Ambleside & West Lion's Gate Bridge
- AM1376-: 2014-055.17
- Item
- June 22, 1957
Ambleside & West Lion's Gate Bridge
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Item is a tourist promotional video for travelling in Alaska. Features shots showing off the Alaskan landscape, following a train of tourists on their route to Northern Alaska. Includes footage of dogsledding and snowmobiling. Video has a predominantly country music soundtrack. Dubbed in Japanese with Japanese title screens and Japanese credits.
NHK [Nippon Hoso Kyokai; official English name: Japan Broadcasting Corporation]
An old bridge - now being replaced by a steel structure
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the old Granville Street Bridge.
[An unidentified bridge over a river]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a photograph showing a group portrait of workers ; rail cars, industrial buildings and the Royal George Hotel is shown in the background.
[An unidentified trestle bridge]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[An unidentified trestle bridge]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Anti-war demonstration organized by the Coordinating Committee to end the war in Vietnam]
Photograph shows the demonstrators walking south across the Cambie Bridge
[Anti-war demonstration organized by the Coordinating Committee to end the war in Vietnam]
Photograph shows the demonstrators walking south across the Cambie Bridge
[Anti-war demonstration organized by the Coordinating Committee to end the war in Vietnam]
Photograph shows the demonstrators walking south across the Cambie Bridge
[Anti-war demonstration organized by the Coordinating Committee to end the war in Vietnam]
Photograph shows the demonstrators walking south across the Cambie Bridge
[Anti-war demonstration organized by the Coordinating Committee to end the war in Vietnam]
Photograph shows the demonstrators walking south across the Cambie Bridge and a view looking north along Cambie Street
[Approach to the Burrard Bridge]
Part of Major Matthews collection
[Arch at entrance to Stanley Park]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a man standing under the arch in front of the bridge into Stanley Park.
[Arch at entrance to Stanley Park]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows a man standing under the arch in front of the bridge into Stanley Park.
Photograph shows a truck crossing Big Mouth Creek
Army convoy [to Banff National Park]
Photograph shows a bridge over the Kicking Horse River
Army convoy [travelling through the Fraser Canyon]
A.R.P. fire drill display - Kitsilano
Photograph shows the unit lined up on the Burrard Bridge
Stamp on front of print reads "Unfinished proof"
Part of James Crookall fonds
Australian liner "Awaitea" [under] Lions Gate Bridge
Avenue Theatre [Main and Georgia Streets]
Part of Walter E. Frost fonds
Photograph shows Standard Junk Co. in the Bell building, the B.C. E. R. gas tank and the Georgia Viaduct.
Banff and Cascade Mountain from Sanitorium Hotel
Part of Major Matthews collection
Banff townsite, from sanitarium
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows bridge and buildings in the foreground, and mountains in the distance.
[Baptist Church on barge passing though an open railway bridge on the Fraser River]
Part of John Davidson fonds
[Barricade on the Georgia viaduct]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the B.C. Electric gasometer.
[Barricade on the Georgia viaduct]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the B.C. Electric gasometer.
[Barricade on the Georgia viaduct]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows the B.C. Electric gasometer.
[Bascule] Bridge near Main Street
Part of H.A. Price collection
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
This item consists of raw footage featuring B.C./Expo 86 aerials; shot in 35mm and transferred to one inch tape. Original negative no longer exists and only video footage survives. Some of this material was used in Yaletown Production's video postcard series. Includes nighttime footage of downtown Vancouver.
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
This item consists of raw footage featuring B.C./Expo 86 aerials; shot in 35mm and transferred to one inch tape. Original negative no longer exists and only video footage survives. Some of this material was used in Yaletown Production's video postcard series. There are several shots of the B.C. Pavillion, now the Telus World of Science; including nighttime shots of the B.C. Pavillion, the Expo grounds and the city. Some scenes have been sped up.
BC [British Columbia] postcard - The Rockies to the Pacific
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Film is a promotional video for the province of British Columbia. Focusing on different sections of the province in turn the video highlights the features and tourist attractions of each. According to the donor this is most likely the original of the final production with sound and image. Director Mike [Michael] Collier; cinematography Norm Keziere, Dave Geddes, Bob Asgeirsson, Bill Rounds, Tommy Tompkins, and John Anderson; editor Rober Brandreth-Gibbs; research Sharon McGowan; narration script Don White and Sharon McGowan, narrator Art Hives; video services Post Haste Video; film lab Alpha Cine Services; sound mix Pinewood Studios; special thanks to Tourism British Columbia. Produced by Yaletown Productions. b&w 00:10:57-00:11:04 and 00:18:47-00:19:22.
BC [British Columbia] postcard - The Rockies to the Pacific [Japanese version]
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Film is a promotional video for the province of British Columbia this version has Japanese narration. Focusing on different sections of the province in turn the video highlights the features and tourist attractions of each. According to the donor this is most likely the original of the final production with sound and image. Director Mike [Michael] Collier; cinematography Norm Keziere, Dave Geddes, Bob Asgeirsson, Bill Rounds, Tommy Tompkins, and John Anderson; editor Rober Brandreth-Gibbs; research Sharon McGowan; narration script Don White and Sharon McGowan, narrator Art Hives; video services Post Haste Video; film lab Alpha Cine Services; sound mix Pinewood Studios; special thanks to Tourism British Columbia. Produced by Yaletown Productions. Ends with an advertisement for 'Canada's Best Selling Video Postcard Series.' b&w 00:10:57-00:11:04 and 00:18:47-00:19:22.
[B.C. Electric Railway repair shops near Burrard Street Bridge]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows site of Seaforth Armoury, on Kitsilano Indian Reserve.
B.C. Electric street car tracks on Cambie Bridge
B.C. Electric street car tracks on Cambie Bridge
Part of Major Matthews collection
Oblique view looking north across the north arm of the Fraser River towards Marpole
Part of Major Matthews collection
Oblique view showing sawmills on the north arm of the Fraser River
Beacon Hill Park, Victoria B.C.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Begg [Street] at Terminal [Avenue looking] east
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photograph taken underneath the Grandview Viaduct
Below the swinging bridge - Capilano Canyon
Part of Hubert William Lovell fonds
Photograph was taken in the summer.
Bird's eye view Lower Kicking Horse Canyon
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shws bridge, railway tracks and river through canyon.
"Black Bird Trestle", North Shore Lake Superior
Part of Major Matthews collection
Blackbird trestle, C.P.R. North Shore Lake Superior
Part of Major Matthews collection
Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds
Item is an amateur film showing people with dogs in the snow and Sam and Margaret Magoffin with her parents, the Boalts, having a picnic in the woods, at the Capilano Suspension Bridge, and then at the beach where the men change a tire on the car. Also included in the film are scenes taken at home with the women knitting and sewing, Margaret and her parents exiting the Devonshire Hotel and entering a car with the courthouse in the background, people waving from the back of a train, and Sam and Margaret standing by a window.
[Board of Trade trip - The Skeena bridge, Terrace, B.C.]
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Inscription by L.D. Taylor on the verso reads: "Bridge at Terrace, B.C. opened - Board of Trade."
Boat and Bath House from Saint Alice Hotel, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Boat 'Lions Gate' under Lions Gate Bridge
Boat 'Lions Gate' under Lions Gate Bridge