The item is film footage showing various stages in the demolition of the old Hotel Vancouver, 1949. It could be a fully produced film missing its title frames, as it concludes with a caption, "The end."

The item consists of 2 reels of unedited film footage from 1978. The footage shows the demolition of King George School in downtown Vancouver which took place January 1978.

The item is a newsreel compilation on a black and white film print. It contains an historical compilation of international news items: the San Francisco earthquake 1906, the capture of Two-Gun Crowley 1931, King Alfonso exiled 1931, 1929 personalities, the Atlantic Charter 1941, 1901 aviation [Alberto Santos-Dumont's balloons and airplane], 1920 fashions, World War I brides 1919 and 1926 sports. It also contains BC material spliced into the print: 1949 "Wreckers demolish old Hotel Vancouver" and 1948 "BC Electric introduce first trolley coaches". The latter item includes crews tearing up streetcar tracks, Oakridge Transit Centre and development of the system 1945-55.