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"Expo" day 3 - cam[era] rolls 1-3

Film consists of raw footage shot at Expo 86; shows: pavilions, performers, people watching, the Canada Pavilion, the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, the Plaza of Nations, neon signs at the Imax theatre, cowgirls dancing, the view from a mo...

Reference code

AM1553-8-S7-: MI-244

Date(s)

1986 (Creation)

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Item

Part of

Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

"Expo" day 3 - cam[era] rolls 4-5

Film consists of raw footage taken at Expo86 and includes scenes of the Minolta Space Drop ride, food carts, crowds, the gondolas and the view from the gondola ride, people walking on the seawall, RCMP officers, the RCMP musical ride (outdoor venu...

Reference code

AM1553-8-S7-: MI-245

Date(s)

1986 (Creation)

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Item

Part of

Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

"Expo" [camera roll 4]

Film features raw footage shot at Expo 86 and featuring: a view from the back of the rollercoaster in action and from the giant spaceship swinging ride. Silent film.

Reference code

AM1553-8-S7-: MI-247

Date(s)

1986 (Creation)

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Item

Part of

Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

1st Depot Battalion Camp. Vancouver, B.C. 1918

Camp is located at Hastings Park, also shown is the Educational Building, the Quartermaster's Store and the roller coaster in the background.

Reference code

AM1535-: CVA 99-5200

Date(s)

1918 (Creation)

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Item

Part of

Stuart Thomson fonds

C[anadian] P[acific] Exhibition Amusement Ridge [merry-go-round]

Reference code

AM1535-: CVA 99 - 3131

Date(s)

1934 (Creation)

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Item

Part of

Stuart Thomson fonds

Focus on Expo - one inch master - Aug. '86

This item consists of video transfers of film footage shot at Expo 86. The raw footage was transferred to video and edited on tape into a finished production. According to the donor this is the original of the final production with sound and image...

Reference code

AM1553-8-S13-: MI-344

Date(s)

Aug. 1986 (Creation) Michael Collier

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Item

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Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

[1st Depot Battalion Camp at Hastings Park]

Photograph shows the educational building and the roller coaster in the background.

Reference code

AM1535-: CVA 99-5206

Date(s)

[ca. 1918] (Creation)

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Item

Part of

Stuart Thomson fonds

[A bingo game at the Pacific National Exhibition midway at Hastings Park]

Reference code

AM640-: CVA 260-507

Date(s)

[ca. 1936] (Creation)

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Item

Part of

James Crookall fonds

[A boxing and wrestling sideshow at the Pacific National Exhibition midway at Hastings Park]

Reference code

AM640-: CVA 260-504

Date(s)

[ca. 1936] (Creation)

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Item

Part of

James Crookall fonds

[Aerial view of the amusement park at the P.N.E.]

Oblique view showing the roller coaster

Reference code

AM281-S8-: CVA 180-5234

Date(s)

Aug. 28, 1963 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Part of

Pacific National Exhibition fonds

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