Documentary. "Tom Brydon runs the complicated animation camera at Al Sens, and shows us how; he is also a crazy Super 8 filmmaker who loves to fool around. He shows us some of that too. When he settled down with a 16mm camera to make SURVIVORS, he surprised a lot of people with this urbane seventies suburban travelogue. And he shows us some of that, all mixed in with everything else."

Documentary. "Wayne Sterloff presents an assortment of clips from his films, illustrating his commercial work, varieties of animation and rotoscoping, and finally, the aniscope process with which he made BUZZ WRAY AND HIS TELEPHONE." Also includes excerpts from NATEL, CREEKSIDE and DISCO DUNGEONS.

Television commercials. A selection of television public awareness spots dealing with forest fire prevention in British Columbia. Most of the spots emphasize the role of human carelessness as a major cause of forest fires, and highlight their impact in terms of financial loss, destruction of wildlife, and damage to recreational values. One spot ("Green Gold") ties in with the 1958 B.C. Centennial; another features UBC president Dr. N.AM. MacKenzie.

Documentary. A program from the second "Pacific Wave" television series, featuring BC filmmakers and their work. Includes THE KICKBOXERS, as well as excerpts from three animated films and from ON CRYSTAL LEVELS (THE LONELINESS OF A LONG DISTANCE SKIER).

The item is a reel of animated film from the 1920s. Snap the gingerbread man is featured in "Hindu magic" and "Climbing the alps".

Promotional film. The Telefex library of background films for television was created and distributed by Frank Fleming as a way to inject movement and action into studio-produced TV commercials. The clips utilized special optical techniques, animation, studio settings and location footage to create a variety of moods and effects. Some clips have their own musical sound tracks. Fleming produced a total of 230 clips 15- or 30-second clips, renting them to TV stations in series packages. This accession is an incomplete but representative sampling of the Telefex library material.

The item consists of an animated educational film about the benefits of co-operatives.