The item consists of a promotional film showing the construction of the coal port in Prince Rupert; the employment potential in exports; the economic impact of rail links to Tumbler Ridge; road access to Chetwynd; coal industry investments and the Pacific Rim trade agreement with Japan.

The sub-series consists of photographs of the Chetwynd Tumbler Ridge highway. The photographs show the construction of the highway and various bridges by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways The sub-series contains 6 files numbered from G-1 to G-2.

The series consists of a binder of catalogued slides created by the Ministry of Industry and Small Business Development between 1981 and 1984. The slides show various aspects of the North East Coal Development project and include images of the Quintette Coal Limited mine, the Bullmoose (Teck) Mine, Tumbler Ridge, BC Hydro work and the highway built between Chetwynd and Tumber Ridge. The slides are duplicates of those taken by the Special Services Branch and were catalogued with the numbering system used for Government image bank photographs. They range from 23-00001 to 23-00723.. The classification system consists of region or subject group number followed by the image number.

The series consists of North East Coal Development information books of slides created by the Ministry of Industry and Small Business Development between 1981 and 1984. Each book or subseries covers a particular mine or project and within each book there are files of slides relating to that mine arranged in file number order. The slides show various aspects of the North East Coal Development project and are accompanied by an information portfolio which contains lists of the slides and copies of map of the North East Coal Development area around Tumbler Ridge and Chetwynd plus newsclippings about new provincial parks in the area.

The sub-series consists of photographs of Prince George, Chetwynd, Prince Rupert, Dawson Creek, the Alaska Highway, Roberts Bank and Vancouver. The sub-series contains four files numbered from K-1 to K-4.

The series consists of a photo album created by the Ministry of Industry and Small Business Development in 1981. The album contains 29 colour prints and 1 map showing the progress of provincial infrastructure in support of the North East Coal Development project. The photographs are of various infrastructure projects and show clearing of land for hydro transmission lines, highways and the municipality of Tumber Ridge, construction of hydro substations and bridges and work on tunnels and rail lines. The prints are taken from the Goverment image bank and have classification numbers 23-00826, 23-00858, 23-00859, 23-00456, 23-00857, 23-00856, 23-00855, 23-00468, 23-00854, 23-00870, 23-00871, 23-00861, 23-00862, 23-00864, 23-00865, 23-00867, 23-00876, 23-00492, 23-00877, 23-00628, 23-00602, 23-00497, 23-00564, 23-00878, 23-00880, 23-00881, 23-00882, 23-00883 and 23-00636. The map is of the North East Coal Development area around Tumbler Ridge and Chetwynd and shows the road and rail work being constructed.