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Kitsilano (Vancouver, B.C.) Costume With digital objects
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Vancouver Jubilee

Item is a promotional film showing the Diamond Jubilee celebration events, a brief history of Vancouver and concludes with footage of Vancouver after 1945. The film shows historical photographs of Vancouver and focuses on various aspects of development in Vancouver including industry, media, communications, transportation, power plants, city planning, city governance, tourism and architecture.

The film was commissioned by the Vancouver Jubilee Publicity Committee and later sponsored by the British Columbia Electric Company Ltd.

Individuals involved in the creation of the film include: John Young (Director of Photography), L.E. Weekes (Cameraman), Maureen Balfe (Editor), Gordon Inglis and Margaret Jestley (Narrators), C. Fredenburgh (Lighting), L.M. Parry (Producer), William D. Dix (Director)

This film is a re-print made by the Vancouver Museum in the late 1970's for a program called "Vancouver's Heritage in Film".

Trans-Canada Films

Kerri Groves, Gail McCormick and Isobel Nairn and Warnett Kennedy

Item is a photograph showing Kerri Groves, Gail McCormick and Isobel Nairn dressed in pioneer costumes with Warnett Kennedy. Caption from back of print: "Ladies in White, Kerri Groves, Gail McCormick, Isobel Nairn and Alderman Warnett Kennedy." Caption and photograph appeared in volume 1, issue no. 4 of the Centennial Update newsletter.