[Sea Island Airport administration building]
- AM54-S4-: Air N37
- Item
- [5 May 1931]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Sea Island Airport administration building]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Sea Island Airport administration building]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Sea Island Airport administration building]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
[Sea Island Airport administration building]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.
Sea Island Airport Airdrome [hangar]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Sea Island Airport Airdrome with hangar doors open]
Part of Major Matthews collection
J.S. Matthews' inscription on negative "7797 Sea Island Airport Airdrome. 5 May 1931. Foundation stone Administration Bldg laid 13 Sept 1930. Official Opening 22 July 1931."
Sea Island airport, aerial photo, east
Sea Island airport, aerial photo, northeast
Sea Island airport, aerial photo, northwest
Sea Island airport, aerial photo, south, from biplane
Should Vancouver sell the airport? : factual information
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky Hawks, "Flight of the Skyhawks: 20th anniversary celebration.;" produced in cooperation with the Department of National Defense Canada. Narrated by Donnelly Rhodes; written by Richard Tomkies; produced and directed by Michael Collier; editor Jane Morrison; and music Bruce Ruddell. The documentary follows the Sky hawks team through selection and training, their missions and goals and performances and other outreach activities the team performs as part of being a Sky hawk. From original camera source tapes. This is the cassette version, 47 minutes. Nov. 4, 1991, Yaletown Productions.
Sky hawks [film to tape transfers, tape #1]
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is one inch film to tape tranfer of raw footage shot for the one hour television network documentary "Flight of the Sky Hawks : 20th Anniversary." The film features Canada's military parachute team, the Sky Hawks. Footage is silent.
Sky hawks [film to tape transfers, tape #2]
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is raw footage for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's military parachute team, the Sky hawks. One inch film to tape transfer. Includes footage from the air and from the ground.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's Military Parachute Team, the Sky Hawks. Original camera source tape 1. Includes footage of an airplane taking off and then footage taken from inside an airplane of the pilots and crew and of equipment being dropped out the back of the airplane attached to parachutes.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's Military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Original camera source tape 2. Video includes shots of men in an air hangar wearing camouflage and carrying equipment, checking parachutes and receiving instructions. Also shows men on an airplane ready and waiting to jump out. Ambient noise recorded.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's Military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Includes footage of a city skyline [Spokane, WA?], and the Sky hawk team members at an air show in the USA, an American flag is included in their show [Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, WA?]. Team members are filmed getting ready to board the plane, polishing their boots, folding a flag, checking their own and each others equipment, practicing their aerial routine on the ground, footage also includes a local news camera women, airshow crowds, the Sky hawks ground team, the Sky hawks performance, the airshow announcer can be heard narrating the show as the camera captures the show and the crowd. Original camera source tape 20.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is raw footage shot for a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's Military parachute team, the Sky hawks. Original camera source tape 9. Includes classroom planning footage, team members getting their skydiving costumes on, checking each others parachute equipment, an interview with Peirre regarding the Sky hawks six week training camp in Paris CA each year, the Sky hawks getting on an airplane, preparing the landing site, footage from the ground of the Sky hawks performing and landing.
Small propeller plane belly-landing, hangars in background
Snowbirds - Venez Voler Avec Nous [come fly with us], English with French subtitles
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Film is a theatrical short produced for the 20th Anniversary of the Canadian Forces Air Demonstration Squadron, "The Snowbirds." This version has french narration, french credits, and french subtitles.
Yaletown Productions obtained distribution for the film across Canada; it played in theatres as a short before the Demi Moore feature film "Mortal Thoughts" (1991).
Produced by Yaletown Productions for the Department of National Defense. Music by Steven Vitali.
Snowbirds: Come fly with us [English]
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Film was a theatrical short produced for the 20th Anniversary of the Canadian Forces Air Demonstration Squadron, The Snowbirds. Yaletown Productions obtained distribution for the film across Canada; it played in theatres as a short before the Demi Moore feature film "Mortal Thoughts" (1991).
Produced by Yaletown Productions for the Department of National Defense, Canada. Music by Steven Vitali.
[Spencer family at Vancouver International Airport]
Item is an amateur film documenting the Spencer family gathered at Vancouver International Airport as Colonel Victor Spencer departs. Film documents Col. Victor Spencer boarding an airliner, as well as Gertrude and Elizabeth Ann Spencer, and Isabell Winch in front of the Administration Building. The film also shows Elizabeth Ann at Aberthau, and John Fife and Elizabeth Ann playing in the snow.
Stanley Park - Winter Skate - New Immigrant Arrived Airport
Part of Harry Lin Chin fonds
Item is a home movie which pictures Lions Gate Bridge from the Stanley Park side, the view from Coal Harbour, and outdoor skating and tennis in Lost Lagoon and/or Beaver Lake in the wintertime. The second half features immigrants disembarking at Vancouver airport, exiting United Air Lines' customs and immigrations and taking photographs. Lew Parry's Steet Metal Worker's Local 280 float sculpture is briefly filmed.
