The item is a reel of documentary film from 1928. "Illustrates the method of cultivating strawberries from clearing the land to planting, tending, harvesting, packing, crating and trucks driving away with fruit to the Saanich Fruit Growers Association shed at Keating, B.C. Scenes include: A visit of the District Horticulturist. Laying straw before fruiting. Good [close-up of] labels on crates: 'Victoria Strawberries.' Pose by groups of pickers before tents -- 'tired and hungry.' Good shot of fruit being delivered to Saanich Fruit Growers Association's shed at Keating. The manager of the Association helping to nail and sort crates of berries. Dominion Government inspectors at work opening crates and checking. Grower's book being signed. Berries leaving Association shed in trucks for pre-cooling shed and jam factory." (Colin Browne)

Amateur film footage:
004.01: Sailboats; powerboats; ferries; urban street ca. 1950s; stage show (Canada's Centennial?).
004.02: Totem pole; view from car on Patricia Bay Highway.
004.03: Horseback riding; Flying U Ranch; LLH Guest Ranch; Victoria's Inner Harbour; Totem Park with people.
004.04: Inner Harbour; pre-Swiftsure crowds; ducks; bird bathing; penny farthing bicycle race; sailboats; pond with water lily and fish.

News item. Some good footage of horses and riders on the track during warm-up periods.

Item consists of one colour map of the Saanich Peninsula and an insert of the "beauteous citie of Victoria situated in the southernmost parts of Vancouver's Island in North America". The map is illustrated with annotated, hand drawn images of ships, Royal Navy officers, totem poles, animals, and whimsical creatures.

E.H. Chamberlain is noted as "descripsit". "Litho'd in Canada by Colonist Printers Limited" is printed in the bottom right corner.

CALL NUMBER: T3975:0001 RECORDED: Cordova Bay (B.C.), 1966-05-12 SUMMARY: Story of McMorran family emigration to B.C. in 1890. George McMorran Sr. manages Broadmead Farm owned by R.P. Rithet. Description of farm, race horses, agricultural experiments. Early roads and railways of the Saanich Peninsula. McMorran family background. Building of McMorran house on Cedar Hill Cross Road.

CALL NUMBER: T3975:0002 RECORDED: Cordova Bay (B.C.), 1967-11-01 SUMMARY: Description of McMorran residence on Vining Street in Fernwood, about 1900 -- school, church. Building house on Cedar Hill Road. Bowker Creek. Mount Tolmie. Origin of Shelbourne Street. Advent of utilities in Saanich. G.S. McMorran starts business on Cordova Bay, 1919. Landlord raises rent, so McMorran moves to adjacent property. Expansion of business; adds motor court. Develops utilities. McMorran marries Ida Richards in 1922; four children.

CALL NUMBER: T3975:0003 RECORDED: Cordova Bay (B.C.), 1969-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Recollections of Portage Inlet, ca. 1905, and Point Ellice Bridge disaster. McMorran takes eries of jobs with Victoria insurance companies. Describes real estate investments in Saanich and Cordova Bay -- origins of subdivisions, roads and railways. 1912 depression halts real estate enterprises. Partner Fred McDougal marries Violet Watson of watson hardware store family. Origins of McMorran's Cordova Bay business and later expansion. TRACK 2: McMorran family history: Starks from Scotland to Paisley County, Ontario; McMorrans from Northern Ireland to Ontario. Recollections of Broadmead; Farm and Saanich in 1890s. Early roads. Descriptions of several hotels. Honeymooners. First McMorran Farm on Blenkinsop Road site. Comments on early Victoria Inner Harbour.

CALL NUMBER: T3975:0004 RECORDED: Cordova Bay (B.C.), 1969-04? SUMMARY: Story of acquisition of Cordova Bay properties. Tea room and dance hall in 1930; auto court in 1931. Has own water supply. Comments on McMorran's four sons. McMorran was postmaster for 42 years. Names; of Victoria district postmasters.

RECORDED: Sidney (B.C.), 1973-11 & 1973-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: John E. Bosher recalls emigration from England. Impressions of Sidney in the 1920s. Sawmill, rubber company, cannery. Victoria and Saanich Railway. Farming. Landscaping work. Agricultural research station. TRACK 2: Life in Sidney. Education. Employment.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1974] SUMMARY: In this undocumented interview, Willard Michell presumably discusses the creation of a small working farm using antique machinery on an 18-acre site in Central Saanich. Michell was the president of the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society, incorporated in 1969, and started its collection of antique farm machinery and artifacts.

Interview

Shows roads, streets and parks. Components: Street map of Greater Victoria. Scale [ca. 1:30 800] -- Street map of Saanich Peninsula.

The item is a 1947 colour documentary film in three parts. It shows the complete process of flower bulb production, from land clearing to packing of bulbs for shipment. Many varieties are shown.

The item is a reel of documentary film from the 1930s. "A bulb digger 'which will dig 5 tons of bulbs an hour with an average crop of 8 tons per acre' clears a field. Men harvesting alfalfa. Stacked alfalfa is heaped onto a wagon. Alfalfa is baled. A man in a test kitchen prepares something with milk & bacterial culture and a seed. View of farm and fields. This might be the Experimental Farm at Sidney." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of documentary film from 1931. "Oliver Evans, President of the B.C. Jersey Breeder's Association and A. J. Cameron, Secretary. 'A Trip through Saanich (The Fair Land), The Home of the Jersey - May 26th'. A file of automobiles travelling along the two-track dirt roads of the Saanich Peninsula visiting the various dairy farms of the district, looking over the premises and chatting with the owners. The trees grow right down to the road, and the whole vision is warm and bucolic. Farms visited and shown are: Olympic Farm, W. Horsland; Babbacombe, H.E. Burbidge; Coleshill, Mr. Aldridge & Mrs. Clive; El Sereno, G.W. Malcolm; Dominion Experimental Farm at Sidney where lunch was served, courtesy of Mr. Straight, the Superintendent. The Hon. Dr. S.F. Tolmie, Premier of British Columbia, arrives to 'grace the occasion' and speeches are made at a long table set up outside in the sun. Following Lunch, more farms are visited: Blastree Farm, G. Hooper; Woodcote, Capt. F.C. Gibson; Easamo; Brackenhurst, A.W. Aylard; Duntulm Farm, Major & Mrs. MacDonald; Glamorgan Farm, S. Matson; Heather Farm, Capt. F.C. Wilson; and Sandy Gap, Geo. Clark. Home to the Parliament Buildings in Victoria. Other speakers at the Experimental Farm lunch included the Hon. Wm. Atkinson, Minister of Agriculture, and Hon. N. Lougheed. Also along for the trip were two members of the agricultural press: George Murray of the Vancouver Province, and H.B. Smith from the Nor'West Farmer." (Colin Browne)

The item is a reel of documentary film from the 1920s. "Students are shown field crops, fall-sown oats, Jersey cows, poultry incubator, tulips. An 'Alfresco lunch' is provided by the farm at long tables outside. Minister of Agriculture W. Atkinson and Deputy Minister J.B. Munro and their wives join them for lunch. Minister makes a speech. The VIP's size up the crops and pose with their wives. They inspect the bees and the grapes in the greenhouses. Mr. Toomer, the gardener, in greenhouse. Pan of the Dominion Experimental Station. Vancouver Island Horticultural Association is entertained by the superintendent at outdoor tables for lunch and speeches at Sidney. The advantages of paper mulch demonstrated. Various shots of Horticultural Association group." (Colin Browne)