Item F1981:17/064.01-02 - British Columbia Electric : streetcars & streetcar track removal

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British Columbia Electric : streetcars & streetcar track removal

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Lew Parry Film Productions

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F1981:17/064.01-02

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  • 1955 (Creation)

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2 film reels (ca. 260 ft) : original Kodachrome, colour, silent ; 16 mm

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The item consists of unedited film footage from 1955 on two rolls. It contains footage of the demise of BC Electric's last Vancouver streetcar run. The first roll shows streetcars in operation at various points along Hastings Street from Granville Street to the Kootenay Loop exchange, 18 April 1955. The second roll, shot shortly afterward, shows crews removing the streetcar tracks along Hastings and repaving the street.

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A VHS reference copy is available for this item, V1990:02/001 - reference copy [reel 1 only]
U-Matic video masters, V1984:03 - video master [reel 1 only] and V1990:01/004.01 - video master [reel 2 only]

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Copyright British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority.

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Content notes in file F1981:17/064.

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Streetcar operations in Vancouver ceased on 24 April 1955; see F1984:11/036, [Rails to Rubber].

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References: Listed in Duffy, "Camera West", entry #P/15.

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Accession number(s): F1981:17

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Previously described as AAAA0471.

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producing agency/company: Lew Parry Film Productions; sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producer: Lew M. Parry

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