Victoria - approaching Seagull Island
- AM1591-: 2011-089.20
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- [1959?]
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is an amateur film from Douglas Scott's time living in Victoria which captures a boat's approach to "Seagull Island".
Victoria - approaching Seagull Island
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is an amateur film from Douglas Scott's time living in Victoria which captures a boat's approach to "Seagull Island".
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is an amateur film which captures Remembrance Day proceedings in Victoria, British Columbia. A ceremony is being held on the grounds of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings and the Inner Harbour area, where soldiers and veterans in ceremony stand around the War Memorial. The soldiers march and line up, various men in formal dress take turns placing a wreath at the base of the statue (including Premier Duff Pattullo), and a military band plays. The film closes with a blurry shot of Margaret.
Victoria - flowers, Camera Craft sign
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is an amateur film from Douglas Scott's time living in Victoria, British Columbia, the first half of which primarily captures many shots of young apple trees in bloom, and flowers in a garden (possibly Beacon Hill Park). The second half of the film captures Scott's neon Camera Craft sign blinking at night.
Hong Kong and Victoria -miscellaneous
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is an amateur film from Douglas Scott's time living in Hong Kong and Victoria, British Columbia, which captures the Scott family at their Hong Kong home; boats in a crowded Hong Kong harbour and various ships; a Texaco station; fireworks at night; the lights of downtown Hong Kong; the streets of Hong Kong, with a man giving a performance or a speech, street vendors, merchants, cars, rickshaws, and signs; a cricket match; the Cenotaph in Hong Kong; a military parade and people near the waterfront to see off an unidentified dignitary (perhaps a British Navy admiral based on his uniform); and airplanes flying in formation. In Canada, the footage includes fishing in boats; sailing, possibly in the Gulf Islands; a sunset over the mountains and trees; animals, including deer, chickens, and a bear; a garden and flowers. The film then returns to China, and captures parts of an airplane being transported, followed by shots of an airplane flying.
Victoria - Government House, royal visit footage, and soldiers departing
Part of Douglas Stewart Scott fonds
Item is a film which contains some of Douglas Scott's footage of the royal visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Victoria, British Columbia, in May of 1939. The film captures a car approaching Government House; Margaret by the water; intertitles reading "We leave their majesties steaming Eastward, back to their family at the Heart of the Empire - while Canadians from the Atlantic to Pacific unite in loyalty and affection for our Sailor King and his gracious consort," and "The Straits of Juan de Fuca : In the foreground Canada - in the background the towering Olympic Range in the United States - two great nations living together in peace and Amity;" a large pole being painted by a man elevated by a pulley; the fountains and structures of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings illuminated for the royal visit; the parade, a marching band, and Mounties; a golf game; flowers; and youths riding horses. The end of the film captures soldiers marching.
Part of Hamber family fonds
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Part of Hamber family fonds
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with the Hambers
Part of Hamber family fonds
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth proceeding to car
Part of Hamber family fonds
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arriving at royal visit ceremony and parade
Part of Hamber family fonds
Audience awaiting the commencement of the royal visit parade
Part of Hamber family fonds
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Lieutenant-Governor Hamber, and Prime Minister King
Part of Hamber family fonds
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth being greeted at royal visit ceremony
Part of Hamber family fonds
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and dignitaries arriving at ceremony
Part of Hamber family fonds
Dignitaries arriving at royal visit ceremony
Part of Hamber family fonds
Royal Canadian Army at royal visit
Part of Hamber family fonds
Police and army awaiting for the arrival of the royal visit
Part of Hamber family fonds
Military veterans awaiting for the arrival of the royal visit
Part of Hamber family fonds
King George VI presenting the colours
Part of Hamber family fonds
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth being conveyed in an automobile
Part of Hamber family fonds
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth stepping out of an automobile
Part of Hamber family fonds
The royal inspection of the guards
Part of Hamber family fonds
Part of Hamber family fonds
Red Cross garden party at Government House
Part of Hamber family fonds
Guests at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
The Hambers receiving guests at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
Lt.-Gov. Hamber speaking to guest at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
The Hambers receiving guests at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
Lt.-Gov. Hamber speaking to guests at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
The Hambers receiving guests at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
Guests at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
The Hambers receiving guests at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
Lieutenant-Governor Hamber at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
Lt.-Gov. Hamber and Aldyen at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
The Hambers receiving guests at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
Guests in line to be received at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
Aldyen and E.W. Hamber at Government House garden party
Part of Hamber family fonds
Garden Party at Government House
Part of Hamber family fonds
President and Eleanor Roosevelt at Government House
Part of Hamber family fonds
Aldyen Hamber with the Duke of Kent at Government House
Part of Hamber family fonds
The Duke of Kent arriving at Government House
Part of Hamber family fonds
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
Part of Hamber family fonds
E.W. Hamber with Lord Athlone at Government House
Part of Hamber family fonds
Lord Athlone and Lt. Gov. Hamber inspecting the Boy Scout troop
Part of Hamber family fonds
Provincial Ministers and E.W. Hamber on stairs of Parliament
Part of Hamber family fonds
Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir visit to Government House
Part of Hamber family fonds
Lord Tweedsmuir, Eric Werge Hamber and others
Part of Hamber family fonds
Lt. Gov. Hamber at the opening of the 19th Parliament of British Columbia
Part of Hamber family fonds
Lt. Gov. Hamber at the opening of the 19th Parliament of British Columbia
Part of Hamber family fonds
Lt. Gov. Hamber at the opening of the 19th Parliament of British Columbia
Part of Hamber family fonds