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Industrial film. The design, manufacture and operation of the "Weldrum" log barking system. Includes scenes at an Ingersoll-Rand plant (in Sherbrooke, P.Q.?) and at various mills, including the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company, the Canadian International Paper Company in La Tuque (P.Q.), and at a Bowater Company operation (locale unknown).

Out-takes. ASSIGNMENT SAFETY was a four-part (70-minute) safety film for the lumber industry. In the film, Ned Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council (USA), examined the safety program endorsed by the BC Lumber Manufacturers Association. I: mill safety from the pond to the green chain. II: safe work practices in the sawmill. III: various types of guards and devices used in shops and sawmills. IV: emphasizes good safety programming.

Industrial film. Shows construction of powerhouse, tunnel and penstock on Great Central Lake at the Ash River Project; general views of construction site and vicinity.

Industrial film. Mining crews drill and blast a 10-mile-long tunnel through Mount DuBose to carry water from the Kenney Dam to drive the generators at Kemano power plant for Alcan's Kitimat project. Ingersoll-Rand tunnelling equipment is featured.

The fonds consists of industrial, engineering, and public relations films created for or by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority and its predecessors (the British Columbia Electric Company and the British Columbia Power Commission) from 1945 to about 1984. This material includes 164 unique film items in 16 mm film, each containing one or more printing elements such as prints, sound tracks, negative reels, selected out-takes and unedited footage. In some cases, there are no edited prints, only miscellaneous reels of footage.

Most of the BC Electric and BC Hydro films are the work of Vancouver producer Lew M. Parry. The fonds also includes a number of non-Hydro films produced by Parry, as well as a selection of prints and film material relevant to BC which had been circulated through (or stored at) Hydro's film library.

The item consists of film out-takes of the British Empire Commonwealth Games of 1954. Based on footage shot by amateurs at Empire Stadium and UBC, the outs include shots of ceremonies, cycling, diving, swimming, the mile run and the marathon, including the collapse of Jim Peters.

Out-takes. Three short promotional spots for Buckerfield's Uplands Special Fertilizer. These outs depict homeowners enjoying their lawns, flowers and vegetable gardens; some home and store interiors.

Out-takes. Promotional film for sawmill equipment. The outs show Can-Car equipment (a barker and a gang saw) in operation inside a mill.

Out-takes. An overview of the training and career opportunities in mining and related industries. Shows mining students at UBC and BCIT, plus various mining, smelting and research facilities throughout BC.

Industrial film. An overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; lead-zinc mining operations in the Sullivan Mine; processing of ore by crushers, ball mills and flotation cells; residential scenes in mining towns (Fraser Lake, Pine Point, Ashcroft); Cominco smelter at Trail; contribution to steel industry (pig iron and coke); training of mining technicians at BCIT; role of the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines, including its Prospectors' Mining School; Vancouver and Port Moody dockside scenes showing concentrates, coal and ingots being loaded.

Industrial film. The company's mining operations in Chile, especially the heap leaching process used to concentrate copper from ore. Scenes of mine sites and facilities, as well as the city of Santiago.

Industrial film. The construction of Compressor Station No. 1 on the Alberta-California gas pipeline, located between Fernie and Turtle Mountain in the Rockies. The compressor was built for the Alberta Natural Gas Company by Marwell Construction.

Out-takes. Illustrates Vancouver's downtown parking problems. The outs here accessioned, found in a can labelled "Roy's Traffic," are on 1953 stock and are thought to be from the film DOWNTOWN PARKING. The roll includes many excellent shots of dense traffic (including streetcars and buses) on downtown streets, and on the Burrard Street and Cambie Street bridges.

Footage. 28 November 1968: In Vancouver harbour, large logs are loaded onto the "Ho-O Maru" for shipment to Osaka, Japan, where they will be used in the construction of the BC Pavilion.

Footage. From an unidentified film. Includes fishing boats at dock; crewmen examining and mending nets and preparing boats; Vancouver skyline from waterfront; many shots of fishing fleet under way and leaving Vancouver harbour (passing under Lion's Gate bridge); a CPR ferry; blocks of ice en route to the boats. (The fishing boats include "Aleutian Queen", "Combat" and "Pacific Belle".) The roll concludes with footage showing a fisheries technician counting fingerlings at Cultus Lake.

