Radio programs--British Columbia

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A strange manuscript found in a copper cylinder

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a series designed to introduce and encourage promising contemporary writers and actors, and to draw attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. The series; celebrated a quarter-century of broadcasting in 1969. This episode, "A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder", is based on the 19th-century Canadian science-fiction novel by James de Mille, f;irst published in 1888, adapted by British Columbia writer Crawford Killian.;

Alan Erdman radio broadcast collection

  • PR-1984
  • Collection
  • 1941-1956 [Copied 1987]

The collection consists of radio broadcasts including speeches, news programs, advertising, and dramas.

Erdman, Alan, collector

Allan Klenman collection

"The Allan Klenman Collection" consists of material accumulated by Mr. Klenman in the course of his sales career with several British Columbia radio stations, including CKNW, CKWX, CKMO and CKDA. The collection includes rate cards, staff newsletters, station publications, promotional materials, correspondence and accounts information, in addition to general information regarding sales.

Between ourselves : School on the Nass

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating from different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary about teacher Vera Chastenay, who spent a year at Aiyansh with the people of the Nass around 1912, and about the way they celebrated Christmas. This is an earlier version of the People in Landscape program "School on the Nass" (T2431:0001) which aired as a regional feature as part 1 of an episode of "Between Ourselves".

Bill Ward collection

  • PR-2249
  • Collection
  • 1951-1953 ; 1962-1964

The collection consists of six audio reels collected by Bill Ward, including copies of "Conservation Calling" episodes and various radio musical and advertisement programs, a Fish and Wildlife official speech and a Fish and Wildlife Christmas party.

Ward, William T.

Captain Midnight : closing announcements

SUMMARY: Six closing announcements for the "Captain Midnight" series (which was transcribed for broadcast from the Mutual Eastern Network), sponsored by Junior Radio Theatre and Robinson Bakery.

CBC radio documentaries by Orchard

The series consists of individual radio documentaries by Imbert Orchard that did not form part of his three major series (as documented in MS-3269). They includs programs that aired regionally on series such as "B.C. Folio", "Pacific Mosaic" and "Spotlight on B.C.", or on national series such as "Between Ourselves", "The Bush and the Salon", "CBC Midweek" or "Saturday Night". The series includes some of Orchard's earliest documentaries, notably "Pioneer People of the North" (1961-62), "The Fort and the City" (1962), and the award-winning "River of the Clouds" (1965). Other significant programs include "The Road back" (1965), "A Journey of Two Summer Moons" (1972), "The Riverboys and the Fur Traders" (1972), "The Cormonant Bluffs" (197-), and "The Great West Road" (1977). In some instances, program production elements have been preserved, in order to illustrate Orchard's working methods.

CBC radio series by Orchard

The series consists of recordings of the radio programs in Orchard's three major series of B.C. history documentaries: "Living Memory" (four series, 1961-1964), "From the Mountains to the Sea" (one series, 1967)," and People in Landscape" (four series, 1968-1972). (There is also a group of special programs that aired as part of "People in Landscape," but outside the historical narrative of the current series.) Produced at CBC Vancouver, these programs were mainly based on Orchard's tape-recorded oral history interviews with B.C. pioneers (found in MS-3268)

CBC Tuesday night : A journey of two summer moons : [parts 1 & 2]

SUMMARY: "A Journey of Two Summer Moons" is about the first crossing of the Rockies by explorer David Thompson in 1807, and a trip made by Imbert Orchard and Peter Haworth in 1972, re-tracing Thompson's route;. The program combines excerpts from Thompson's journal with recordings made on the 1972 journey.;

Champions of sport, 1953-05-05

SUMMARY: "Champions of Sport" is a show which focuses on the lives of Canadian athletes. This episode is about "Newsy" Lalonde of Cornwall, Ontario, who became one of Canada's greatest all-round athletes in th;e 1920s.;

CHWK fonds

  • PR-1782
  • Fonds
  • 1939-1947, 1967, 1977, 1982

The fonds consists of recordings of advertisements and programs on radio station CHWK Chilliwack, as well as reminiscences by two early station employees and a 1982 broadcast remembering the 1948 Fraser River flood.

CHWK (Radio station : Chilliwack, B.C.)

