Whistler : the great summer getaway
- F1992:08/003
- Item
- [ca. 1983]
The item is an answer print of a promotional film from ca. 1983. It highlights the attractions, facilities, and recreational activities at Whistler Village resort.
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Whistler : the great summer getaway
The item is an answer print of a promotional film from ca. 1983. It highlights the attractions, facilities, and recreational activities at Whistler Village resort.
Western Canada -- land of discovery
The item is a composite print of a promotional film from 1976. It shows Westours package bus tours to Alberta, Northwest Territories and British Columbia.
Welcome to Expo 86 in Vancouver
Promotional. Presentation designed to attract Japanese visitors to Expo 86. Emphasizes means of getting to Vancouver. Footage includes models of Expo site, B.C. and Vancouver attractions, and Canada Place under construction.
Visitors to the marker for the Great Divide.
Viewpoint On Highway 1 Near Jackass Mountain
"View from Grand Canyon Suspension Bridge, Capilano, BC".
The item consists of the A-roll original picture of a travelogue from around 1950. It utilizes film shot by BC Electric vice-president W.C. Mainwaring on a holiday trip to Jasper, Banff and Calgary. It includes much footage of mountain scenery, including Lake Louise, Mount Avery, Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Falls, a trail ride and a riverboat trip. BC locations include Kootenay National Park and Radium Hot Springs.
Upper Vancouver Island Tourist Association, Nanaimo.
Part of Travel Bureau photographs
Twenty great years in British Columbia : [short version]
Part of Lew M. Parry fonds
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.
Twenty great years in British Columbia
Part of Lew M. Parry fonds
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.
The item is a VHS video of a promotional film from 1985. it is a "marketplace program" containing one minute clips about the various BC tourism regions: Vancouver Island, Southwestern B.C., the Okanagan-Similkameen, Kootenay Country, the B.C. Rockies, High Country, Cariboo-Chilcotin, North by Northwest, and Peace River-Alaska Highway.
Tourist Information Centre, White Rock
Part of Film and Photographic Branch travel industry and tourism photographs
Tourist Information Centre, White Rock
Part of Film and Photographic Branch travel industry and tourism photographs
Tourist Information Centre, Vancouver
Tourist Information Centre, Osoyoos
Tourist Information Centre, Osoyoos
Tourist Information Centre Kamloops
Tourist Information Centre Kamloops
Tourist Info Centre White Rock
Part of Film and Photographic Branch travel industry and tourism photographs
Tourism industry development special projects case files
The series consists of correspondence, published reports, drafts, planning and progress documents, statistical surveys, meeting records, and PowerPoint presentations related to special projects carried out by Tourism BC between 1999 and 2009. These include work related to the “Welcome the World” campaign that was developed in the lead-up to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, as well as to the impact on tourism of the merger between Canadian airlines and Air Canada in 2001. The series documents the province’s work with other provincial and territorial leaders in various consortia and discussions. The series includes several task force documents on the airline merger as well as drafts of reports later published by the Federal government. The records were created by the marketing and client services branches of Tourism BC.
The series is covered by ORCS 85420-20 of schedule 139205 and is arranged by special project topic.
British Columbia. Tourism BC
Tourism BC Building, Vancouver
Tourism B.C. -- TV commercials
The item is a U-Matic video containing television commercials. There are 29 television commercials (or promos) on British Columbia, mostly produced for the Ministry of Tourism, through McKim advertising, by Circle Productions or Gastown Productions.
Tourism and promotional films and videos
The series consists of films and videotapes produced or acquired by the Ministry of Tourism government film unit (and its predecessor bodies) responsible for creating and distributing tourism and promotional films about British Columbia.
British Columbia. Ministry of Tourism (1980-1986)
Tourism -- British Columbia : German version
The item is a composite print of a German language version of a travelogue tourism film from the 1970s.
Tourism : a British Columbia industry
Part of June Medd film collection
Promotional film. Activities of the BC Government Travel Bureau in promoting the B.C. tourist industry, emphasizing the diverse methods used to advertise the province. Includes footage of various B.C. industries, the Minister and Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, the Bureau commissioner and office staff, advertising campaigns, design and printing of colour travel brochures, public correspondence, personal contacts, promoting autombile travel, and brief shots of a car ferry, a coastal steamer, a steam train, and an airliner. Other scenes show the B.C. exhibits at the Golden Gate International Exposition and the Los Angeles Outing Show. Of special interest is a section on filmmaking, which shows Clarence Ferris running a movie camera and splicing film, and a scene of Leon Shelly's film crew shooting the BCGTB-sponsored travelogue BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The item is a composite print of an instructional film from 1977. It is a training film for travel industry personnel, primarily concerned with the importance of creating good "first impressions." The film consists of vignettes depicting encounters between visitors and service personnel.
Instructional film. Training film for travel industry personnel. Primarily concerned with the importance of creating good "first impressions," the film consists of vignettes depicting encounters between visitors and service personnel.
The packaged product : a twelve month tourist season
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: Edited interviews with hoteliers, B.C. Ferries representatives, and tourists, discussing the successful establishment of packaged off-season tours of the Inside Passage and Vancouver Island. Promotes the idea of "packaging" and the year-round possibilities for tourism in British Columbia. Tape was included in a folder with a booklet on packaging and advertisements for the tours.
The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1970. It is a film version of a multi-image slide/sound presentation. It divides British Columbia into eight tourist regions, and presents an overview of the attractions of each.
The good life and Twenty great years in British Columbia
Part of Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services films and videotapes
The item is a video copy of a promotional film. The first part contains "The Good Life" about 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.
The second item on the tape is "Twenty great years in British Columbia" which is 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.