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The item consists of film footage showing the CPA first trans-Canada flight in May 1959. Preparations inside hangar at Vancouver International Airport; tractor pulling airplane out of hangar; plane lands and taxis; passengers boarding and disembarking; flight attendants' school; flight simulator.

The item consists of film footage from 1966 to 1968.

1. Press flight of Boeing 737 jet. Shots of 737 tail and exterior; "Press Flight" sign; interior of aircraft; plane taking off and in the air.
2. Re-enactment of early Boeing flight. Plane takes off from water and flies over Seattle and the Boeing plant.
3. Liquified petroleum gas to Japan. Shots of storage tanks; the cargo ship "Mundogas West"; aboard ship; ship departing.
4. New fish plant at Steveston. Shots outside and inside fish plant, including dedication ceremony with guests, 1966.
5. PWA Hercules. Shots outside and inside Hercules aircraft operated by Pacific Western Airlines. Hercules takes off.
6. Log-mining. Shots of signs for "Vigor Explorations Ltd." and "Hannador Gold Ltd."; car traverses log bridge; mining operations within a logging site, 1967.
7. Log-mining. Duplicate print.
8. Ford plowing championships. Sign: "The site of the Canadian and BC Plowing Championships April 1966." Shots of tractors plowing; spectators, judges measuring furrows.

The item contains five reels of film made from 1961 to 1968:

1. Slow-motion footage of golfer Stan Leonard driving a ball from a tee. The ground is marked with lines.
2. Duplicate prints of B.C. California tour.
3. Interview with Marie McDonald ("Marie the Body"), Honorary Sheriff of Encino, California, and a former singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. She discusses her upcoming performance and acting plans, 1961.
4. Boeing 737, shots of a Canadian Pacific Airlines Boeing 737 being flown, landing and taking off from Vancouver International Airport. Also include shots of the aircraft interior, the pilot, control, air traffic control tower, 1968.
5. Print of television commercial, Maharajah of Ali Baba, for radio station CKNW.

The item consists of six reels of film footage including:

1. Billings IWA reply, John Macdonald Billings responding to IWA contract demands, 1972: negative picture with optical sound
2. W.M. Skillings, Minister of Industrial Development, Trade and Commerce, being interviewed about the "Home Grown BC Quality" products campaign, 1972: negative picture with optical sound
3. Boeing 737 press flight: negative
4. Interview with D.R.J. Campbell, Minister of Municipal Affairs, and Grace McCarthy, Member without Portfolio, about the job opportunity program of the Social Credit government. Campbell comments on the success of the program, 1971: negative picture with optical sound.
5. Last steam locomotive, Various shots of steam locomotive at logging site. Train pulls up to water tender, loading water, coupling train of logs, etc.: duplicate negative
6. CP Air : executive jet service, Shot at Vancouver International Airport, this item features Canadian Pacific Airlines, demonstrating the "executive service" offered to business travellers by CP Air: edited master.

The item consists of six film reels including:

1. Liquified petroleum gas to Japan, shots of storage tanks; the cargo ship "Mundogas West"; aboard ship; ship departing, 1966: negative
2. New winery Penticton: negative outs
3. B.C. Government tours, airplane taxiing; passengers disembarking; etc: negative
4. Carter report, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 1967: negative picture with optical sound
5. Vigor Mines, 1967: negative
6. Pacific Centre opening, 1971: negative.

The item consists of seven reels of footage created between 1968 and 1969.

1. CP Air jet landing and taking off from Vancouver International Airport. Shots of control tower, jet interior, November 7, 1968.
2. Hon. Kenneth Kiernan, Minister responsible for tourism explains government programs to encourage domestic tourism, April 29, 1969.
3. Canadian Jeep: field trial or demonstration of jeeps.
4. BC California tours : BC promotions taking place in California.
5. Leslie Peterson announces a $10m fund to aid sports and recreation.
6. Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Hon. Donald Brothers inspect flood damage in Trail, BC, 1969. In an interview, Bennett says that he has proposed a joint federal-provincial effort to aid victims of the flood, May 9, 1969.
7. Premier W.A.C. Bennett in a platform speech discusses his proposal for a negative income tax and guaranteed annual income which would replace the current social welfare system, May 9, 1969.

The item consists of a negative reel of unedited footage from ca. 1962. Two shots of the old rocket ship [designed by Lew Parry] in front of Vancouver International Airport. Shots of terminal buildings; jet; passengers; two women boarding TCA (Trans-Canada Airlines) flight 804; two women inside jet; brochures for Caribbean tour; two women displaying holiday clothes. St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver; nurse tending to a patient, shows patient brochure for Caribbean holiday; two nurses looking at brochure; two women in a Caribbean town being shown the sights by a man; two women on the beach; two women bicycling; various shots of two women touring the town, and in their hotel room.