The item is a film copy of a newsreel item. Shows crowds in grandstand; preliminary events (running and high-jump), and the featured 100-metre dash, in which Eddie Tolan (Michigan), George Simpson (Ohio), and 1928 Olympic gold medalist Percy Williams of Vancouver all break the world record. Tolan, the winner, poses. The athletes shake hands. Williams poses for camera.

CALL NUMBER: T1334:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1965?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Beeman describes her family's arrival in Vancouver in 1889; early impressions; appearance of the city; Christ Church Cathedral; Dominion Day races; family history; her father's library ;position; Christmas parties; Vancouver's theatres; Sarah Bernhard; theatrical productions; Vancouver Little Theatre Association in 1921; "Belle of Burrard" and B.C. Hilliam. TRACK 2: Mrs. Beeman continues with her recollections of B.C. Hilliam; anecdotes about theatrical productions; Savoy Theatre; personalities; Kerrisdale; the first church in Kerrisdale; Alvo von Alvensleben; local characters; English Bay; origins of the Vancouver Public Library; and Andrew Carnegie.

CALL NUMBER: T1334:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1965?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Beeman continues with her recollections about the early Vancouver library; Mr. Fred Dyke; and the local choral society. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T1347:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-09-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Meadows talks about his recollections of early Vancouver in the 1890s, including: streams, roads and a physical description of the city; his work as a messenger for the CPR telegraph, delivering to the saloons; the Westminster Road; New Westminster Exhibition, ca. 1900; the real estate boom 1911 to 1912; life in the city; Dominion Day Parade; the red-light district; development of the city; the West End; Stanley Park; False Creek; shipping and sports. TRACK 2: Mr. Meadows continues with recollections about sports in Vancouver; residential neighbourhoods and social classes; silk; imports and the silk trains to Montreal; neighbourhoods in the city; ethnic communities; mills; impressions of the city; childhood activities from 1895 to 1905; sports; youth organizations, like the ;YMCA; and juvenile problems, ca. 1910.;

CALL NUMBER: T1347:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-09-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Meadows continues with comments about education; thoughts about Vancouver; Victoria; Chinese; ships; shipping and travel; race riots; the McGeer family; Gerry McGeer; the land boom; vaudeville theatre in Vancouver; sports in the city; and False Creek. [TRACK 2: blank.]