The item is a documentary film on the importance of British Columbia's secondary industries. The activities touched upon include the manufacture of tissue paper, wire rope, pipe, tin cans, plastic bags, lighting fixtures, electric signs, power saws, broom handles, galvanized pails, ceramics, clothing, drill bits, and plasterboard; food canning; sugar refining; hydro-electric power developments; electronics; television (CBC studio); motion picture production and film processing; construction. The filmmaking sequence is in the Parry Films studio in North Vancouver, and Lew Parry is seen on the set as technicians prepare for a shot.

The item is a documentary film on the importance of British Columbia's secondary industries. The activities touched upon include the manufacture of tissue paper, wire rope, pipe, tin cans, plastic bags, lighting fixtures, electric signs, power saws, broom handles, galvanized pails, ceramics, clothing, drill bits, and plasterboard; food canning; sugar refining; hydro-electric power developments; electronics; television (CBC studio); motion picture production and film processing; construction. The filmmaking sequence is in the Parry Films studio in North Vancouver, and Lew Parry is seen on the set as technicians prepare for a shot.

Out-takes. Career opportunities in the oil industry of western Canada. Shows steps involved in surveying, sounding, scientific testing, site determination, oil well drilling and refining. The film was mainly shot in Alberta, but there are some BC scenes.

Industrial film. Natural gas as an energy resource for BC. Shows uses of and demand for natural gas; natural gas exploration and drilling in the Peace River area; planning and construction of pipelines to carry gas from the Peace area to Vancouver and the USA.

Out-takes. Natural gas as an energy resource for BC. Shows the uses of and demand for natural gas; gas exploration in the Peace River area; planning and construction of pipelines to carry gas to Vancouver and the USA.

Industrial film. The growth and development of Giant Mascot Mines Ltd. -- especially the Giant Mascot Mine near Hope, which re-opened in 1971 after a serious fire. Includes mine and concentrator operations, lab tests, planning of future work, etc. Also shows the company's geological survey and test drilling operations in the area and in the Northwest Territories. Vancouver scenes include shots inside the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

Out-takes. The growth and development of Giant Mascot Mines Ltd. -- especially the Giant Mascot Mine near Hope, which re-opened in 1971 after a serious fire. Includes mine and concentrator operations, lab tests, planning of future work, etc. Also shows the company's geological survey and test drilling operations in the area and in the Northwest Territories. Vancouver scenes include shots inside the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

Industrial film. Mining operations at Phoenix, Jedway and Granisle.

Out-takes. Mining operations at Phoenix, Jedway and Granisle.

Industrial film. Shows month-by-month construction of Granisle mine and early operations, March to December 1966.

Footage. Footage from an unidentified film. Includes views of Vancouver [and North Vancouver?] from the harbour; many scenes of herring fleet under way; shots of and on board various herring boats (including "Norcrown", "Irana", "Waldero" and "Western Cruiser"); the packer "Norcrest" unloading fish at a cannery on the North Shore; herring in nets and being brailed into hold; seagulls swarming.

Out-takes. The value to good health of Nutri vitamin supplements. As part of the company's marketing plan, prints of the film were to be sold to independent salesman, along with the vitamins (and a film projector). In the USA, a similar plan using slide shows and filmstrips proved more successful.

Industrial film. The building of Kitimat smelter, the Kemano tunnel (through Mt. DuBose) and the power transmission line from Kemano to Kitimat. Also scenes of smelter operation and port facilities. Updates the 1954 film of the same title.

Industrial film. An overview of the Alcan development of Kitimat -- Kenney Dam on the Nechako River; Kemano power plant; the Kitimat smelter, which ships aluminum all over the world; and the community of Kitimat itself.

Travelogue. Surveys mineral hot springs at resorts in the Canadian Rockies, including Radium Hot Springs, Miette Pool, Upper Hot Springs and the pools at Banff.