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The item consists of a reel of work print outs from ca. 1979. It contains stock shots of cattle.

The item is a film reel of stock shots. It contains medium- and low-level aerial views of Okanagan Lake, surrounding mountains, etc., and the vicinity.

The item is a film reel of stock shots. Includes shots of: squirrels, a fox, Canada geese, mountain goats, bear, beaver, mountain (bighorn) sheep, elk, moose.

The item is a film reel of out-takes from ca. 1975. Spectators at a logger sports event [possibly Squamish Logger Days?], and footage of the day's sporting events, including pole-climbing, log rolling, speed chopping, crossing water on a vertical log, bucking (with crosscut saw), falling trees, chainsaw event, and axe-throwing. More crowd shots.This footage may be out-takes from the BC government travelogue "This is the place."

The item is a reel of film out-takes from ca. 1971. Views from and of the motor vessel "Uchuck III" during a trip along the northern west coast of Vancouver Island. Includes shots of coastal communities and lighthouses, including Estevan Point Lighthouse.This footage may be out-takes from the BC government travelogue "Island Eden."

The item is a reel of film out-takes from ca. 1971. It contains footage of caves [possibly the Horne Lake Caves] on Vancouver Island. Shows rock formations, stalactites, stalagmites, and a spelunker exploring the cave.This footage was selected from the out-takes of the BC government travelogue "Island Eden."

The item is three reels of film out-takes from 1971. It contains aerial footage of the interior of Vancouver Island, especially Della Falls and vicinity, shot from a helicopter. The first two reels, shot when snow was on the ground, feature dramatic high-angle shots of mountain peaks, sheer cliffs, river gorges, the falls, water draining from a mountain-top snow field, a large lake, and large log booms; there is also a sequence showing the helicopter sitting on the snow while a man walks nearby. The third reel covers the same ground, but with no snow visible, and with the helicopter flying considerably lower over the rivers, etc. This footage may be out-takes from footage shot for the BC government travelogue "Island Eden."

The item is a reel of film out-takes from ca. 1971. Well-shot footage of a logger sports events at Gold River, possibly marking the B.C. centennial in 1971. Includes footage of speed chopping, pole climbing, pole sawing, log rolling, bucking, and axe-throwing, as well as shots of the crowd and of children cooling off in the log-rolling pond. This footage was selected from the out-takes of the BC government travelogue "Island Eden."

The item is a film reel of unedited out-takes from 1975. It contains footage of the 1975 Abbotsford Airshow. Includes team aerobatics demonstrations by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds (flying the T-38 Talon) and the Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds (flying the CT-114 Tutor); solo aerobatics by various single-engined monoplanes and biplanes; fly-pasts by a Vulcan bomber (of the RAF) and an Aurora maritime patrol aircraft; a demonstration fire retardant drop by an airtanker; a Canadian Forces search and rescue team rappelling from a Labrador helicopter; exhibitions by parachutists and a wing walker; static displays of aircraft on the tarmac; and crowd shots.

This footage may be out takes from the BC government travelogue "This is the Place."

The item is a film reel of out takes from the 1970s. It contains extensive footage of cattle being rounded up and herded at the Douglas Lake Ranch. A very large herd is seen in both long shot and extreme close-up, often in falling snow. Several mounted cowboys escort the herd.

The item is a film reel of unedited footage from ca. 1971 to 1973. It contains extensive footage shot from and of gliders, probably in the Fraser Valley near Hope. Includes a hundred-foot segment that probably shows the remnants of the abandoned settlement of Walhachin. The ghost town footage included in this reel resembles the brief "Walhachin" sequence in the travelogue "Mirrors to the Sun", so this reel probably consists of footage shot for that film.

The item is a film reel of unedited footage from ca. 1973. It shows the Vernon and Kelowna area.

The item is a composite print of a documentary film from 1965. The history of the Cariboo gold rush town of Barkerville, and its restoration as a historic park, are depicted through the medium of the live "period" variety stage show at the town's Theatre Royal.

The item consists of composite print of a travelogue from 1966. The history of the Cariboo gold rush town of Barkerville and its restoration as a historic park, are depicted through the medium of the live "period" variety stage show at the town's Theatre Royal.

