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Tourism B.C. Marketplace Progam [Program] - Expo 86

Item is "Marketplace Program" produced for EXPO 86 and Tourism BC. Major exhibition in BC Pavilion for EXPO 86. Multi-screen laser disc interactive display. Laser discs were very new at this time and cost over $2500 each to manufacture. This laser disc was produced to be used with specially designed players that would allow for touch-screen interaction from visitors to the B.C. Pavilion. These machines no longer exist; to get an idea of what options were made available pause the playback to view what the touch-screen displays looked like.
Item includes visual vignettes featuring footage to represent various geographical areas of the province of British Columbia. Theme music plays in the background of the scenes; no dialogue. Brief written descriptions of each area of the province precede each section of footage. At 00:10:23 - 00:10:24 screen shots of all of the various touch screen menu screens appear - to see these please slow down the playback and pause for each. Starting at 00:10:26 the footage plays out that would have been associated and parsed out for the various selected menu choices. At 00:12:08-00:12:11 more screen shots of selections flash by, again slow or pause to view these fully. Starting at 00:12:12 more groupings of clips of British Columbia can be viewed. From 00:13:55-00:13:58 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:13:59 there are more groupings of clips of British Columbia. From 00:15:38-00:15:40 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:15:42 there are more groupings of clips of British Columbia. From 00:17:24-00:17:26 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:17:27 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. From 00:19:03-00:19:05 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:19:06 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. From 00:20:53-00:20:57 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:20:59 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. From 00:19:03-00:19:05 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:19:06 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. From 00:22:33-00:22:35 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:22:36 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. From 00:24:23-00:24:26 there are more menus and screenshots, pause or slow down the playback to view. Starting at 00:24:28 there are more groupings of clips showing British Columbia. At 00:26:14 there is the final section of menu screen shots and following that brief shots of hotels and lodgings in British Columbia. Final credits at 00:26:38.

Vancouver - Pacific Celebration [French narration]

Film is a promotional film for the city of Vancouver. The film won several awards at film festivals including: Chris Plaque - Best Travel Film, at Columbus International Film Festival; a Special Jury Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival; the Canuck Award - 2nd Place Best Canadian Travel Film, Canadian Travel Association; a Bronze Award at the Film and Television Festival of New York; and a Certificate of Merit - Recreation at the Chicago International Film Festival.
Producer and director of photography: Robert S. Rodvik; Director and supervising editor: Michael J. Collier; Original music composed and arranged by Ralph Dyck; Narrator: Art Hives; Narration script: Keith Cutler; Laboratory: Alpha Cine Service Ltd.; Electronic Instruments Courtesy of Roland Corp.; Sponsored by Greater Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau; New Horizon Film Productions MCMLXXVI.
The English narration is on channel 1 and the French narration is on channel 2.

Kerrisdale Commercial Association dinner dance

Group portrait showing (standing): Peter N. Crawford, President K.C.A., John Lecky, Vice President and Judith Filtness, Secretary; (seated): Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dobbs, grand prize winners.

Descriptive note acquired with negative: "The Kerrisdale Commercial Association held their most successful dinner dance at the Arbutus Club on Valentine's Day, attended by over one hundred merchants and their friends. many valuable prizes were donated by the merchants and were raffled to those in attendance. The grand prize, two tickets to Bermuda or Nassau, arranged by Kerrisdale Travel, were won by Mr. And Mrs. Lee Dobbs of Easy Care Cleaners. One ticket was donated by Air Canada. Pictured here are (standing) Peter N. Crawford (President of the K.C.A.), John Lecky (Vice President), Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dobbs, (Seated) Judith Filtness (Association Secretary), Wes Van Dusen (Kerrisdale Travel)."

Kerrisdale Commercial Association dinner dance

Group portrait showing (standing): Peter N. Crawford, President K.C.A., John Lecky, Vice President and Judith Filtness, Secretary; (seated): Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dobbs, grand prize winners.

Descriptive note acquired with negative: "The Kerrisdale Commercial Association held their most successful dinner dance at the Arbutus Club on Valentine's Day, attended by over one hundred merchants and their friends. many valuable prizes were donated by the merchants and were raffled to those in attendance. The grand prize, two tickets to Bermuda or Nassau, arranged by Kerrisdale Travel, were won by Mr. And Mrs. Lee Dobbs of Easy Care Cleaners. One ticket was donated by Air Canada. Pictured here are (standing) Peter N. Crawford (President of the K.C.A.), John Lecky (Vice President), Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dobbs, (Seated) Judith Filtness (Association Secretary), Wes Van Dusen (Kerrisdale Travel)."

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