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Vancouver diamond jubilee
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- moving images
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Trans-Canada Films Ltd.
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1946-1947 (Creation)
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1 film reel (00:21:07 ; 760 ft) : composite print, colour, sound ; 16 mm and additional film elements
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The item is a composite print of a promotional film made in 1947. It shows the celebrations marking Vancouver's 60th anniversary to provide a framework for a short history and description of the city. Jubilee events include parades, a pageant at Timber Bowl in Stanley Park, First Nations dancing and the induction of the Governor-General (Viscount Alexander) as an honorary Kwakiutl chief. There are historical photographs which show Vancouver's early development.
Contemporary footage reveals various aspects of the city: skyline, public buildings and street scenes including Marine Building, harbour and shipyards, False Creek CPR yards and roundhouse, Lion's Gate and Burrard bridges, Vancouver airport, bus and streetcar systems, Police and Fire departments, Kitsilano Beach, Stanley Park, Bowen Island, boating, sailing, Sun Salmon Derby etc. It also includes footage of regional industries: logging, mining, smelting, fishing, farming, hydro-electric sites.
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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
A VHS reference copy is available for this item, V1986:41/002 REF
Type C video master, V1993:02
U-Matic video master, V1986:41/002
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Copyright British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority.
Finding aids
Shot list in file F1984:11/042.
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General note
References: Listed in Duffy, "Camera West", entry #V/14; Canadian Moving Picture Digest, 22 June 1946 p.14 and 11 October 1947 p.8.
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Accession number(s): F1984:11
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Previously described as AAAA3005
Credits note
director: William D. Dix; photography: John Young; editor: Maureen Balfe; narrator: Gordon Inglis; narrator: Margaret Jestley; producing agency/company: Trans-Canada Films Ltd.; sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producer: Lew M. Parry; distributor: National Film Board of Canada
Accompanying material
Additional elements include:
F1984:11/042.01 - internegative
F1984:11/042.02 - B-wind negative track
F1984:11/042.03 - B-wind track (old)
F1984:11/042.04 - direct positive track (old)
F1984:11/042.06 - dub master
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- Burrard Street Bridge (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company--Facilities
- Fisheries--British Columbia
- Harbours--British Columbia--Vancouver
- Hydroelectric power plants--British Columbia
- Lions Gate Bridge (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Logging--British Columbia
- Metallurgical plants--British Columbia
- Mines and mineral resources--British Columbia
- Pageants--British Columbia--Vancouver
- Railroad yards--British Columbia--Vancouver
- Streetcars--British Columbia--Vancouver
- Sun Salmon Derby
- Shipbuilding--British Columbia
- Agriculture--British Columbia
- British Columbia--Anniversaries, etc.
- Parades--British Columbia
- Indigenous dance--British Columbia
- Kwakwaka’wakw
- Salmon fisheries--British Columbia
Name access points
- Vancouver, B.C. Police Dept. (Subject)
- Vancouver, B.C. Fire Dept. (Subject)