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- 1986 [date recorded]
RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1986 SUMMARY: Charles (Bud) Marlatt joined in 1958 to supervise the railway's new microwave system. When he retired, in 1981, he was B.C. Rail's chief of communications.;
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RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1986 SUMMARY: Charles (Bud) Marlatt joined in 1958 to supervise the railway's new microwave system. When he retired, in 1981, he was B.C. Rail's chief of communications.;
[Microwave tower construction with Sikorsky S-58 helicopter]
Part of Okanagan Helicopters Ltd. fonds
The item consists of unedited footage. It shows a Sikorsky S-58 assists in the placement of a microwave tower on a mountain top.
Documentary. The installation of the BC portion of a trans-Canada microwave relay system for telephone and television transmission. Shows surveying and testing of relay sites and construction of relay stations, especially the station on Dog Mountain (near Hope), where an aerial tramway was used to transport men and equipment.