Aerial view showing Brockton Point & City, Vancouver, B.C.
Bing and Chief Mathias Joe Capilano at the Forum
Item is a photograph showing Bing Crosby standing with a City official, Acting Mayor George Miller.
Bing at the Forum as "Chief Thundervoice"
Bing Crosby - Philco Radio Time
Part contains a recording of a network broadcast of Bing Crosby's radio show during his October 1948 visit to Vancouver. The sponsor was Philco Radio and Television Corp. and the broadcaster was the American Broadcasting Company. BC Archives created recording by copying Parts 1, 2 and 3 from two original audio discs.
Bing Crosby in Vancouver, edited broadcast [sides 1-6]
Bing Crosby in Vancouver, edited broadcast [sides 7-8]
Item is a newsreel film documenting Bing Crosby's visit to Vancouver in 1948. The film contains footage of Bing Crosby at City Hall receiving the Key to the City from Alderman J.D. Cornett; performing at Sunset Community Centre site and turning the sod at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new building; attending a Squamish First Nations ceremony at the Forum where he was made "Chief of Thunder Voice"; and playing golf at the Capilano Golf Club.
Centre organizers review drawings for Sunset Community Centre
Item is a photograph showing (L-R) Harry Duker, Charlie Stevens, Bob Fleming, Bill Fearn, Bert Emery, and Stan Thomas.
Four young women working to dismantle army camp
Salvaging lumber from army camp
Site of the Centre - Spring 1949, looking north
Site of the Centre - Spring 1949, looking south
Sunset Community Centre under construction
Part contains excerpts from the CJOR broadcast of Bing Crosby's 1948 visit to Vancouver, reprised on the eve of the cornerstone laying at the Sunset Memorial Centre. Individuals involved include Bing Crosby (speaker) and Dorwin Baird (reporter). BC Archives created recording by copying Parts 1 and 2 from the original audio disc.
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Item is an amateur film documenting the construction of the Sunset Memorial Centre in 1949 and the visit of Alderman J.D. Cornett, Mayor Charles Jones, and Park Commissioner I. J. Irwin to the construction site.
Teenagers helping dismantle army camp
Item is a photograph showing a group of children holding protest signs in support of the proposed Sunset Memorial Centre.