various shots of businesses, streets, factories, warehouses, schools, recreation, resorts, transportation, etc., in Penticton, Summerland, Kelowna, Vernon and surrounding area. Includes footage of the Kelowna Regatta and the Vernon Races and "Klondike Nites".

Travelogue. Made two weeks after the opening of the Big Bend highway and the Banff-Jasper Highway, this film depicts the scenery of British Columbia as seen from the Trans-Canada Highway between Vancouver and Field, with side trips from Jasper to Banff and into the Okanagan Valley.

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 promotional film from 1942 which depicts the apple industry of the Okanagan Valley. Includes valley scenery, orchard cultivation and irrigation; pruning and spraying; blossom time; harvesting, sorting, packing and shipping of apples.

The item is a travelogue from 1942. It is a film on the attractions of vacationing in British Columbia, intended for American audiences. Footage includes: Peace Arch Park; Vancouver (skyline, city hall, waterfront, activities in Stanley Park, Lions Gate Bridge); Capilano Golf Club; Victoria (Empress Hotel, Parliament Buildings, homes and gardens, golf course); summer cruising up the coast; Princess Louisa Inlet; the Fraser Canyon; Cariboo Highway; the Okanagan Valley (scenery and orchards); the Big Bend Highway in the Rocky Mountains; Boat Encampment at the confluence of Wood River and Canoe River with the Columbia River; Kinbasket Lake; mountains and glaciers; Fraser Valley (fishing for steelhead in the Vedder River).

Amateur film. Travel footage showing places and scenery in British Columbia's southern interior, including the Okanagan, Boundary, Arrow Lakes, Slocan, Shuswap, Nicola and Big Bend regions. Also includes footage showing activities in Zeballos and vicinity during the gold rush there: mining, community celebrations and sports, a flood, and various transport aircraft serving the area. There is also footage showing logging operations, presumably on Vancouver Island.

Travelogue. Scenery and recreational features of the Okanagan Valley, travelling south from Kamloops to the Canada/USA border. Includes: Interior Exhibition at Armstrong; seed growing; cherry growing; sequence on water sports and Kelowna Regatta (including Lady of the Lake pageant); sequence on apple orchards and packing plant; Okanagan Falls cattle auction; Osoyoos area vegetable crops.

The item is a film print of a travelogue from the 1940s. It shows the scenery and recreational features of the Okanagan Valley, travelling south from Kamloops to the Canada/USA border. Includes: Interior Exhibition at Armstrong; seed growing; cherry growing; sequence on water sports and Kelowna Regatta (including Lady of the Lake pageant); sequence on apple orchards and packing plant; Okanagan Falls cattle auction and Osoyoos area vegetable crops.

Promotional film. Shows Okanagan Lake, the city of Penticton, orchards, fruit picking and packing, and a silver fox farm.

The item is a film print of a travelogue made in 1951. It depicts the Hope-Princeton Highway and the Penticton Peach Festival and Rodeo. Footage includes: Manning Park and highway scenes en route to Penticton; Peach Festival parade (including girls' pipe band); crowning of Queen Val Vedette; festival midway; harness racing. Rodeo events include pattern riding, bronco riding, calf roping, bulldogging steers and bull riding. Also lake shore and orchard scenes. BC highway construction is promoted in the commentary.

The item is a travelogue film print. Shows scenery and attractions of British Columbia, including resorts, sports and historical spots in Victoria and Vancouver, as well as scenes from the Cariboo, the Okanagan Valley, Vancouver Island and the Kootenays.

The item is a reel of educational file. It contains an analysis of the Columbia River system in both Canada and the USA, with emphasis on hydro-electric power development and the reclamation of arid land in the Columbia Basin. Includes a mini-educational segment on forest fires and water erosion damage caused by fires. The course of the river and those of many of its tributaries are traced.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1955?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. J.R. Dennison gives some of his impressions of Vernon and area, 1893 to 1900. He describes the land between Sicamous and Vernon; impressions of Vernon in 1893; comments on the other Okanagan communities at that time; Coldstream Ranch and other ranches in the area; a story about a hungry Indigenous person; schools in the area; childhood then as compared to 1955; people in the area; remittance men; other people in the area such as "Old Bono" and Joe Harwood. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1955 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. James Bacon Knowles discusses the development of Kelowna from 1905; the coming of the railways; aquatic associations; the water supply; ferry service; the civic centre and city parks. TRACK 2: Mr. Knowles discusses the first white men in the Okanagan in 1811; details of their travels; the Okanagan brigade trail; fur trading in the area; mining around Rock Creek; Father Pandosy and the first white settlement in the valley; other early settlers; transportation; land development; Mr. Knowles' arrival in the area; his first impressions of Kelowna in 1905; Kelowna people; orchards in the area; the development of Kelowna; recreation; social life; the Guisachan property at Kelowna and more on Guisachan Ranch.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1955?] SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this interview.] Presumed to be a CBC Radio interview, but not by Imbert Orchard.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1955 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: J.B. Knowles interview of Walsh, 1955. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Kelowna (B.C.), February 1955.
SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this interview.] Presumed to be a CBC Radio interview, but not by Imbert Orchard.

Footage. Painting of St. Ann's Academy, Victoria, ca. 1950s - circular shot of Victoria from roof, sign "J.T. Devlin & Co., General Painting Contractors" superimposed on view of St. Ann's. Beacon Hill Park - flowers and ducks. California trip including Sacramento, Donner Pass, ca. 1953 (theatre sign for "Shane", which was released that year), Oregon, picnic scenes, truck with sign "Ed Widmer/Vancouver, B.C." Moscow City Limits. Sign "entering Creston" (shows main street); Kootenay Flats (sign "last reclamation in 1952"; classroom, girls doing copper work, boys doing industrial arts? (building model planes); playing field scenes; road sign "International View Point" Oroville/Osoyoos; Anarchist Mountain; truck with water bags; orchard; family eating meal outside; brief fishing/coast scene.

The item is a reel of industrial film showing highway construction in BC. Includes planning and surveys; opening of contractors' bids by Highways Minister Gaglardi; clearing of route by heavy equipment; culvert assembly; drilling and blasting rock; road bed preparation; paving. Traffic control and overpass construction are also discussed. Sections of Highways 1 and 1A are shown, and Premier W.A.C. Bennett presides at an official opening.

Amateur film. The parade at the 1956 Armstrong Fair and Interior Provincial Exhibition.