CKOV Radio fonds

  • PR-1783
  • Fonds
  • 1941-1960 [Copied 1988]

The fonds consists of recordings of programs from CKOV Radio.

CKOV (Radio station : Kelowna, B.C.)

CKWX Radio fonds

  • PR-1784
  • Fonds
  • 1935-1969

The fonds consists of radio programming and advertisements of CKWX Radio in Vancouver. Fonds includes recordings of political speeches, documentaries, interviews, news and variety programs.

CKWX (Radio Station : Vancouver, B.C.)

Conservation calling

The item is an audio recording of two episodes of "Conservation Calling", a weekly 15-minute radio show on CFJC Kamloops in the early 1950s.
Bill Ward presents Dr. R.B. Miller, consulting biologist for the Alberta Game Commission, who discusses reasons for liberalizing sports fishing regulations. Ward also delivers some "Wildlife Briefs" about a stocked fishing pond, snake collectors, and a construction project altered because of a plover nest.

Bill Ward talks about waterfowl sanctuaries; a Chilcotin legend; and the importance of fish and game clubs. "Wildlife Briefs": story of a domesticated deer; bear attack on a hunting guide; scientific research on B.C. lakes.

Conservation calling

The item is an audio recording containing two episodes of "Conservation Calling", a weekly 15-minute radio show on CFJC Kamloops in the early 1950s.

Bill Ward and his guest, pilot Harry Bray of Central BC Airways, discuss the trumpeter swans of Lonesome Lake, their capture for transplanting, and the role of Ralph Edwards.

Bill Ward talks about: game biologists; the Chilcotin legend of a person using eagles to "parachute" from a cliff; trapping; game wardens' meeting; Dr. Hatter's report on the over-population of moose.

Conservation calling and Fish and Wildlife Christmas party

The item is an audio recording containing two episodes of "Conservation Calling", a weekly 15-minute radio show on CFJC Kamloops in the early 1950s.

Bill Ward discusses: snakes, grazing, sounds of the wild. Also: "Wildlife Briefs".

Bill Ward discusses grizzly bears, lions, bird migration and bird tagging. Also: "Wildlife Briefs".

The recording also contains a recording of the 1964 Christmas party of the Fish and Wildlife Branch staff in Victoria. Features songs, skits, and recitations, mainly poking fun at branch officials and politicians.

Dad Edwards interview

SUMMARY: Fragment of interview with Mr. J.A. Edwards -- possibly done as a test interview.;

Dal Richards fonds

  • PR-1840
  • Fonds
  • 1941-1967, 1982-1983

The fonds consists of recordings of Richards' band.

Richards, Dal, 1918-

Dave Dixon collection

  • PR-1983
  • Collection
  • 1942-1958

The collection consists of various radio broadcasts, including music, interviews and speeches from various radio stations in B.C. It also contains kinescopes of four CBC Vancouver television productions, including three episodes of the children's program "Barney's Gang".

Dixon, Dave, collector

Divisional operational records

  • GR-1295
  • Series
  • 1937-1982

This series contains the Forest Service's public information records. It includes divisional operational records containing materials on speeches, signs, educational materials, publicity, radio broadcasts, matters relating to the internal operation of the Division, and fire safety and prevention posters. These records were maintained separately from the general Departmental "O Series", and those files which had previously been assigned "O" Numbers" were withdrawn from the file vault series and retained by the Division. There are also ledgers for divisional accounts: vote 232 (1961-1962) and vote 206 (1965-1966).

British Columbia. Forest Service. Public Information and Education Division

Dust : [episodes 01 - 03]

SUMMARY: The short novel "Dust", by the Nobel-Prize-winning Norwegian author Bjornstjerne Bjornson, is read (in an English translation) by Peter Haworth. It is presented in three episodes.;

Early Vancouver radio oral history collection

  • PR-1853
  • Collection
  • 1979-1982

The collection consists of oral history interviews by Ronse pertaining to the history of early radio broadcasting in B.C., primarily in Vancouver.

