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Vancouver - The City

Item is a documentary film documenting prominent buildings in downtown Vancouver on and around Granville Street, Burrard Street, Georgia Street, and Robson Square. These buildings include the Marine Building, Provincial Court House, Hotel Vancouver, Scotiabank Tower, Vancouver Block, Dominion Building, Eatons Building, BC Electric/Hydro Building, TD Tower, Bayshore Inn, Westcoast Energy Building, and several other skyscrapers. Film also includes footage of Granville Street street scenes, a trolley bus, and Robson Square under construction.

Vancouver and Stanley Park

Item is a documentary film documenting Stanley Park, downtown Vancouver, the Vancouver Planetarium, and Vanier Park. The film documents a number of attractions within Stanley Park including the Stanley Park Miniature Railway, Stanley Park Junction, various sections of the seawall, the Brockton Point Lighthouse, Coal Harbour Marina, Elek Imredy's sculpture Girl in a Wetsuit, the replica figurehead of the RMS Empress of Japan, tennis courts, Prospect Point lookout, Lost Lagoon, the Stanley Park Golf Course, totem poles, and the Lions Gate (First Narrows) Bridge (1938-). The film also includes footage of birds including Canada geese, seagulls, swans, mallard and wood ducks, and peacocks. The film documents Vancouver Harbour and its facilities, and includes footage of shipping containers, cranes, cargo ships, seabus, and a floatplane.

The film also documents downtown Vancouver and includes footage of numerous prominent buildings including the Marine Building, Vancouver Harbour Centre, Bayshore Inn, the Westcoast Energy Building, Hotel Vancouver, the Provincial Court House, Robson Square under construction, the Georgia Medical Dental Building, the Bank of Nova Scotia Tower, TD Tower, the Vancouver Block, Commodore Ballroom, Sun Tower, Dominion Building, Andrew Wesley Church, and the Hudson's Bay Company building. The film also contains night footage of the Vancouver skyline, Granville Street with illuminated signs, a fountain lit by coloured lights, and neon signs in Chinatown, including those for the Marco Polo Chinese Smorgasbord, Loon Foon Kwok restaurant, Ming's, South Seas Dining Lounge, Ho Inn Chop Suey, and Bing C. Wong & Associates Accounting and Taxation Service.

Film also includes footage of the exterior of the Bloedel Conservatory, a tugboat in False Creek, the downtown Vancouver skyline as viewed from Kitsilano, an old house (number 1160, street unknown), sailboats in English Bay, the Vancouver Planetarium, Vanier Park, and Beach Avenue as seen across False Creek from Vanier Park.

Toronto Dominion Bank tower across the Provincial Court House plaza

Item part is a photograph of the Toronto Dominion Bank tower (700 W. Georgia Street) from the plaza area in front of the Provincial Court House building (750 Hornby Street). Visible in the background are the Eaton's Building (701 Granville Street) and the clock tower of Vancouver Block (736 Granville Street).

Court House and Hotel Vancouver reflected in Toronto Dominion Bank Tower

Item is a photograph of the Provincial Court House building (750 Hornby Street) and Hotel Vancouver (900 W Georgia Street) reflected in the windows of the Toronto Dominion Bank tower (700 W. Georgia Street). The south facade of the Court House, a side view of the main entrance and plaza, the south facade of the Hotel Vancouver, and several other unidentified buildings are visible in the reflection.

Toronto Dominion Bank tower across the Provincial Court House plaza

Item part is a photograph of the Toronto Dominion Bank tower (700 W. Georgia Street) from the plaza area in front of the Provincial Court House building (750 Hornby Street). Visible in the background are the Eaton's Building (701 Granville Street) and the clock tower of Vancouver Block (736 Granville Street).

Toronto Dominion Bank tower and Provincial Court House plaza

Item part is a photograph of the Toronto Dominion Bank tower (700 W. Georgia Street) from the plaza area in front of the Provincial Court House building (750 Hornby Street). Visible in the background are the Eaton's Building (701 Granville Street) and the clock tower of Vancouver Block (736 Granville Street).

Toronto Dominion Bank tower across the Provincial Court House plaza

Item part is a photograph of the Toronto Dominion Bank tower (700 W. Georgia Street) from the plaza area in front of the Provincial Court House building (750 Hornby Street). Visible in the background are the Eaton's Building (701 Granville Street) and the clock tower of Vancouver Block (736 Granville Street).

Vancouver Court House [800 West Georgia Street] entrance

Item is a photograph of the front entrance of the Vancouver Court House building taken from behind the mosaic fountain in the courtyard. The front facade of the building, including the front staircase, lion sculptures, and columns, are seen with the statue from the fountain in the right foreground.

PNE Parade - Start of the RCMP Musical Ride

Item is an amateur film documenting the 1958 Vancouver Pacific National Exhibition Parade and British Columbia scenery. The film begins with footage of floats in the P.N.E parade. Identified floats and performers include the train from Montreal to Port Moody 1886, New Westminster, Comox Valley, Sannich, Vancouver Fire Department, Fraser Expedition, Canadian Order of Foresters, The Moonlighters, Horseshoe Bay, and the P.N.E Minstrel Band. Businesses and buildings shown include Standard Stations, British American Oil Company, Canadian Pacific Railroad, Radio CKWX 1130, Hotel Vancouver, Georgia Hotel, the Provincial Courthouse, and Pacific Western Airlines. Footage also shows downtown street banners. The second half of the film includes footage of the RCMP riding onto Hastings Park racetrack in formation in front of an RCMP band being conducted and a crowd. Houses in the Hastings-Sunrise area to the east of Hastings Park are also shown.

Supreme Court of British Columbia on the occasion of the swearing in of Justices Brown and Ruttan

Item is a photograph of the Supreme Court of British Columbia sitting on the occasion of the swearing in of Justice T. W. Brown and Justice John G. Ruttan. Identified Justices in this photograph are (from left to right): T. W. Brown, H. W. McInnes, Norman William Whittaker, Alexander Malcolm Manson, Chief Justice Sherwood Lett, John Owen Wilson, John Valentine Clyne, Arthur E . Lord, John G. Ruttan. Seated in the lower row in front of the bench are Leo Menendez, Registrar of the Supreme Court, Deputy Register Wells, and S. F. M. Moodie, Sheriff of Vancouver.

The Justices of the Supreme Court of British Columbia - MCMLVI

Item is a photograph of the Justices of the Supreme Court of British Columbia seated at their bench in the courthouse. The Justices in the photograph, from left to right, are: Hon. Mr. Justice J. G. Ruttan, Hon. Mr. Justice H. J. Sullivan, Hon. Mr. Justice H. W. McInnes, Hon. Mr. Justice N. W. Whittaker, Hon. Mr. Justice J. O. Wilson, Hon. Mr. Justice A. M. Manson, Hon. The Chief Justice Sherwood Lett, Hon. Mr. Justice A. D. MacFarlane, Hon. Mr. Justice H. S. Wood, Hon. Mr. Justice J. V. Clyne, Hon. Mr. Justice A. E. Lord, Hon. Mr. Justice T. W. Brown.

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