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BC Power Commission 58/59 review

The item consists of reel of film footage from 1958-1959. It contains a spliced-together footage compilation showing various Power Commission operations: mobile 500KW diesel generating unit arrives in Revelstoke, cable-laying barge, boats and shore crew lay underwater line to Thetis & Kuper Islands, island residents celebrate at a picnic, where First Nations dancers perform, power plant construction & tunnel work at Ash River project on Great Central Lake [similar tunnelling shots in Men at Work], continuing through winter, completed Ash River Generating Station and penstock, shots of Chemainus sawmill and new power station.

B&W footage: official opening of Georgia Gas Turbine Generating Station at Chemainus -- people touring station, Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Commission chairman Hugh Keenleyside addressing crowd and on-site CHEK-TV interview [b&w, sound] with Premier Bennett re Power Commission development.

Breakthrough

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.

Cheakamus hydro-electric development : part 2 : penstocks, powerhouse

The item is an industrial film on a black and white workprint. It continues the story of the hydro-electric development on the Cheakamus River and shows the construction of the penstocks and powerhouse, 23 miles from Squamish. There are shots of tunnel construction and installation of powerhouse equipment. The generators went on-line late in 1957.

Kitimat story : [revised version]

Industrial film. The building of Kitimat smelter, the Kemano tunnel (through Mt. DuBose) and the power transmission line from Kemano to Kitimat. Also scenes of smelter operation and port facilities. Updates the 1954 film of the same title.

Kitimat, port to the world

Industrial film. An overview of the Alcan development of Kitimat -- Kenney Dam on the Nechako River; Kemano power plant; the Kitimat smelter, which ships aluminum all over the world; and the community of Kitimat itself.

Men at work

The item is a release print of an industrial film from ca. 1958. BC Power Commission employees do many jobs essential to the maintenance of electrical service. The film includes footage of snow survey work on central Vancouver Island, a logging crew clearing trees at the edge of a reservoir, work in progress on the water diversion tunnel at Ash River, transmission tower construction, a crew hanging warning markers on power lines, inspection of power lines via helicopter and Spillimacheen generating station. There are also scenes in Fort St. James and vicinity. The film is set within the framework of a simulated interview show on CHEK-TV. Director of administration Garth Griffith and public information officer Jim Bogyo talk with host Keith Cutler.

Men at work

Industrial film. BC Power Commission employees do many jobs essential to the maintenance of electrical service. The film includes footage of snow survey work on central Vancouver Island; a logging crew clearing trees at the edge of a reservoir; work in progress on the water diversion tunnel at Ash River; transmission tower construction; a crew hanging warning markers on power lines; inspection of power lines via helicopter; and Spillimacheen generating station. Also scenes in Fort St. James and vicinity. The film is set within the framework of a simulated interview show on CHEK-TV. Director of administration Garth Griffith and public information officer Jim Bogyo talk with host Keith Cutler.

Peace River progress

The item is a composite print of an industrial film, made in 1964-1964. It is the second in a series of films on the Peace River development at Portage Mountain; shows the complex operations required to divert the Peace River and leave the river bed dry for preparation of the dam site; includes excavation and reinforcing of tunnels for the diversion.

Penstock no. 3

The item is an industrial film made around 1949. It describes the construction of penstock no. 3 at the Bridge River project and the water diversion tunnel system through Mission Mountain. See also "Generating unit no. 3".

Power in the Peace

The item consists of a release print of an industrial film from 1963. It show the initial steps in the Peace River project. Includes: overview and surveying of proposed Portage Mountain dam; aerial views of dam site and local communities; creation of three tunnels to divert the Peace River and expose the river bed for dam site preparation.

Ripple Rock

Industrial film. The destruction of Ripple Rock, a long-time menace to shipping in Seymour Narrows, by the world's largest non-nuclear explosion. Footage includes animated diagrams of the project; preparatory tests with models; underwater tunnelling and drilling operations; the shipment and placing of explosives; aerial and general views of the Narrows, and the various technical preparations for the explosion, as well as the blast and its results.

Ripple Rock : [out-takes]

Out-takes. The destruction of Ripple Rock, a long-time menace to shipping in Seymour Narrows, by the world's largest non-nuclear explosion. Footage includes animated diagrams of the project; preparatory tests with models; underwater tunnelling and drilling operations; the shipment and placing of explosives; aerial and general views of the Narrows, and the various technical preparations for the explosion, as well as the blast and its results.

[Ripple Rock project] : [footage and out-takes]

Footage. Shows various supply and construction activities associated with the project of tunneling under Seymour Narrows and placing dynamite under Ripple Rock. Includes shots of coastal features near the site, a freighter in Seymour Narrows, Painter's Lodge (Campbell River), construction of wooden frame buildings, and a sequence showing a turkey dinner being served to a work crew. No shots of the actual explosion are included. One sequence shows the freightboat "Cloverleaf IV" being loaded and en route (possibly to Ahousat, on the west coast of Vancouver Island). Unrelated material (in two segments) shows a De Havilland Comet Mk. 3 airliner with BOAC markings (registration G-ANLO) landing, taxiing, and disembarking passengers at Vancouver Airport.

The mountain movers

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).

Wahleach

The item is a composite print of an industrial film made in 1951-1952. It shows the construction of the 82,000-horsepower power plant at Wahleach Creek (between Chilliwack and Hope). Footage includes site clearing, tunnel work, building construction, installation of penstock and turbines and transmission line crews at work.