Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
VanDusen Gardens, Gastown - Vancouver, B.C.
General material designation
- Moving images
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Title statements of responsibility
Produced by Dominion Films.
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on label affixed to film and captions in film.
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Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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May, 1978 (Creation)
- Note
- Date based on masking tape label affixed to bag containing film.
Physical description area
Physical description
1 film reel (6min., 29sec.; 70.96m) : acetate, original, reversal, double perforated, col., si.; 16 mm
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Archival description area
Custodial history
Scope and content
Item is a documentary film documenting the VanDusen Botanical Display Garden, as well as tourist attractions and businesses in Gastown. Film documents areas of the VanDusen Garden including the parking lot, administration building, main entrance, pavilions, greenhouses, MacMillan Bloedel Place, several ponds and gardens. The film also includes footage of bees, mallard ducks, Canadian geese, black swans, blue herons, and children feeding geese. The film also documents street scenes, tourist attractions, and prominent buildings in Gastown. It features footage of the replica SS Beaver at its moorings, shops including The Coggery and a silver and goldsmith, a busker with a banjo, a mural and signs for Brother Jon's Restaurant (1 Water Street), the Old Spaghetti Factory, a wooden bhudda statue outside of a store, the Europe Hotel, Steam Clock, Gassy Jack statue, Vancouver Harbour Centre, and views of Water Street.
Notes area
Physical condition
Condition report on file.
Immediate source of acquisition
Transferred from UBC Rare Books and Special Collections on January 21, 2010.
Arrangement
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Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Also available as a digital file
Restrictions on access
Original film is not available for viewing.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
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Accruals
General note
Master copy formerly located at 726-B-06.
Alpha-numeric designations
UBC Rare Books and Special Collections' accession number was M01-19.