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A gentleman preparing to take the plunge.
Part of Jim Ryan fonds
A swimming race in English Bay.
Part of Alfred Dresser fonds
Part of Ruth M. Chambers fonds
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Amateur swimming and diving in Victoria in the 1920s RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1976-12-02 SUMMARY: Arthur Stott discusses where Victoria's young swam and trained. In pre-Crystal, swimming was outdoors, chiefly at the Gorge, and the season from May 24 to Labour Day. Funds slim, long-distance travel severely limited; strict amateur status.
"Bathing in the surf, Second Beach, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC".
BC Summer Games, Richmond; swimming
"Bowen Island swimming float," Travel Bureau negative No. 2018.
British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Vancouver
Part of Thomas Whitefoot fonds
Special event footage. Amateur footage of the British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Vancouver. Shows track and field events at Empire Stadium on opening day; final day events at Empire Stadium (including the Roger Bannnister-John Landy "Miracle Mile" and the end of Jim Peters' marathon attempt); swimming and diving events at Empire Pool; rowing events on the Vedder Canal.
British Empire Games 1954 : out-takes
The item consists of film out-takes of the British Empire Commonwealth Games of 1954. Based on footage shot by amateurs at Empire Stadium and UBC, the outs include shots of ceremonies, cycling, diving, swimming, the mile run and the marathon, including the collapse of Jim Peters.
Part of Oscar and Dorothy Burritt fonds
Footage. Colour [Dufaycolor process]: shots of Vancouver skyline and Hotel Vancouver (the latter matching a shot in the film 'AND-'). B&W [Agfa stock]: underexposed night shots on and from a streetcar passing through downtown Vancouver on New Year's Eve, 1937 - passengers (including Dorothy Fowler), some in party hats; big Christmas tree, theatre marquees and electric signs. Scenes in nightclub with jazz band; trick shot of man "sucking in" smoke rings. Dorothy, Oscar Burritt and others swimming; Dorothy taking photos. Colour: brief shots of Oscar posing with unidentified man and woman in front of a sightseeing bus [Kodachrome, edge code 1938].
Canadian swimming and diving championships
SUMMARY: Report by Ted Reynolds about the Canadian Swimming and Diving Championships in Victoria, B.C.;
Part of Austin J. Alexander fonds
Amateur film. Home movie footage of seashore recreation, boating activities, and regatta events such as swimming and diving competitions, canoe races, rowboat races, speedboat race, parade, etc.
"Empress of Britain; Olympian Pool".
Part of Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources films
The item is a reel of film footage showing scenes of boats, floats, swimmers, fish, falls, flumes and sheep. A passenger steamer also appears.
Members of the Crescent Beach Swimming Club.
Members Of The Vancouver Island Athletic Association, Victoria
Members Of The Vancouver Island Athletic Association, Victoria
Ocean Falls; interior view of the new swimming pool; the Pool of Champions
Part of Photographs
Ocean Falls; Lenora Fisher; from Volume 13, unbound 1955, No. 8
Part of Photographs
Part of Photographs
[Sayward Forest : recreation, etc.]
Part of Forest Service films
Stock shots. Extensive footage of the Sayward Forest, primarily showing outdoor recreation activities -- boating (power, sail and canoe), camping, sport fishing, picnicking, swimming, sunbathing, water skiing, etc. -- on the lakes, streams and rivers of the area. Also includes sequences on the Elk Falls and Menzie lookout towers; forest inventory crews at work near Frog Lake and Elk Falls; Campbell River Forest Nursery; a tugboat pulling a log barge in Johnstone Strait; Campbell River Ranger Station; Elk Falls Park; neat and messy camp sites.