Segment titles as indicated on the original film leader are: Stanley Park + Harbour; Winter Skates; Harry; Nov Mel + Party; New Immigrant Arrives in Van. airport; Jean Chin Poy Lin; Mrs Chin Hong + Mrs. Chiu; Nen + Bing Chin; Go See Yow and Poon's Goddaughter.
Strategic plan update : 1995-1999 : "following the North Star'
T.C.M. [air]plane [at] Vancouver Airport
The "Empress of Auckland", C.P.A. transpacific aircraft, on tarmac at Vancouver Airport.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Those magnificent Snowbirds - The first 20 years
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is a one hour television network documentary featuring Canada's aerobatic air team, the Snowbirds. Narrated by Leslie Nielsen. The documentary begins by following the eight men trying out for the four spaces in the 1990 Snowbirds team, then discussing the history of aviation in Canada and the Canadian military, the majority of the film focuses on the training of the Snowbirds team and the outreach and shows they perform. Ending with the final show of the 20th anniversary season. Digital edited master (no supers). Version has blackout breaks for commercials. Yaletown Productions, produced in cooperation with U.TV/CKVU Vancouver and the Global Television Network and in cooperation with the Department of National Defense Canada; executive producers Ken Jubenvill and I.H. Asper; co-producers Stan Thomas and Peter Viner; associate producer Susan Brinton; director of photography Bob Gibson; additional photography Bob Ennis and Cpl. Marc Cossette; technical adviser Major Dan Dempsey.
File consists of 32 photographs showing aerial views of the Vancouver Airport, Sea Island, Richmond, and the Fraser River. Also included are various shots showing the belly-landing of a small airplane.
Toni Sinclair eating Welsh rarebit at Vancouver International Airport
Part of Vancouver Express fonds
Item is a photograph of Toni Sinclair eating Welsh rarebit upon her arrival at Vancouver International Airport. Caption from Vancouver Express: "One rabbit for Easter: Burnaby actress Toni Sinclair, who caused a mild furor in Britain last fall by saying -- on BBC -- that the only good Welsh Rarebit was to be had in Vancouver's Georgia Hotel, gets her just dessert at Vancouver International Airport on her arrival back home. Serving is Berndt Meikle of the Cavalier Grill."
United Air Lines airplane Boeing 247D [and view of airplanes circling the airfield]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Vancouver - Pacific Celebration
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Film is a promotional film for the city of Vancouver. The film won several awards at film festivals including: Chris Plaque - Best Travel Film, at Columbus International Film Festival; a Special Jury Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival; the Canuck Award - 2nd Place Best Canadian Travel Film, Canadian Travel Association; a Bronze Award at the Film and Television Festival of New York; and a Certificate of Merit - Recreation at the Chicago International Film Festival.
Producer and director of photography: Robert S. Rodvik; Director and supervising editor: Michael J. Collier; Original music composed and arranged by Ralph Dyck; Narrator: Art Hives; Narration script: Keith Cutler; Laboratory: Alpha Cine Service Ltd.; Electronic Instruments Courtesy of Roland Corp.; Sponsored by Greater Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau; New Horizon Film Productions MCMLXXVI.
The16mm release print that the digital child was made from, was struck from the internegative/original negatives, and the optical sound track; it is closest thing to an original in the donation for this production. It is the only record of this movie on film with a soundtrack.
Vancouver - Pacific Celebration [French narration]
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Film is a promotional film for the city of Vancouver. The film won several awards at film festivals including: Chris Plaque - Best Travel Film, at Columbus International Film Festival; a Special Jury Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival; the Canuck Award - 2nd Place Best Canadian Travel Film, Canadian Travel Association; a Bronze Award at the Film and Television Festival of New York; and a Certificate of Merit - Recreation at the Chicago International Film Festival.
Producer and director of photography: Robert S. Rodvik; Director and supervising editor: Michael J. Collier; Original music composed and arranged by Ralph Dyck; Narrator: Art Hives; Narration script: Keith Cutler; Laboratory: Alpha Cine Service Ltd.; Electronic Instruments Courtesy of Roland Corp.; Sponsored by Greater Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau; New Horizon Film Productions MCMLXXVI.
The English narration is on channel 1 and the French narration is on channel 2.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Vancouver Airport : design for Spanish Banks
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Item is a pamphlet showing a proposed sea and land plane development at Spanish Banks. The front sheet shows cost estimates and the back sheet shows a map of the proposed development.
Vancouver Airport & Admin buildings
Vancouver Airport Administration Building
Vancouver Airport closed as a Vancouver-owned airport, May 31/62
Part of Major Matthews collection
Vancouver Airport (under city control Nov. 1, 1947)
Part of Major Matthews collection
Vancouver International Airport
Part of Major Matthews collection
Vancouver International Airport : Draft airport master plan, October 1980
Vancouver International Airport : official opening of new passenger facilities, Nov. 4, 1957
Vancouver International Airport. A plan for the future
Vancouver International Airport environmental assessment panel March 1983. - draft
Vancouver International Airport Historical Information
Consists of a list of sources on the history of the airport and a chronology of the airport, produced by the Master Planning Project Team of the Vancouver International Airport.
Vancouver International Airport master plan. December 1981
Vancouver International Airport official opening Oct. 25, 1968
Part of Major Matthews collection