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Vancouver Harbour tidal current atlas

Item consists of one bound album measuring 57 x 29.5 cm. It contains one location map and 12 charts of Vancouver Harbour that depict mean current velocities and patterns for each hour of the tidal cycle. This January 2, 1981 edition is an update to the 1973 atlas and is based on data obtained from surveys conducted in 1972 and 1980 by the Tides, Currents and Water Levels Section of the Canadian Hydrographic Service.

Universal international news. [Grey Cup game, etc.]

Newsreel. Nine stories from Canada and around the world. The third story, entitled "Civil Defence: Hospital Evacuated in Atom Bomb Test," depicts "Operation Dogwood," an exercise in in which patients and hospital staff were evacuated from Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital to Edmonds School in Burnaby -- the first such test in North America.

Twenty great years in British Columbia : [compilation footage]

Stock shots. Original footage and outs compiled from various Parry Films for use in TWENTY GREAT YEARS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA (1972). Includes BC Electric buses in North & West Vancouver, ca.1949; section from GIANT MASCOT showing mine fire and aftermath; general views of Vancouver and Victoria (1960s); BC and CN ferries; the commissioning of the ferry "Queen of Prince Rupert" by W.A.C. Bennett and other dignitaries (Victoria Inner Harbour & Swartz Bay, April 1966); sport fishing; skiing; costumed dancers in pageant; agricultural exhibition; installation of picnic tables (Okanagan Lake Provincial Park?); airliner in flight & aerial views; Greyhound bus on highway; tracking shot up Douglas Street, Victoria, 1960s; freight train in Fraser Canyon; Premier Bennett and Hydro officials open powerhouse (Duncan dam, 1967?) and Portage Mountain dam, 1967; ratification of Columbia River Treaty at Peace Arch Park, 1964; Simon Fraser University scenes; family in car on highway. There are also some scenes shot specifically for TWENTY GREAT YEARS.

Filmmakers' showcase #08 : Al Razutis

Documentary. "Al Razutis holds a fish-eye lens up to himself, and another fishy-eye on film, video and holography, as he makes statements concerning these techniques and what he is trying to do with them. Between clips from his many films, Al takes us on a tour of his first film studio for optical printing, and to the labs at Simon Fraser University, where he also teaches film. Included is an excerpt from an interview on "The Vancouver Show" (CKVU) reporting on his holography."

Webster! : 1979-11-15

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are listed in the subject area, below.

Guests:
Constable, Tom
Mercier, Dave
Woolliams, Nina

Topics:
Authors, Canadian
Burnaby (B.C.)--Politics and government

Webster! : 1987-01-27

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Burnaby Mayor Bill Lewarne discusses illegal suites. Ken Fowler, Vice-President Shaw Cable, and Nanaimo Mayor Frank Ney, representing Nanaimo merchants, talk about the impact of cable TV teleshopping.

Proposed use of Oakalla Prison Farm land as a Burnaby park

SUMMARY: Gary Marcuse discusses the controversy surrounding the acquisition of the Oakalla Prison Farm land as a park site by the municipality of Burnaby. Includes clips with N.W. Young, BC Federation of Fly Fishers; architect Bing Mar, who proposed a hotel on the site; and Burnaby mayor Tom Constable, recorded at an Oakalla Lands Committee meeting of the Burnaby city council.

Burnaby elections, 1977-11

SUMMARY: Gary Marcuse, freelance broadcaster, discusses the issues in the Burnaby municipal election of 1977. Includes interviews with Lucy Vick and Bob Tarking of the Burnaby Citizen's Roads Committee.;

Kensington overpass, Burnaby

SUMMARY: Unidentified male speakers talk about the Kensington overpass in Burnaby. Includes extended interview with a Greater Vancouver Regional District head planner.;

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