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The item is a video travelogue. 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, mountain climbing.

The item is a reel of promotional film. Produced to mark the centennial of BC becoming a crown colony, the film begins with brief highlights from history. The body of the film deals with fishing, logging and cattle ranching, as well as current expansion in highway and railroad construction and the petroleum industry. Fruit and grain growing and education are also touched upon. The film concludes with a sequence on the variety of recreational activities in the province.