The item is a composite print of a promotional film from 1973 for "Beautiful British Columbia" Magazine. It is a film version of an original slide and sound A-V presentation.

The item is a composite print of a travel film from ca. 1973. Not a travelogue per se, but a look at the quality and pace of life in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), with scenes satirizing the behaviour of an uninformed visitor, "Joe Tourist." Footage of Haida carvers and their work (jewellery and argillite carvings), beaches, an abandoned whaling station, a shipwreck, aerial views, general scenery.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue film from 1973. Explorations of the vast British Columbia heartland, from the United States border to the valley of the Upper Skeena. Costumed Indian dances, rodeos, legends of the gold rush, idyllic summer in the lakelands of the Okanagan and Kootenay - all this makes for enticing viewing. (Catalogue description)

The item consists of a composite print of a nature film, made from 1957 to 1962. A fictional narrator uses motion picture camera to track big game in Tweedsmuir Park and Cassiar district. Subjects include mountain caribou, mountain goats, grizzly bear, California bighorn sheep, whitetail deer, elk, stone sheep, moose and Osborn caribou.

The item is a composite print of a recreational film made sometime between 1950 and 1980. It features skiing Big White Mountain in the Okanagan Valley.

The item is a composite print of a nature film from ca. 1965. It shows the advent of spring in British Columbia, gradually moving across the province from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Shots of birds, animals and flowers responding to the change of seasons.

The item is a composite print of a nature film from ca. 1965. It shows the advent of spring in British Columbia, gradually moving across the province from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Shots of birds, animals and flowers responding to the change of seasons.

The item is a composite print of film from 1979. It shows sports event coverage at the BC Summer Games in Penticton in 1978 and the BC Winter Games held in Kamloops, 1978-1979.

The item is a print of a promotional film from ca. 1965. Newton Phillips Steacy, Commissioner at BC House in San Francisco, California, is shown around and about the city promoting British Columbia.

Steacy proposed a promotional film about the work of the Commissioner and British Columbia House in San Francisco. He was to write the script, and some black & white footage was shot. The film was never completed. This reel (a copy?) has been supplemented with miscellaneous colour footage from various BC productions, to provide opening and closing titles.

The item is a composite print of a promotional film which depicts the 1961 BC International Trade Fair. Footage shows interior of exhibition halls, preparation of displays, special events; Premier W.A.C. Bennett at the fair; airliners arriving at airport; freighters unloading. Also promotes the forthcoming 3rd BC International Trade Fair in 1964. A French version was also released.

The item is a composite film print from 1962. It depicts coverage of a BC Lions game in Vancouver.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1970. It shows a scenic exploration of British Columbia, commencing at the Pacific Coast and continuing through the province to the Rocky Mountains.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1980. It highlights the Thompson and North Thompson regions, the Yellowhead and the Rockies, approaching from Vancouver via the Fraser Canyon. Footage includes white water rafting, Nicola Valley cattle ranching, fishing, Kamloops, North Thompson Overlander Raft Race, Wells Gray and Mount Robson Provincial Parks, Shuswap Lake, Three Valley Gap, Canyon Hot Springs, Rogers Pass and mountain climbing.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1980. It highlights the Thompson and North Thompson regions, the Yellowhead and the Rockies, approaching from Vancouver via the Fraser Canyon. Footage includes white water rafting, Nicola Valley cattle ranching, fishing, Kamloops, North Thompson Overlander Raft Race, Wells Gray and Mount Robson Provincial Parks, Shuswap Lake, Three Valley Gap, Canyon Hot Springs, Rogers Pass and mountain climbing.

The item is a composite print of a documentary film from 1968. It shows the potential health hazards posed by environmental pollution in B.C., and the work of the Public Health Service and Pollution Control Board. Includes scenes documenting various sources of air and water pollution; sewage treatment; field testing of air, water, shellfish to determine health dangers, etc. Begins with a speech by Premier W.A.C. Bennett on the importance of keeping B.C. beautiful, despite the demands of progress.

The item is a composite print of a film travelogue, made in 1982