Item consists of a mount of one group photograph of numerous boys and men in uniform drinking from cups and bottles with a general sense of festiveness or revelry. Two have drums and one a bugle. The group is standing within a clearing surrounded by trees.

The item is a video copy of a newsreel item. Departure for overseas of the 102nd (North British Columbians) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force -- also known as "Warden's Warriors" -- stationed at Camp Comox in June 1916. Includes footage of: officers and troops; filmmaker A.D. Kean posing with "ex-cowboys and old-time friends"; troops posing with Premier W.J. Bowser; flag-lowering ceremony; Bowser presenting overseas flag to Col. J.W. Warden; line of troops marching along beach and arriving at dockside; troops giving farewell cheer from ship as it departs. Also includes shots of wildlife in area; scene of Dominion Day festivities in "northern B.C." [actually Lillooet], with people cheering for Indian women riding in a horse race; and a shot of Indian cowboys riding wild horses in a rodeo competition ("BC Championship", probably at the Vancouver Exhibition in 1914 or 1915).