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Canada's evergreen playground
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- moving images
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Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau
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1934 (Creation)
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1 film reel (800 ft) : b&w, silent with inter-titles ; 35 mm
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the item is a travelogue film. "An animated curtain rises to reveal waves washing in on a sandy beach. [Long shot of] Hatley Park castle from pond at bottom the garden, a rowboat passing by. "Princess Kathleen", CPR ferry, arrives in Victoria's Inner Harbour with visitors crowding the decks. [Close-up of] passengers along the rails as ship passes. Empress Hotel over the after deck of the "Kathleen". Passengers leave the ship, down gangways into a shed. Car driving along ramp out of a ferry named the "Olympic", under a sign reading: "Come again, Au revoir. For information apply Victoria Publicity Bureau." Several other cars disembark. Good aerial view of Inner Harbour, Customs House, CPR ferries and etc. from top of Parliament Buildings; pans across to Empress Hotel. Sign on a building reads: "New England Cafe -? ? ? - Ask anybody". Also good [long shot of] old Post Office, Belmont Building, streetcar passing on Causeway. A man and a girl examine a rose bush in the Empress garden. Ladies in Mayor Pendray's topiary garden look at a sitting bear, a fat bird, a bird's roost, etc. CPR ferry in [background]. Old codgers lawn bowling. Oak Bay golf course with golfers and CPR ferry sailing by in [background]. Swimming and diving in the Crystal Gardens. "Empress of Japan" in Esquimalt dry dock. Shot down Moss Street (?) with Olympic Mountains in distance. Mount Baker in far distance from Malahat overlooking Pat Bay. Car driving over Malahat Drive -- several shots including one down Finlayson Arm. A car travelling through the forest over a dirt road; a man & woman walk through ferns beneath the trees. Two couples hold hands around the base of a large tree. Car continues through forest. A speedboat, perhaps on Cowichan Lake. A gracious tea being served outdoors by a maid dressed in black, somewhere on the Oak Bay Golf Course, with the ocean & Olympic mountains in [background]. Curtain comes down over beach scene from beginning of film." (Colin Browne)
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A VHS reference copy is available for this item, V1987:57/001.02.
Type C video master, V1987:57/001.01.
Betacam SP video sub-master, V1987:57/001.03.
U-Matic video sub-master V1989:25.
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Conservation restriction: original film elements are in cold storage and are inaccessible.
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Copyright expired.
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References: Listed in Browne, "Motion Picture Production in B.C.", entry #0149.
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Accession number(s): F1980:236
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Previously described as AAAA0580.
Credits note
producing agency/company: Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau; sponsored/presented by: Canada. National Parks Branch; director: W.J. (Bill) Oliver; producer: W.J. (Bill) Oliver
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BCPM catalogue #965.2285.29a.
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- Automobile travel--British Columbia
- Canadian Pacific Steamship Company--Ships
- Crystal Garden (Victoria, B.C.)
- Dry-docks
- Empress Hotel (Victoria, B.C.)
- Golf courses--British Columbia
- Malahat Drive (B.C.)
- Parliament Buildings (Victoria, B.C. : 1898- )
- Streetcars--British Columbia--Victoria
- Ferries--British Columbia
- Hotels--British Columbia--Victoria
- Gardens--British Columbia