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CALL NUMBER: T3855:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lew Parry interview RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-06-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Parry discusses the Bridge River project films: getting to location, camera equipment, film stock. Public relations film "Dinner for Miss Creeden". Discusses Eric Lazenby: physical appearance, working relationship. Discusses how the Bridge River films were edited and packaged. TRACK 2: Mr. Parry discusses colour correction; his favourite film for B.C. Electric ("Dinner for Miss Creeden"); awards for his best films from local organizations; Ripple Rock project; role of Pat Hunter; getting the blast sounds from Ripple Rock; anecdote about Goat Island.

CALL NUMBER: T3855:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lew Parry interview RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-06-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Parry's role in getting "The Littlest Hobo" off the ground: using local talent instead of Hollywood bigwigs. Anecdotes about filming "The Littlest Hobo": in snowy weather, with certain Hollywood actors, at a suspension bridge, the 'Hobo' himself (a dog named London). TRACK 2: Parry discusses: actors involved in "The Littlest Hobo", Edgar Bergen, Rosemary De Camp; problematic shooting locations, Seymour suspension bridge, Squamish. Parry pleased to have been involved with "Littlest Hobo"; good opportunity for himself and local crew. Problems dealing with unions. Difficulties with scripts for "Littlest Hobo'. Involvement in B.C. Film Industry Association: motivation was from Canadian Film Development Corporation; wanted to take a business approach to the association; growing pains of both CFDC and the B.C. Film Industry Association.

ALL NUMBER: T3855:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lew Parry interview RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-06-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses Trans-Canada Films: anecdotes about staff members, Scotty Young, cameraman; Bill Dix, director; Mrs. Pond, accountant; Lew Weeks, animation work; Art Hundert, cameraman; Jack McCallum, cameraman; Connie Joy, accountant-secretary; Bob Reid, cameraman. TRACK 2: More staff members at Trans-Canada Films: Bob Reid (cont'd); Homer Powell, editor; Dave Pomeroy, sound editor and recording man; Shelah Reljic, editor and actress; Norma "Bim" Jackson, editor; Harry Hooper, cameraman who left to go to CBC; Roy Luckow, cameraman; Spence Crilly; Lloyd Stump, operator; Werner Franz, sound department. Discusses his studio on Capilano Road.

CALL NUMBER: T3855:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lew Parry interview RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-06-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Margie Roozeboom taking over art department; Bill Roozeboom as cameraman; Lloyd Stump as businessman; Roozeboom's leaving to form own film company. Jack McCallum and Col. Aikins bought studio and rights to "North of 53". Wally Hamilton as a pioneering technician. Oscar Burritt as a director. Hollywood getting good Canadian talent to come down to the U.S. Parry's company never made any money with TV spots. Starting Panorama Studios. Anecdotes about dangerous and exciting camerawork to do with his films. Kitimat mountain range shoot. TRACK 2: More on blast at Kitimat. Location shoots sometimes very lonely. None of his cameramen or directors ever sustained serious injury while on location. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T3844:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Motion picture industry in British Columbia (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1948 RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-05-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Family background: Lethbridge, Alberta and Nelson, B.C. Father was movie theatre projectionist. Move to Revelstoke; life there, 1910-1917. Movie viewing as a child in Revelstoke. Move to Vanc;ouver, 1917. Interest in filmmaking began with working at Woodward's as window artist. Voice lessons. Attended Vancouver School of Art at night. Singing lessons. Tap dancing lessons from Dave Denton of the Dumbbells. Vaudeville act. Sheet-metal training with Daily; Vancouver Technical School attendance. Work at Neon Products as artist and art director. Visit to Hollywood, ca. 1930. Leon Shelly, salesman for Neon Products, bought Motion Skreenadz/Vancouver Motion Pictures. Shelly produced two travelogues for B.C. government. Cinecolor process brought from Hollywood by Shelly. Colour correction by Parry on film set. Parry's work on Skreenadz trailers. TRACK 2: Vancouver Little Theatre experience. WWII experiences with Neon Products. Use of film to train workers. Goes to work for Leon Shelly, 1944; production manager. Shelly moves to Toronto; Parry remains in Vancouver. Marriage, 1936. Starts own film company; Trans-Canada Films, 1945. Shareholders of Trans-Canada Films; total financing did not materialize. Only two films produced, at a loss, for Dept. of Veteran Affairs. Steffens-Colmer, Don Coltman, Wally Hamilton buy Trans-Canada Films. Parry continued in films. B.C. Electric film; productions; Bridge River hydroelectric project filmed, 1948. Parry contracted to film all construction projects for B.C. Electric. Filming Kitimat development for Alcan; use of film to get government franchise for Alcan. Trans-Canada Film sold about 1946; Wally Hamilton turned company into sound service and film laboratory. TCF employees under Parry's ownership: Scotty Young, chief cameraman; Bill Dix, trainee director; Mrs. Pond, accountant; Lew Weeks, animator/cameraman. Discusses Marguerite Roozeboom's animation/art work and Bill Roozeboom's camera work. Meeting Marguerite Roozeboom. CALL NUMBER: T3844:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Motion picture industry in British Columbia (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1958 RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-05-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Further discusses Marguerite Roozeboom story: meeting her at Shelly Films four years later where she was lettering titles. Leon Shelly's background and career. Other salesmen at Neon Products. Shelly's purchase of Harry Rosenbaum's Vancouver Motion Pictures. Parry's brother, Melfyn; work as cameraman for Shelly. Melfyn's career as still photographer. Transition from Trans-Canada Films to Lew Parry Film Productions. Art Hundert and Jack McCallum, cameramen. Connie (Constance) Joy, secretary-accountant. Move to Broadway studio. Bob Reid. Roy Luckow. Harry Hooper (English cameraman). Homer Powell, editor from Hollywood. Spence Crilly, Powell's brother-in-law, became director. Financial aspects. Introduction of TV and effect upon filmmaking: personnel losses to TV. Dave Pomeroy joins Parry as sound man. Bill Roozeboom joins as cameraman. Werner Franz joins as editor, ca. 1954. Studio constructed on Capilano Road, North Vancouver. Panorama Studios built in West Vancouver. "North of 53" TV company formed to produce pilot. Canadian Film Development Corporation idea promoted and conceived by Parry. "Marine Investigator" series proposed. Promotional activities for TV series; financial difficulties and deals. TRACK 2: Continues attempt to sell TV series. Development of "North of 53" using suspense as major plot element. Most successful films. Three hundred and eleven films on order when Parry Films went bankrupt. Industrial film components. Ricky Hyslop. "Challenge in the Rocks" for Mining Association. "Prelude to Kitimat" for Alcan. "No Barriers" for Trans-Canada Airlines. Use of the National Film Board as distributor. Least successful film "Twenty Great Years" (1972) for Social Credit Party. Discusses controversy around this film. Relationship with provincial government on filmmaking. "The Tall Country" (1958), produced for B.C. Centennial Committee. Discusses changes in film industry. Attributes of "the perfect producer". (End of interview)

