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The item is a newsreel compilation on black and white film print. It includes an historical compilation of international news items: Hollywood's first lady 1919-30 [Mary Pickford], 1930 Leap for Life!, 1924 personalities, 1925 Manhattan's ditch, 1927 feet convention, 1917 aviation [WWI observation balloons], 1921 fashions and 1929 sports. It also contains BC material spliced into the print: 1946 "Vancouver celebrates its Diamond Jubilee" (40 sec., with brief discussion of BC Electric's post-war expansion plans); and 1948 Bridge River Hydro first unit opens (1.3 min., with footage of the dam and powerhouse at Bridge River).

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Travelogue. Scenic and recreational attractions of the West Kootenay area. Includes sequences on Arrow, Christina and Kootenay lakes; mining history, abandoned mine workings, old hotels and ghost towns, including Sandon; Hugh Keenleyside dam (and boat lock there); boating, fishing and water-skiing; Duck Lake wildfowl sanctuary; Meadow Creek kokanee spawning channel; "house of bottles" tourist attraction; Ainsworth Hot Springs; the retired sternwheeler S.S. "Moyie" at Kaslo; the Balfour-Kootenay Bay car ferry; mining museum at Rossland; parade honouring champion skier Nancy Greene, who is seen winning the ladies' slalom in the Du Maurier International at Red Mountain; Trail, including Cominco smelter; Phoenix open-pit mine; Doukhobor village museum and tomb of Peter Veregin; trail riding on the Dewdney Trail; various facilities for visitors.

Amateur film. "Sign: 'The Meadows. Tea Room, Milk, Log Cabins, Camp.' A bear in the bush. Purple morning glories. A squirrel. Columbia River. 'The Meadows' gardens. Sheep at Skookumchuck in snow. The Hoodoos at Dutch Creek. A parade in a small unidentified town. Sea-cadets and their band march past. Rainbow. Cotton Creek bridge with steam train passing over Cotton Creek. Pan of Wynndel, Creston Flats. Wharf at Gray Creek. Bonnington Dam. South Slocan Dam. Taghum Bridge. Corra Linn Dam. Ferry at Nelson. Doukhobor women and young boy at Valican (more likely Winlaw, from name painted on railroad hut)." (Colin Browne)

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack starts the show with Federal NDP Leader Ed Broadbent. They discuss the implosion of the Conservatives; patronage; the Wolfe affair; tax reform; unemployment; cod fishing; the Bissonette case. Then a story about the proposed Site C dam; in the studio Jack speaks with Adrienne Peacock of the Peace Valley Environmental Association and Calvin Sandborn of the Westcoast Environmental Law Association. They discuss conservation of energy; modernization of businesses; poor estimates of future power use; job creation.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Note: Video tracking issues throughout. Tahseen Basheer, Ambassador to Canada from the Arab Republic of Egypt, discusses unrest in Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, the Gaza strip, and Egypt’s position. Jack and Jonathon Baker, Vancouver mayoral candidate, discuss waste and overstaffing at Vancouver City Hall. Jack adds to his earlier report about the Revelstoke dam, and speaks with Revelstoke mayor, Tony Coffin.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack Webster, reports on construction of the Revelstoke Dam from the site, and speaks to many of the workers there. Back in the studio, Jack gives an update on negotiations between the province and the BCGEU.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack opens his first show of the season with a review of labour strife in the province. Bill Hamilton, President, Employers' Council of British Columbia, who is a member of a nine person committee set up by Prime Minister Trudeau speaks about “six and five guidelines”, a federal public restraint policy. He speaks with Jim Kinnaird, BC Federation of Labour, and Jack Munro of the IWA about the BCGEU and the possibility of a general strike. Richard McAlary, Chief Economist, BC Central Credit Union, speaks about the state of the province’s finances. To end the show, Jack shows a clip of a report from the new hydroelectric dam being built near Revelstoke.

This series consists of records of the Water Rights Branch. Records include government publications, reports, memoranda, correspondence, statutes, regulations, indexes and maps pertaining to water rights, irrigation projects, water reserves, and water power developments, 1901-1967. Includes unpublished reports on the history of irrigation, water power resources policy, public utility regulation, and the Water Rights Branch, the Water Board, and the BC Conservation Fund.

Box 1-2 contains general files.

Box 3 contains the Provincial Water Power Index, ca. 1925-1933. Files are arranged alphabetically by Water District, with Water Rights Branch index numbers, Commission of Conservation index numbers, and Dominion Lands Branch index numbers. Also includes Water District maps showing locations of power site developments, water reserves, applications, and horsepower outputs.

Box 4 contains the Water Reserves Notices Index, 1901-1963. Files are arranged alphabetically by Water District, redone and rechecked February 13, 1963.

Box 5 contains Acts and regulations.

The item is an answer print of an educational film, from around 1984 . The film examines the history and application of hydro-electric power. Earlier methods of harnessing the energy of moving water are summarized, as is the development of electrical power generation. Different types of dams, and the components of a hydro generating plant, are explained, using examples from around B.C. Power transmission systems, environmental considerations, and project financing are also discussed briefly.

