Video compilation tape
Taylor, Allan D., 1916-1999
The item is a video compilation tape with copies of various films related to BC, from the Allan D. Taylor collection.
Films represented include:
1. Granville Street fire, 1919: newsreel footage of a disastrous fire that rips through the downtown business section of the City, creating endless destruction and pouring clouds of dense smoke over the City.
2. A Jenny on floats, 1920: footage of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane float plane is shown taxiing prior to takeoff.
3. Victoria Fusiliers leave for overseas, 1916: newsreel footage taken at the CPR wharf in Victoria's Inner Harbour, soldiers board a steamship as a very large crowd looks on.
4. Visitors arriving in Victoria, 1907: newsreel footage of two CPR ferries moving toward dock laden with American visitors to Victoria.
5. War comes to Victoria, 1914-1915: newsreel items of anti-German feelings, Yukon regiment training and unloading horses for war.
1991
1 videocassette (00:13:07) : video master, b&w, U-matic, silent ; 19 mm
https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca//video-compilation-tape-3
V1991:01/003.01