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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.

Travelogue. Mainly recreational attractions of the island. Highlights Victoria and area, including view from steamship entering Inner harbour; streets and shops; Beacon Hill Park (cricket and lawn bowling); golf, riding and tennis facilities; harness racing; Thunderbird Park; Saanich peninsula farmlands; swimming at Thetis Lake. Also Island Highway and other areas, including Malahat Drive; making of Cowichan sweaters at Koksilah trading post; resort scenes at Parksville and elsewhere; Forbidden Plateau; coastal and river fishing; autumn hunting for game birds; brief logging scene. Also of interest: Friendly Cove village at Nootka Sound, and BC Provincial Police Highway Patrol.

Amateur film. Shows children from the Children's Garden Library program participating in May 24 celebrations at Beacon Hill Park, and other activities. Also includes shots of Sea Cadets, Girl Guides, broom in bloom, ducks in pond, and a deer fawn.

Amateur film. Shows Lady Alexander (wife of Lord Alexander of Tunis, the Governor-General of Canada) visiting the Children's Garden Library; children from the program participating in a May 24 celebrations (parade and dances) at Beacon Hill Park; and the children in a "Beauty Booster Parade", encouraging people to keep Victoria's streets clean.

Amateur film. Part 1 shows a day's activities at the Children's Garden Library, including games, calisthenics, playground equipment, dancing, and reading and storytelling at the "Book House". Part 2 shows the children participating in May 24 celebrations at Beacon Hill Park, which includes a May Queen pageant, maypole dancing, and activities honouring the "Queen of Health", the "Queen of Music", the "Queen of Drama", the "Queen of Race Friendship" and the "Queen of Art". A mothers' study group, and the toymakers' group, are also shown.

Amateur film. Family; kids, zoo, Beacon Hill Park; house and family. Victoria; springtime; naval ships in harbour; view from Government House; rowing and canoeing regatta (in the Gorge?). Vancouver; sailing to English Bay; fireworks; royal visit, 1939 (quick drive past with King and Queen); departure of royal yacht with naval escort; kids at beach.

Amateur film. REEL 1: Rehearsal for presentation of colours, and troops drilling. The Fifth Regiment Guard of Honour rehearsing at the Parliament Buildings. King and Queen leave the Parliament Building on May 30 to drive through the city, returning later down Government Street. The Royal Canadian Navy at Beacon Hill Park; presentation of the colour by the King. King inspects war veterans. Queen with Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Premier Pattullo. REEL 2: Naval party returns to the RCN Barracks, Esquimalt, to deposit the colours. Officers, sailors and guests disperse for refreshments. Ogden Point Docks, May 31. Destroyer escort. The King and Queen arrive, inspect Canadian Scottish Guard of Honour, war veterans, and war nurses. King and Queen board the C.N.S.S. "Prince Robert" and are seen waving from the deck. An hour later, Premuier Pattullo inspects the BC Provincial Police and special constables outside the Parliament Buildings.

News item. Controversy over the possible addition of more attractions to Beacon Hill Park. Footage gives a cross-sectional view of the park as it was in the summer of 1976.

The series is a photograph album created or acquired by Herbert Carmichael, sometime between 1897 and the early 1900s. It contains photographs of Victoria and area, particularly photos of Beacon Hill Park, Victoria Harbour and sailboats. There are also Vancouver Island photographs, including images of the Cowichan and Alberni areas and images taken on the mainland including Kootenays and coastal areas. There are a few photographs taken in Northern Island, Sault Ste. Marie and England. Most of the photographs have either stamped or penciled captions.

Television stock shots