[between 1960 and 1975]. [Gardens at Aberthau] The City of Vancouver Archives acquires a variety of records that document the city's history. Hope Merritt highway [Coquihalla] Short clips are spliced together; includes scenes of downtown Vancouver, neon signs, traffic, and store window displays. Hydro and narrated by Tommy Tompkins.
The film documents people engaging in a variety of the parkâs recreational activities as well such as horse back riding, walking, playing cricket, purchasing ice-cream from the ice-cream...Item is an amateur film documenting a baby in a garden, and men fishing from a boat and digging clams. [1930?].
Film also documents Peggy Spencer and others in party hats, and people with tennis raquets. The City of Vancouver Archives, a division of the City Clerk's Department, acquires, organizes and preserves Vancouver's historical records and makes them available to the widest possible audience.
Film is a teaching aid and shows stories of people who made proper choices as well as those who made poor choices when preparing for cross-country skiing or snowmobiling in the wilderness. P1 - Mike Collier - special effects - workprint These moving images consist of raw footage and finished productions from the Yaletown Productions fonds (AM1553). Item is a home movie. 1951. We are a public institution administered by the City of Vancouver and the official repository of Vancouver's civic government records. [1959?].
1a - Wager set - workprint (McCabe and Mrs. Miller) 1970 - M.[Michael] Collier Mould believes that Spanish found gold there before Slumach did and has had some luck dowsing to find gold. 1 - McCabe and Mrs. Miller - "Wager set" - orig[inal] ECO - 1970 - M. Collier
Also shows Johnston Terminals, a tug boat, the new Granville Street Bridge, the Fire Chief being interviewed, and men in scuba suits kicking boards that have fire hoses spouting water. Film depicts three men who find some insulated wire in the ocean [at wreck beach], drag it into a pile, hitchhike to downtown Vancouver, and then travel around downtown dragging the wire on the sidewalk behind them. Item # MI-1911974.
Ending with the final show of the 20th anniversary season....Whitefoot Studio for Vancouver (B.C.). This educational wildlife film about grizzly bears includes footage of many wild animals and their habitats including: coyotes, wolves, mountain goats, foxes, eagles, common loons, geese, blue heron, cariboo and grizzly bears. Reference code: AM1553-1-S2-: MI-5781984. The film won several awards at film festivals including: Chris Plaque - Best Travel Film, at Columbus International Film Festival; a Special Jury Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival; the Canuck Award - 2nd Place Best Canadian Travel Film, Canadian Travel Association; a Bronze Award at the Film and Television Festival of New York; and a Certificate of Merit - Recreation at the Chicago International Film Festival....[1969]. Film also documents a cattle drive and pigs. 1935. parade in 1959. It also contains footage of a ceremony involving hammering in the last spike as well as footage of the train running along the tracks in full operation carrying passengers and arriving at a station filled with crowds of...1971. Collier used music, colour manipulations, optical printing effects, and other techniques to create an overall psychedelic effect. In 1959, the archives moved again to space in the Main Library on Burrard Street.The current archives building, located at 1150 Chestnut Street, is a semi-underground modern structure in [ca. Item is an educational wildlife film about grizzly bears. [between 1968 and 1975]. 1939. Call 604-736-8561 or email archives@vancouver.ca to discuss your research needs.