World War, 1939-1945--British Columbia--Pacific Coast

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[Columbia Coast Mission : M.S. Columbia]

Footage. A record of the Columbia Coast Mission hospital ship "Columbia" on patrol with Canon Alan D. Greene. Depicts the people, places and events encountered: logging operations; community scenes; children; weddings, christenings and church services officiated by Canon Greene. Military personnel are seen at several stops, including personnel from the RCAF and the "Wrens" (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service), as well as a CWAC (Canadian Women's Army Corps). An RCAF floatplane and a large flying boat are seen -- possibly at Shearwater, a wartime military seaplane base on Denny Island near Bella Bella. The "Syrene I" (formerly the CCM boat "John Antle I") appears briefly. The only positively identified location is Yuculta Landing on Quadra Island.

Robert Bruce Scott and Britta A. Wickham interviews

Item consists of one audio cassette containing two interviews with Robert Bruce Scott and Britta A. Wickham in which each interviewee discusses their experiences living in Bamfield, BC.

Side 1: Scott, a veteran of the Bamfield Cable Station, discusses the physical development and social and environmental changes he has seen during his time in Bamfield, as well as the mood of the community during WWII.

Side 2: Wickham discusses her origins in Sweden, her reasons for leaving and why she settled in Bamfield in the early 1920s. She discusses some of the changes in the community that she experienced during her 50 year residence there.

The tides of war : the story of Japanese-Canadians in World War II

The item is a documentary video from 1977 about the treatment of Japanese-Canadians in British Columbia during World War II. Includes film footage shot at the time by Rev. Canon G.G. Nakayama (footage now at Public Archives in Canada) and interviews with Ken Adachi, David Suzuki, Rev. Canon Nakayama, Howard Green, and many other witnesses to the period. Modern location footage includes Vancouver and Slocan City. The October Crisis of 1970 is discussed as another application of the War Measures Act.