The item is a negative workprint of an industrial film made in 1951-1952. It depicts construction of the storage dam at Wahleach to create a reservoir for the power plant built there.

The item consists of two reels (one main reel and one duplicate reel) of unedited negative footage of Premier W.A.C. Bennett on an election tour of B.C. during the provincial election campaign, September 1963. Bennett is shown making speeches, riding PGE trains, shaking hands and generally "campaigning" in North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Vancouver, Quesnel, Williams Lake, Dawson Creek, Peace River dam site, Fort St. John, Prince George and Nanaimo. Highlights include Bennett setting off a large explosion at the dam site and touring the mills and roads.

This series contains tuilities regulation files and staff reports of the Public Utilities Commission (1929-1972) pertaining to the regulation of private and municipal gas, water, and electric utilities pursuant to the Public Utilities Act. Includes petroleum regulation subject files of the B.C. Energy Commission, Westcoast Transmission Company's rate hearings and pipeline applications (1977-1979), Kitimat pipeline application (1976), records relating to natural gas pipeline applications (1959-1968) and to water power development projects on the Columbia and Peace Rivers (1953-1963), and records of the Puntledge River inquiry (1962).

The item consists of two reels of documentary film; an A-roll and a B-roll. "Produced by the B.C. Wildlife Federation, this film makes a strong statement about the negative aspects of dam construction on B.C. rivers. The Fraser is still dam free. Should it remain so or do we need the hydro electric power that high dams could generate? The film deals specifically with the proposed McGregor Diversion although the fact does not necessarily date the message of the presentation."

Stock shots. Original footage and outs compiled from various Parry Films for use in TWENTY GREAT YEARS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA (1972). Includes BC Electric buses in North & West Vancouver, ca.1949; section from GIANT MASCOT showing mine fire and aftermath; general views of Vancouver and Victoria (1960s); BC and CN ferries; the commissioning of the ferry "Queen of Prince Rupert" by W.A.C. Bennett and other dignitaries (Victoria Inner Harbour & Swartz Bay, April 1966); sport fishing; skiing; costumed dancers in pageant; agricultural exhibition; installation of picnic tables (Okanagan Lake Provincial Park?); airliner in flight & aerial views; Greyhound bus on highway; tracking shot up Douglas Street, Victoria, 1960s; freight train in Fraser Canyon; Premier Bennett and Hydro officials open powerhouse (Duncan dam, 1967?) and Portage Mountain dam, 1967; ratification of Columbia River Treaty at Peace Arch Park, 1964; Simon Fraser University scenes; family in car on highway. There are also some scenes shot specifically for TWENTY GREAT YEARS.

Out-takes. The life cycle of the sockeye salmon and the work of the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission in protecting that cycle and the salmon fishing industry. Footage includes: Fort St. James salmon run; seining and gillnetting for sockeye; fishways, fish ladders at Hell's gate, Bridge River and Seton Creek dam; etc.

The item is a release print of a documentary film from ca. 1958. It depicts the life cycle of the sockeye salmon and the work of the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission in ensuring the survival of that cycle and of BC's salmon fishing industry. Footage includes: Fort St. James salmon run; seining and gillnetting for sockeye; fishways, fish ladders at Hell's gate, Bridge River and Seton Creek dam; etc.

Documentary. Traces the pack-trail which once linked the Kootenay gold fields with the west coast, from Fort Hope to Fort Steele. Includes footage of the closing down of Camp McKinney gold mine; site of Fort Shepherd HBC post; Waneta Dam; St. Eugene Mission Church, and the cemetery at trail's end, Wild Horse Creek. One striking sequence shows the deserted streets and buildings of Fort Steele prior to its restoration.

The item consists of an industrial film showing the construction of the hydro-electric development to supply power to the Kitimat smelter: the Kenney Dam on the Nechako River, the Kemano tunnel through Mt. DuBose, the stringing of power transmission lines, and a helicopter airlift of supplies. Also includes shots of community facilities at Kitimat or Kemano, and of Vancouver (skyline and miscellaneous views).

SUMMARY: The story of the Aluminum Company of Canada's project at Kitimat, including the dam, powerhouse and smelter. A 1952 production, updated for 1953 broadcast. T1970:0001 is a broadcast version and T1970:0002 is a spliced master.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Gerard Szaraz titled "The Impacts of Hydro-Dams on Forestry in Southeastern British Columbia." xiv, 211 leaves, figs., maps, tables. Thesis (M.Sc.), University of British Columbia, 1981. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 195-203. Canadian theses on microfiche, 56742.

SUMMARY: An overview of progress on the Alcan Project at Kemano and Kitimat as of September 1952.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Lynda M. Howard titled "Social impact assessment : the Bighorn and High Arrow dams in retrospect." iv, 227 leaves: fig., tables. Thesis (M. Environmental design), University of Calgary, 1979. Bibliography: leaves 183-196. Canadian theses, 44583.

The item is a print of an industrial film from 1974. It examines the proposed development of the Site One power project on the Peace River, 14 miles downstream from the W.A.C. Bennett Dam. The film profiles the growing energy demand which necessitates the project, and examines the engineering details, environmental effects, social impact, and land use and recreational considerations of the plan.