Documentary. The building of a BC Rail 129 kilometre (80 mile) branch line to the coal mines of Tumbler Ridge for the Northeast Coal Project. Shows surveying; tunnel and bridge construction; laying of rails; manufacture of porcelain insulators; installation of electrical lines to power trains; design and construction of electric locomotives; loaded trains en route; Ridley Island Coal Terminal at Prince Rupert.

The item consists of six film reels made from 1966 to 1973:

1. Answer print, aerial shots of Roberts Bank coal port; speakers' platform with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Premier W.A.C. Bennett; tour of facility by guests; shots of coal mining (Kaiser equipment).
2. Two duplicate prints, The item consists of film footage from 1973. It shows the freighter called "Snow Ball" unloading Japanese oranges in Vancouver.
3. Print, shots inside and outside Alcan's turbo-powered boat "Nechako"; its christening ceremony; departure with guests from Vancouver harbour.
4. Bennett bonds, people assembling in a large room; head table sits; Premier W.A.C. Bennett addresses the gathering; Bennett being interviewed about these bonds.
5. Bennett Mackenzie townsite, Premier W.A.C. Bennett campaigning in Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Prince George, and the "instant town" of Mackenzie, August 1966. One item shows him arriving in Prince George, boarding a train, aboard the train, and touring the Mackenzie mill and town.
6. Osaka trees, falling and hauling logs for the BC Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan.

The item consists of five film reels made from 1964 to 1973:

1. Bennett ferry outs; handover ceremonies for the M.V. "Queen of Nanaimo", 1964, in Victoria's Inner Harbour. Premier W.A.C. Bennett comes on board and is shown at the helm with a young boy.
2. Trudeau opens superport, aerial shots of Roberts Bank coal port; speakers' platform with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Premier W.A.C. Bennett; tour of facility by guests; shots of coal mining (Kaiser equipment).
3. Unedited footage outs, shots of Vancouver city, area, harbour and surrounding scenery, including the North Shore mountains, as seen from the Pacific Centre Tower.
4. Outs showing the freighter called "Snow Ball" unloading Japanese oranges in Vancouver, 1973.
5. Outs showing outside and inside Hercules aircraft operated by Pacific Western Airlines.

Industrial film. Discusses the relative merits of three proposed rail routes from the Fraser Valley to the Roberts Bank coal port.

Promotional film. Shows the relative merits of three proposed rail routes from the Fraser Valley to the Roberts Bank coal port. Composed of shots from the film RAIL ROUTES TO ROBERTS BANK (see), this silent news clip was intended for press or PR release.