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Two excerpts from THREE THERE, an "experimental amateur travelogue" shot on Galiano Island, BC, during long weekend in 1940, by Vancouver film buffs Oscar Burritt, Dorothy Fowler, and Margaret Roberts. It's a languid, atmospheric memento of a few days spent on "island time." The music tracks used with these silent excerpts are "Kelp Cove" and "Ethereal" by Maarten Schellekens from evocativesoun...

Two more excerpts from THREE THERE, an "experimental amateur travelogue/memoir" shot on Galiano Island, BC, during a 1940 long weekend, by Oscar Burritt, Dorothy Fowler, and Margaret Roberts. The music tracks used for these silent excerpts are "A Better World" and "I Only I Could Stop the Clock" from evocativesoundtrack.com. (Thanks, Maarten!)

"Sun on a peach!" These film excerpts show highlights of the Penticton Peach Festival, ca. 1950, including the parade, midway and rodeo. The source film is "Peachtime in the Valley: Penticton, British Columbia" (BC Government Travel Bureau, 1949-51), BC Archives item AAAA2354 at the Royal BC Museum. Used by permission.

These edited excerpts from a 1948 BC government industrial film show in detail the processing and canning of salmon at a BC cannery. The source film is "Let's Go Fishing," photographed and directed by George J. Alexander, Deputy Minister of the Provincial Dept. of Fisheries. It's BC Archives item AAAA1216 at the Royal BC Museum.

This video clip shows an East Kootenays road trip road in the mid-1940s. Starting from Kootenay Prairie, it highlights the mining and coal industries at Kimberley, Fernie, and Michel; the history of Fort Steele; Cranbrook's new swimming pool; and a customs stop at Kingsgate crossing on the Canada-US border. The clip comprises excerpts from "Kootenay East", a BC government travelogue filmed in 1...

This Fokker F-11AHB "Flying Yacht," designated CF-AUV, operated in the Stikine-Cassiar Region of BC in the years 1933-1935. Built in 1930, it was the sixth and last Fokker F-11 variant completed. It was registered in the USA as NC339N, and flew in the San Francisco area in the early 1930s in the fleet of Air Ferries Ltd. In 1933, the aircraft was sold to W. Strong and registered in Canada as CF...

Edited excerpts highlighting the female workers on the salmon canning line at BC Packers' Imperial Cannery in Steveston, BC, and the facilities provided for workers by the company. "Salmon for Food" (ca. 1945) was directed by Oscar C. Burritt and produced by Leon Shelly's Vancouver Motion Pictures Ltd. for British Columbia Packers.

Here's a brief snippet from another BC government travelogue, showing CPR freight and passenger trains in the East Kootenays and the Revelstoke rail yards, 1944-45. (Nice shot of Selkirk locomotive 5920, in particular.) The clip was also featured in the Royal BC Museum DVD "Evergreen Playland: A Road Trip through British Columbia." It's an excerpt from "Kootenay East:, BC Archives AAAA1074 at t...

Continuation of the Salmo, BC, celebration of Dominion Day on July 1, 1939. One of the day's highlights was this performance by the "crack drill team" of the Nelson chapter of the Nomads of Avrudaka, which was probably affiliated with the Pythian Sisters Temple No. 10. According to Wikipedia, the Nomads of Avrudaka were a female auxiliary of the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan, a sid...

Tourism: A British Columbia Industry (1940) [edited excerpts] - RBCM AAAA2909

Bullion Mine (ca. 1941) - Royal BC Museum - AAAA1175

Salmo celebrates, July 1, 1939 [part 1] - RBCM AAAA1072

"Sudbury II" joins the IT&B fleet (1958-59) - RBCM AAAA2659

Out of the Shadows (1957) [head only, repaired] - Royal BC Museum - AAAA2523

This video clip tells the story of the barge "Straits Maru" and her 1956 voyage from Vancouver Island to the breaker's yard at Osaka, Japan, loaded with scrap iron. She was towed there by the Victoria-based deep-sea tug "Sudbury", a converted Royal Canadian Navy corvette. The clip is an excerpt from the promotional film "Saga of the Sudburys" (1960), produced for Island Tug & Barge by Parry Fil...

Coastal cruising at Princess Louisa Inlet, 1941, in edited excerpts from the BC government travelogue "British Columbia Sports" (Vancouver Motion Pictures Ltd.), BC Archives film item AAAA0589, as featured in the Royal BC Museum DVD "Evergreen Playland: A Road Trip through BC" (2008).

Gladys DeWolf and her friends stage an impromptu dance recital in the back yard of her family's Cranbrook home, ca. 1926, which was filmed by her father, Allan H. DeWolf.

A mid-1940s drive from Golden to Radium Hot Springs, via Yoho and Kootenay National Parks, as depicted in excerpts from the travelogue "Kootenay East" (BC Government Travel Bureau, ca. 1944-45). The complete film is BC Archives item AAAA1074 at the Royal BC Museum. This edited sequence originally appeared in the Museum's 2008 DVD "Evergreen Playland: A Road Trip through British Columbia." Used ...

The Big Bend Highway, starting from Revelstoke, as depicted in excerpts from the travelogue "Kootenay East" (BC Government Travel Bureau, ca. 1944-45). The complete film is BC Archives AAAA1074 at the Royal BC Museum. This edited sequence originally appeared in the Museum's 2008 DVD "Evergreen Playland: A Road Trip through British Columbia." Used by permission.

From Castlegar to Nelson and Slocan Lake - Royal BC Museum - AAAA1079

Qualicum Beach (1941-42 & 1949) - Royal BC Museum

Stikine River Travel (ca. 1933-35) : [edited excerpts from RBCM AAAA2798]

Driving from Hope to Kaleden (1949-51) - RBCM AAAA2354 - v.3

Sudbury II and the Flattops (1959-60) - RBCM AAAA2659

Greenwood and Phoenix [?] (ca. 1939) - RBCM AAAA1072

From Cache Creek to Barkerville (1955-56) - RBCM AAAA1211

Gathering spruce at Teakerne Arm (Summer 1940) - RBCM AAAA2900

The New Island Highway (1958-59) - RBCM AAAA2082

Three Js Placer Mines, Thibert Creek/Dease Lake (ca. 1933-35) - RBCM/BC Archives AAAA2798