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News item. Good interior shots of the Crystal Garden before any restoration work had been started. No sound.

News item. Part 6 of a 7-part consecutive series on Victoria's Chinatown. MLA and cabinet minister Sam Bawlf presents Dr. David Lai with the original deed for the Victoria Chinese Free Mason's building. Its wording indicates the members' support for the Chinese Revolution that overthrew the Manchu government. Dr. Lai has done research with Ray McKenzie and Ray Foster for two years to uncover documents.

News item. Sam Bawlf sells four heritage properties to Attica Cities Ltd. (Calgary): the Sussex Hotel, the Law Chambers (Bastion Square), Bank of Montreal building (Government Street) and Market Square. Some good footage of Market Square as it was being constructed and restored.

News item. Shows camel's head figure being removed from building and lowered to the ground by a crane.

Stock shots. 1. Synagogue; church steeple; church exteriors. 2. Beaconville Apartments. 3. Congregation Emanuel Temple (Canada's oldest synagogue) being restored. 4. Unidentified interview [Rabbi or architect?]. 5. Metropolitan Store; street scenes. 6. Oak Bay Village. 7. Johnson Street Bridge. 8. Chinese hospital. 9. Coastal scenes. 10. E&N Railway 90th anniversary (1888-1978); train, station, engineer, conductor, etc. 11. Airport -- Air Canada counter. 12. Old Carnegie Library building. 13. Church interior -- Stations of the Cross. 14. St. Anne's Academy -- development plans. 15. Chinatown scenes. 16. Artist's drawing of gate; chart on wall, ending at June 28, 1981. 17. Undeveloped city land [ at St. Anne's?]. 18. Construction site. 19. Sewage outfall; protest banner; Clover Point. 20. Wrecking ball on the waterfront. 21. Office building and mall nearing completion. 22. Refinishing plaster work and gilt finish. Crystal Garden renovation. 23. Construction site. 24. Old building being renovated -- construction scenes.

News footage. News feature about Victoria's Chinatown, including footage of: historic buildings; shop windows; parade with dragon dance and martial arts (Chinese New Year?); Fan Tan Alley; gambling table; interviews with merchants; archival photos; etc.

News item. Part 7 of a 7-part consecutive series on Victoria's Chinatown. Footage shows some Chinatown buildings. These include the Yen-Wo Society, the Chinese hospital, the Chinese school, the Gee Tuck Tong Benevolent Association (1903), and the Hook Sin Tong charity. Good close-ups; no sound.

News item. A Chinese-Canadian spokesman discusses the Benevolent Association, which is actually an off-shoot of a higher Masonic order. The club has existed in mainland China for a long time. The Victoria Branch was established in 1915. The shrine inside the building, made of precious and semi-precious materials, was carved in Canton and shipped from that city.

News item. Part 1 of a 7-part consecutive series on Victoria's Chinatown. Interior views of ornate Chinese temple; no sound. Shows Victoria's Tam Kung Temple.

News item. Silent footage of Craigdarroch Castle and the old homes around it. Close-ups of architectural details. The Heritage Awards for 1979 are included in this item.

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News item. Footage of Craigflower Manor and its historical marker.

News item. Interior footage of the Crystal Garden before restoration was begun.

News item. Very brief interview with government spokesman. The balance of the footage is silent and shows the old Crystal Garden exterior with all the ivy, before the start of restoration and renovations.

News item. Victoria City Council has passed a heritage protection by-law which covers 77 homes, many of which will be given full heritage designation. The City of Victoria has a Heritage Advisory Committee which advises council on whether a home should be given a heritage designation. If so, the owner does not have to pay any property tax. Some excellent footage of heritage homes.

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Television stock shots. The reel begins with brief sequences on the Sooke Region Museum and on Helmcken House. The balance of the reel (shot 06-Dec-1977) deals with the old Immigration Building at the corner of Dallas Road and Ontario Street in Victoria's James Bay neighbourhood. The building is in the process of being demolished. In the years 1908-1923, it was used as a detention centre for processing and confining Chinese immigrants. Dr. David Lai tours the building, talks about Chinese immigration and the head tax, and transcribes some of the old Chinese writing from the walls of the cells, which comprise messages and poems written by the immigrants confined there.

News item. Extended footage of heritage homes, with lots of close-ups to show details of ornamentation. Conservative MLA Scott Wallace says he has seen a list of these homes (at City Hall?,) and the total number (436) being considered is considerably more than the city fathers say it is. A council spokesman, however, says only 77 homes were considered at first, and that number has now been pared down to 55. Out of this number, he says, 50 owners are happy to be selected this way. Oak Bay heritage home owners were not obliged to accept this designation if they chose not to. Even so, says another spokesman, 75 owners are against it (not all in Oak Bay). Housing Minister Sam Bawlf comments on the tax compensation that heritage home owners will get.

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Television stock shots. Footage includes: moving of Pioneer School; moving of Stavley School; Fort Rodd Hill artillery; Empress Hotel; [statue of?] Captain Vancouver; the New Year's baby, 1974 ; dismantling of Victoria Machinery Depot; Causeway up-date; historic buildings; Remembrance Day, 1974.

News item. Dr. David Lai explains how Chinese people immigrated to Canada -- especially Victoria -- during the later part of the 19th century and first part of the 20th century. In particular, he discusses the old Immigration Building (on Dallas Road in James Bay) which was really a detention centre. Exterior and interior shots of this building, which is now being demolished. Some interesting Chinese writing, by some of the former inmates, is uncovered and translated.

News item. Shows dilapidated interior of Crystal Garden before beginning of restoration and renovations. Close-ups show advanced stage of wood and metal decay. Some over-exposed footage; no sound.

Special event coverage. A CHEK News special program on the re-opening of the Empress Hotel after a major restoration and renovation.

News item. The Oak Bay and James Bay residential areas are contrasted. Oak Bay has lost many old homes to apartment buildings, while James Bay has been able to keep a good mix of new and old (including some heritage building).

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