Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Telefilm Services Limited fonds
General material designation
- moving images
- graphic material
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- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds.
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Fonds
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1949-[197-] (Creation)
- Creator
- Telefilm Services Ltd.
Physical description area
Physical description
85 cans of film and 1 photograph
Publisher's series area
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Archival description area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Established by freelance cameraman Bob Elliott in Vancouver, B.C., Telefilm Services Ltd. provided film processing and cinematography services to a variety of commercial and institutional clients.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of 85 cans containing ca. 320 (approximately 36,000 feet) film elements created by Bob Elliott's company Telefilm Services Limited between 1949 and 1973. The film elements are a combination of original and edited film footage including prints, positive pictures, negative pictures, A&B rolls, outs and optical tracks. The majority of the elements have not been copied onto a view-able format and are inaccessible.
A wide variety of local, industrial and promotional subjects are included, as are television commercials and news clips.
Highlights include: the demolition of the second Hotel Vancouver, 1949; British Empire Games, 1954 (including the Bannister-Landy "Miracle Mile" and the defeat of marathon runner James Peters); Princess Margaret in Vancouver, 1958; Ripple Rock explosion, 1958; CP Air's first trans-Canada jetliner flight, 1959; W.A.C. Bennett's 1960 and 1963 election campaign tours; B.C. Liberal Party convention, 1962; a filmed presentation (for TV) featuring Robert Strachan, from the NDP's 1963 election campaign; the Queen Mother's 1963 visit to Vancouver; the 1964 visit of the Beatles to Vancouver, and scenes at their Empire Stadium concert; Vancouver City Police horse training, motorcycle drill team footage, and Marine Squad on patrol in and around Vancouver Harbour, ca.1965; operations of Columbia Cellulose and Crown Zellerbach Ltd.; views of Houston and land-clearing in the Bulkley Valley, ca.1964-66; stock shots of Vancouver streets, Stanley Park, etc.; the BC Ferry Authority vessels City of Vancouver, Queen of Nanaimo and Queen of New Westminster.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Acquired from Bob Elliott in 1985.
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
See item level records for details of copied film elements.
Restrictions on access
No access restrictions apply.
Conservation restriction: original film material is in cold storage and is inaccessible.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright assigned to British Columbia Archives by Robert Elliott, 1985. Copyright exceptions noted in item level descriptions.
Finding aids
Item level descriptions at can level attached to fonds.
Content notes and inventory in file F1985:03/01-85.
Associated materials
Accruals
No further accruals are anticipated.
General note
Accession number(s): F1985:03, F1988:18.
Conservation
Moving image originals are in cold storage. Contact staff for specific details.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Elliott, Robert (Subject)
- Telefilm Services Ltd. (Subject)