RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-] SUMMARY: Harold Parker discusses the construction of the Alcan Project at Kemano and Kitimat.

Industrial film. Mining crews drill and blast a 10-mile-long tunnel through Mount DuBose to carry water from the Kenney Dam to drive the generators at Kemano power plant for Alcan's Kitimat project. Ingersoll-Rand tunnelling equipment is featured.

Industrial film. The installation of the fourth generator at the Kemano Power Project is dramatized from the viewpoint of a "power engineer."

Industrial film. Shows the Kenney Dam, the construction and operation of the Kemano tunnel and powerhouse, the process of making aluminum at the Alcan smelter in Kitimat, and the maintenance of power transmission lines. Also includes footage of logging; scenery and wildlife in the region; life in Kitimat, especially sports and recreational activities; and a trip by boat from Kemano to Kitimat.

The item is an industrial film. It shows the Kenney Dam, the construction and operation of the Kemano tunnel and powerhouse, the process of making aluminum at the Alcan smelter in Kitimat, and the maintenance of power transmission lines. Also includes footage of logging; scenery and wildlife in the region; life in Kitimat, especially sports and recreational activities; and a trip by boat from Kemano to Kitimat.

The series consists of photographs, slides, film reels, and textual records documenting the broad scope of Okanagan’s British Columbia-based operations. These activities included topographical surveys, construction projects, power line stringing, heli-skiing, heli-logging, and air ambulance services. The records date predominantly to the 1950s through 1970s.

The series consists of prints taken at Kemano, a project that is considered by some as the turning point for Okanagan’s fortunes. Several photographs were allegedly taken between 1956 and 1962, although many of the prints date from 1950 to 1955. Photographs also depict one of Okanagan’s earliest construction projects at the 1949 Palisade Lake Dam site.

The series provides textual and photographic records of Okanagan’s involvement with the air ambulance service, an initiative which began in 1977. The series also consists of several photographs and film reels that document Okanagan’s involvement with heli-logging and heli-skiing from the 1960s and 1970s, including several commercially-produced promotional heli-skiing films. Negatives show Okanagan's involvement with other commercial films, such as the filming of the 1995 Hollywood film "Bad Company."

The creator originally classified many of the operational files by the model of helicopter used, rather than by the year or type of operation. The archivist has arranged all operational files together. File titles clearly reflect the creator’s system.

Similarly, the series consists of several files from the ‘General Files Library,’ which included numerous files on hangars and bases in addition to operational files. The two subsections were clearly organized as related, yet independent, bodies.

The series is arranged into sections based on type of operation, and then chronologically within each section.

Stock shots. Compiled from the outs of sundry Parry productions, these rolls include footage of cannery operations, cattle ranching, farming, fishing, a foundry, logging, pipe laying, powerhouse and power line construction (Kemano), sawmilling and shipping. In addition, there are such sequences as an amphibious aircraft landing on a lake and taxiing onto land; a CPA DC-8 airliner taking off and in flight; Kelowna's Royal Anne Hotel; CPR locomotive 374 (retired) at Kitsilano Park; Mission Dam; Okanagan Valley apple blossoms; Rocky Mountain scenery and locales; Stanley Park; a fire in a Vancouver shipyard; and Vancouver's streets, skyline & waterfront. 76.3 has some particularly good mid-1950s Vancouver street scenes (with newsboys hawking papers on busy streets), as well as good footage of the waterfront and docks, various cargoes being loaded or unloaded, etc.

The item is two reels of documentary film. It is a United Nations film examining "the problem of human survival" and emphasizing humanity's role as builder, rather than destroyer. Includes sequences filmed in Italy, Haiti, Norway, and Canada. The latter sequence (which occurs near the beginning of reel 2) shows the construction of the Kenney Dam, the tunnel and Kemano hydro-electric plant, and the planning and construction of Kitimat townsite. Show the arrival of workers and their families, the shack town used while the town was built, schools and stores, Haisla village, a contentious soccer match, etc.

Industrial film. A progress report on the Alcan development in British Columbia. Construction of the Kenney Dam, Kemano power project, and power line to Kitimat.

Industrial film. The development of the Kitimat project as seen through the eyes of Jean Marcotte, a "power engineer."

SUMMARY: An overview of progress on the Alcan Project at Kemano and Kitimat as of September 1952.

SUMMARY: The story of the Aluminum Company of Canada's project at Kitimat, including the dam, powerhouse and smelter. A 1952 production, updated for 1953 broadcast. T1970:0001 is a broadcast version and T1970:0002 is a spliced master.

The item consists of an industrial film showing the construction of the hydro-electric development to supply power to the Kitimat smelter: the Kenney Dam on the Nechako River, the Kemano tunnel through Mt. DuBose, the stringing of power transmission lines, and a helicopter airlift of supplies. Also includes shots of community facilities at Kitimat or Kemano, and of Vancouver (skyline and miscellaneous views).