Travelogue. Scenic and recreational attractions of the West Kootenay area. Includes sequences on Arrow, Christina and Kootenay lakes; mining history, abandoned mine workings, old hotels and ghost towns, including Sandon; Hugh Keenleyside dam (and boat lock there); boating, fishing and water-skiing; Duck Lake wildfowl sanctuary; Meadow Creek kokanee spawning channel; "house of bottles" tourist attraction; Ainsworth Hot Springs; the retired sternwheeler S.S. "Moyie" at Kaslo; the Balfour-Kootenay Bay car ferry; mining museum at Rossland; parade honouring champion skier Nancy Greene, who is seen winning the ladies' slalom in the Du Maurier International at Red Mountain; Trail, including Cominco smelter; Phoenix open-pit mine; Doukhobor village museum and tomb of Peter Veregin; trail riding on the Dewdney Trail; various facilities for visitors.

Out-takes. Mining and construction engineering projects undertaken by Wright Engineers Ltd.

Promotional film. A review of industrial development and economic growth in the province under the Social Credit government of W.A.C. Bennett, 1952-72, and an outline of the measures planned in its 1972 budget. A shortened version of the original release.

Industrial film. "Records the story of Bethlehem's early struggle for development of low-grade copper deposits in the Highland Valley of British Columbia. The film follows the company's operations from discovery of the new ore body, [and] shows stages of drilling, mining and milling, and shipment of copper concentrates. Animated scenes includes creation of the Earth and formation of porphyry copper deposits in the Highland Valley."

Industrial film. "Records the story of Bethlehem's early struggle for development of low-grade copper deposits in the Highland Valley of British Columbia. The film follows the company's operations from discovery of the new ore body, [and] shows stages of drilling, mining and milling, and shipment of copper concentrates. Animated scenes includes creation of the Earth and formation of porphyry copper deposits in the Highland Valley."

Promotional film. A review of industrial development and economic growth in the province under the Social Credit government of W.A.C. Bennett, 1952-72, and an outline of the measures planned in its 1972 budget. Beginning with a review of BC's economic situation in 1951-52, the film shows how Social Credit policies encouraged development through improved highways, the BC Ferry system, the encouragement of tourism, the extension of the PGE Railway and the construction of power projects on the Peace and Columbia Rivers. The planned expenditures and priorities of the 1972 budget are illustrated.

Out-takes. An overview of the training and career opportunities in mining and related industries. Shows mining students at UBC and BCIT, plus various mining, smelting and research facilities throughout BC.

