Dock strike [15 ships in harbour at night]
- AM1668-: CVA 293-101.1
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- Mar. 23, 1975
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Dock strike [15 ships in harbour at night]
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
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.
Unique waterway of Canada's Pacific Coast
Item describes the exploration of a freshwater harbour on the Pacific Coast.
National Harbours Board Annual report 1975
Stanley Park, the VanDusen Garden, and the visit of the Kaiwo Maru
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a documentary film documenting Stanley Park, the VanDusen Botanical Display Garden, and the visit to Vancouver of the Japanese tall ship the Kaiwo Maru. Footage taken at the VanDusen Garden includes the garden entrance, the administration/library/classroom building, flower beds, roses, trees, ponds, lily pads, blue herons, a starling, and stone sculptures. Footage from Stanley Park includes crowds at the Stanley Park Junction, children and adults riding the Stanley Park Miniature Railway, people watching bears at the Stanley Park Zoo, and other zoo animals including flamingoes and seals. Film also includes footage taken from a sail boat of the Kaiwo Maru in English Bay surrounded by numerous pleasurecraft, with a group of the Kaiwo Maru's crew standing on her bow. The film also includes footage of Vancouver Harbour, downtown Vancouver, and cruise ships at berth as viewed from the deck of a sail boat.
Evening anchorage [3 large ships and small sailboat in harbour at sunset]
Evening anchorage [3 large ships and small sailboat in harbour at sunset]
Night anchorage [ship in harbour at night]
Night anchorage [ship in harbour at night]
Anchorage [4 large ships anchored in harbour]
Anchorage [4 large ships anchored in harbour]
Solar Spotlight (Fesco Lines in harbour]
Solar Spotlight (Fesco Lines in harbour]
Outward bound [Ferncliff leaving the harbour]
Outward bound [Ferncliff leaving the harbour]
No wheat [view from Kitsilano Beach of freighter anchored in the harbour]
No wheat [view from Kitsilano Beach of freighter anchored in the harbour]
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is photograph showing view of Coal Harbour and Stanley Park from the Westcoast building.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is photograph showing view of Coal Harbour and Stanley Park taken from Westcoast building.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is photograph showing Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is photograph showing view of Coal Harbour and Stanley Park taken from Westcoast building.
View of ships and boats in harbour at sunset
The Vancouver Harbour : a preliminary position paper
[Construction of Granville Square]
Part of O.B. Allan Ltd. fonds
Item shows construction at Granville Square (200 Granville St.) as well as harbour with "Hong Kong Mail" and other ship in dock. Caption reads "Project 200 presents: your window on world commerce. Construction now at plaza level and the start of 30 floors. March 1971".
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is photograph showing Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is photograph showing Stanley Park and Coal Harbour.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline : Westcoast bldg. and scenery from inside
Item is photograph showing Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline : Westcoast bldg. and scenery from inside
Item is aerial photograph showing Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline : Westcoast bldg. and scenery from inside
Item is photograph showing Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is photograph showing Burrard Inlet, Coal Harbour, and Stanley Park.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is photograph showing Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is photograph showing an aerial view of Burrard Inlet showing the southern shoreline and parts of Stanley Park.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph showing Coal Harbour and Stanley Park from the south shore.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph showing part of Coal Harbour and Burrard Inlet.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph showing part of Coal Harbour and Burrard Inlet.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph of Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph showing Coal Harbour and Burrard Inlet.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph showing Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph of Stanley Park and Coal Harbour.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph showing a panoramic view of downtown Vancouver looking north west towards Stanley Park and Coal Harbour.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is photograph showing Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph showing downtown Vancouver looking north west towards Stanley Park and Coal Harbour.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph showing Burrard Inlet and Coal Harbour.
British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph showing Stanley Park and Coal Harbour.