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Rails to romance
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- moving images
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British Columbia. Government Travel Bureau. Photographic Branch
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[1945-1947] (Creation)
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1 film reel (00:20:00 ; 725 ft) : composite print, colour, sound ; 16 mm
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Promotional film. The route of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway from its southern terminus at Squamish to the Central Interior, and aspects of the area served by the railway. Includes footage of a voyage from Vancouver to Squamish on Union Steamship's "Lady Alexandra", with a stop at Bowen Island; sports and recreation at Alta Lake; cattle drive; wheat fields; placer mining; logging; PGE crews at work.
Includes footage of: Anderson Lake, Barkerville, Bowen Island, Bridge River, Clinton, D'Arcy, Lillooet, Quesnel, Seton Lake, Squamish, Wells, Williams Lake, Alta Lake, Birkenhead River, Lac La Hache, Rainbow, Vancouver, Cariboo Region, Cheakamus River
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A digital copy is available under call number V1987_39_001_01.mp4.
Please contact staff for further information.
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Copyright Government of British Columbia.
Finding aids
Shot list in file F1980:391.
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Title from label on head of film. For a VIDEO copy of this title, see AAAA2540.
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References: Listed in Duffy, "Camera West", entry #R/04.
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Accession number(s): F1980:391
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Previously described as AAAA4196
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producing agency/company: British Columbia. Government Travel Bureau. Photographic Branch; photography: Richard L. Colby; photography: C.R.D. Ferris; sponsored/presented by: Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company
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- Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company (Subject)