Out-takes. The growth and development of Giant Mascot Mines Ltd. -- especially the Giant Mascot Mine near Hope, which re-opened in 1971 after a serious fire. Includes mine and concentrator operations, lab tests, planning of future work, etc. Also shows the company's geological survey and test drilling operations in the area and in the Northwest Territories. Vancouver scenes include shots inside the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

Industrial film. The growth and development of Giant Mascot Mines Ltd. -- especially the Giant Mascot Mine near Hope, which re-opened in 1971 after a serious fire. Includes mine and concentrator operations, lab tests, planning of future work, etc. Also shows the company's geological survey and test drilling operations in the area and in the Northwest Territories. Vancouver scenes include shots inside the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

Out-takes. "Current and projected activities in the field of pollution control and land reclamation . . . a factual presentation of the mining industry's concern for the environment and the methods it adopts to prevent pollution and to reclaim mining areas." Shot at mine sites throughout B.C. These outs include operations of Bethlehem Copper, Brenda Mines, Endako Mines, Giant Mascot, Kaiser, and Lornex, at such locations as Brenda, Granisle, Highland Valley, Ioco, LeRoi mine, Phoenix, Trail, etc.

Industrial film. The mining industry of B.C. and its impact on the province's economic life. The film "pinpoints the intensive search for new ore bodies and the development of giant new mines in all areas of the province." The development of an open-pit mine is traced from initial surveys through construction to actual production. Also includes shots of various mines throughout B.C.; interior of Sullivan mine; scenes in smelter (Cominco at Trail) and steel mill; coal train en route and unloading at Roberts Bank; uses of metals made from B.C. minerals.

Footage. A selection of miscellaneous footage from various films produced by Parry for the Mining Association and some of its member companies. Includes footage of Boyles Brothers (manufacture of diamond drills); BC Research labs; Cominco labs and smelter; geological surveys; "Kimberley smelter" (?); Nickel Plate mine at Hedley (abandoned buildings); oil refineries and tank farms; Phoenix mine; Pine Point; Similkameen Mining Company operations; Sullivan Mine; Trail; various unidentified mills and mine operations; Western Canada Rolling Mines (steel mill); Western Mines (construction of mill and other facilities).

Out-takes. The economic and other benefits enjoyed by BC residents as a result of political leadership and industrial development in the province. Includes sequences on primary and secondary industries; the damming of the Columbia and Peace Rivers for hydro-electric power and flood control; expansion of highways; BC Ferries; tourism; assistance to homeowners; medical services; educational facilities; etc. Premier W.A.C. Bennett makes some brief prepared remarks at the beginning and end of the film.

Footage. 28 November 1968: In Vancouver harbour, large logs are loaded onto the "Ho-O Maru" for shipment to Osaka, Japan, where they will be used in the construction of the BC Pavilion.

Industrial film. Discusses the relative merits of three proposed rail routes from the Fraser Valley to the Roberts Bank coal port.

Promotional film. Shows the relative merits of three proposed rail routes from the Fraser Valley to the Roberts Bank coal port. Composed of shots from the film RAIL ROUTES TO ROBERTS BANK (see), this silent news clip was intended for press or PR release.

Promotional film. The economic and other benefits enjoyed by BC residents as a result of political leadership and industrial development in the province. Includes sequences on primary and secondary industries; the damming of the Columbia and Peace Rivers for hydro-electric power and flood control; expansion of highways; BC Ferries; tourism; assistance to homeowners; medical services; educational facilities; etc. Premier W.A.C. Bennett makes some brief prepared remarks at the film's beginning and end.

Out-takes. Mining operations at Phoenix, Jedway and Granisle.

Industrial film. The company's mining operations in Chile, especially the heap leaching process used to concentrate copper from ore. Scenes of mine sites and facilities, as well as the city of Santiago.

Industrial film. Operation of the open pit molybdenum mine and concentrator at Endako in the Bulkley River Valley, from blasting out the ore to shipping the concentrate from the mill. Also shows the expansion of the mine in 1967, and the town of Fraser Lake.

Out-takes. The planning and construction of the CNR's railway lift bridge across Burrard Inlet at Second Narrows. These outs include representative footage of all construction phases, as well as the completed lift span in operation.

Industrial film. Mining operations at Phoenix, Jedway and Granisle.

Industrial film. The planning and construction of the CNR's railway lift bridge across Burrard Inlet at Second Narrows.

Out-takes. A log drive on the Stellako River and its effect on the river and its fish population. Includes underwater photography.

Nature. A log drive on the Stellako River and its effect on the river and its fish population. Includes underwater photography.

Industrial film. Shows month-by-month construction of Granisle mine and early operations, March to December 1966.

Industrial film. An overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; lead-zinc mining operations in the Sullivan Mine; processing of ore by crushers, ball mills and flotation cells; residential scenes in mining towns (Fraser Lake, Pine Point, Ashcroft); Cominco smelter at Trail; contribution to steel industry (pig iron and coke); training of mining technicians at BCIT; role of the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines, including its Prospectors' Mining School; Vancouver and Port Moody dockside scenes showing concentrates, coal and ingots being loaded.

Industrial film. The manufacture of Portland cement, including scenes at the Bamberton Works of the company's BC Cement Division, a limestone quarry [probably at Cobble Hill] and some other unidentified facilities.