Ronse, Emmanuel, collector

Emerson's point of view, 1964-02-01

SUMMARY: A series of talks by John Emerson, on a wide variety of topics. In this episode, Emerson discusses his boyhood in Vancouver. He expresses his dislike for many facets of the city of Vancouver.;

Fort St. James, Hagwilget and Moricetown : [CFPR interviews]

CALL NUMBER: T1061:0001
SUMMARY: These tapes comprise a series of unedited interviews with residents of Fort St. James, Hagwilget and Moricetown, recorded by CBC producer Norman Newton.
TRACK 1: DONALD GRAY, Sun Chief at Hagwilget, tells legends of Carrier prophet "Bini", as well as the origin of Saskatoon berries, and the relationship between men and animals. He then sings several songs and explains their meanings. DAVID DENNIS of Moricetown sings a song about "Bini", then a love song that he composed. LIZETTE HALL, a member of the Fort St. James Historical Society and the great-granddaughter of the famous Carrier Chief Kwah, tells the story of the first missionary, as told to her by her father. The Natives were afraid of him because, after seeing him lighti a match, they understood him to be a man made of fire.
RACK 2: Mrs. Hall continues by telling the story of how her father was first baptized at the age of four by Bishop Demers, and the impact of the missionaries on the community. She discusses her father's view on religion be;fore the white people came. Then JOHN PRINCE, who is the Catholic native chief, sings a song composed by Father Morice, and explains the song; then continues to sing several more songs. Mr. Prince tells several more stories, including how the first missionaries arrived, why the HBC named the local natives Carrier, and why natives no longer trap. John Prince expresses his regret at the loss of "old fashioned ways" and the negative impact of contact with "whites". Then he recalls his experiences as a child with Father Morice. This is followed by several more songs, and Prince's discussion of the conversion of the Carrier to Christianity. He adds that most natives are no longer interested in the church, and describes the difference among church law, state law and the Carrier religion.

CALL NUMBER: T1061:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. ALEX McKINNON, a native sawmill worker at Fort St. James, discusses Carrier history, beginning with the arrival in 1842 of Catholic priest Father Demers and his half-breed Cree interpreter. He describes the native population at Fort St. James and their customs, and how the priest imposed monogamous marriages, including the story of a man who loved both of his wives but was forced to sell one. Then he describes later priests, and more on the life of native people at Fort St. James. Mr. McKinnon recalls an experience in 1946, when he was invited by Andy Paul, of the North American Brotherhood of Indians, to join him in Ottawa to speak on what natives wanted; problems with schools; how he was received in Ottawa. Then CHIPMAN WELLS, boat builder at Fort St. James, describes Fort St. James when he arrived in 1924, and his experiences as a boat builder. He continues to describe Stuart Lake; Fort St. James, and the impact of "whites" upon natives. TRACK 2: EVELYN M. HOY of the Fort St. James Historical Society tells the story of the murder of two German prospectors in 1930. The subsequent inquiry focused on native suspects, until the arrest in Alberta of a former companion of the prospectors. After several trials, he was acquitted. A few years later, he was arrested for possession of firearms and deported back to Germany. Mrs. Hoy was told that the German government, then controlled by the Nazi party, shot him for murder of three other people.

CALL NUMBER: T1061:0002 track 2 item 02 SUMMARY: After the last interview, there are some fragments of CBC Radio programs that were present on the tapes before the interviews were recorded over them. These begin with a musical excerpt from the program "Records for You" and an advertisement for the Devonshire Hotel in Vancouver. This is followed by an advertisement for the Grand Cafe in Prince Rupert, and an excerpt from the program "Talk of the; Town", described a "weekly sound picture of the city of Prince Rupert". This excerpt contains an interview with Tommy Black, Rotary Club past president and manager of the Northern BC Power Company, about the history, principals and goals of the Rotary Club. He mentions some accomplishments of the Prince Rupert local including helping start the nurses home, the public library, the Civic Centre,; and homes for seniors. The program concludes with an announcement of upcoming shows, including an interview with George Wilkins of Port Edward about his experience sailing from Honolulu to Tahiti, and with Eva Kirkwood Hackett about her long career in theatre.

Green gold, 1948-10-06?

SUMMARY: An episode of the IWA's weekly radio program, "Green Gold". Host Al Parkin introduces Harold Pritchett, who discusses the decision by the executive of the British Columbia District of the IWA to sever its affiliation with the International Woodworkers of America and establish an autonomous Canadian union, the Woodworkers Industrial Union of Canada.

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