Wow Duncan too Parkville back in 1966,I was only 5yrs old then & know I'm 57yrs old & watching & enjoying this video,thank you too ever shared this video,made my day....🙃
I moved to Parksville in 1967 and it looked like that for many years later, except for the many hitchhikers heading from Parksville to Long Beach (Tofino) in the late to early 70's... miss those days.
My grandparents built a house and acreage near Chemainus in 1975. Neat to see what that stretch looked like before they moved there. I also love seeing the Castaway sign in Nanaimo! It's still there, just down the street from where I am now!
Thank you for this! Awesome. Strangest thing I notice is how much more dangerous roads were back then. Passing vehicles in really tight spots , logging trucks crossing right in front of you, unmarked accesses. Wow things have changed - for the better.
You can adjust the speed in settings, bottom right. But for a less jumpy version we'd have to really go back and time and shoot with a POV dashboard camera rather than the 16 mm film of the 60's. Time machine is not in the current budget :)
The actual reels of 16mm film are currently in house for processing. Once we have digitized them we will be sending it to BC archives. Try looking for the settings button (gear symbol) on the bottom right hand side of the UA-cam screen to slow the film down. Hope that this helps @@lauralucas5220
I got chills. Nash Hardware, Lindsays, I wish they had diverted up the Main Street (Commercial). I would love to have seen that. I was hoping for a better shot of the Civic Arena but just saw the upper facade. I was disappointed that the whole Terminal park was completely washed out I saw Safeway, but prior to that I should have seen Dairy Queen with their cool neon ice cream sign and the Putt Putt gold but I just saw a bunch of washed out yellow signs.
I remember the water spring and "Garbage Goblin" at Ivy Green ( on the right at Min 3;26). As a kid my dad had to top up the radiator there. I think it happened more than once .
Goes right by a place I used to live and My Dad had a Vet Hospital (9:09) white two story on the right just before the gas station (N Nanaimo / Wellington) Corner of Bowen and highway) - tho it was a few years later than this , 1969
Travelled it many times as a 8 year old in '66. Nice if the video was slowed down about 100 mph so you could actually see things. Wish it was still like that.
In the days when the centre line was white, before we copied the Americans, as usual. Quite a few small English cars still on the road. 1966-ish was the beginning of the end for them. Japanese cars dominated the market very quickly.
Interesting film, but I'd appreciate more data on how and why it was created, and whether the 1996 project extended to all the major BC highways, for example, Highway #1 between Port Mann and Hastings and Cassiar. The various devices at the bottom of the frame don't measure elapsed time, so far as I can tell, so there's no way to calculate frame rate - though it looks like under 5 frames per second. As well, a rig like that would be relatively pointless at 8mm, so my guess is that the original was shot in 16mm at least. Given that, the low quality is surprising, unless this is a video copy transferred from film in the 1980s. It would be better to go back to the original film, even the original negative (if it was shot that way) to create these interesting little UA-cam moments. Not a criticism, but if one wants to preserve such archive material, the best way is to scan at 2K (for 16mm; 4K for 35mm) clean up the file to remove scratches etc., and rebalance the colour and contrast, then render the file out to film (one strip for each colour) for archival storage. Film is ultimately a more stable storage medium because, if it is properly preserved, you can always go back to it when digital file formats change. Just sayin;
Dept of Highways filmed many of them throughout BC ,,, road analysis & where to spend more of Flying Phil Galardi's money he was the minister of highways my Dad worked for him
Here's a list of our blogs created to tell the story of these videos. It was captured on 16mm film and slowed down considerably from the original run time of the film. A single image was captured approx. every 80 feet and brought together as a film. We had to find a working projector (and then more bulbs) to view and capture this digitally. Once we have finished capturing the footage digitally (and on our budget) the film will go to BC archives for storage. www.tranbc.ca/tag/bc-road-trip-time-machine/ Hope that this helps!
Fair enough, KB. The intent of the project was about engineers monitoring road surfaces taking one photo at a time then stitched together... So probably wasn't a consideration.
Way less highway traffic congestion in 1966...too bad the equivalence isn't....(oops, Canada's Agenda 2030 Sustainability is for bike lanes - less private cars, back to the stoneage).
it is still mainly the same route now but widened to 4 lanes
2:06 I love the writing on the highway "Use your ashtray"
Thanks for the great memories.
Wow Duncan too Parkville back in 1966,I was only 5yrs old then & know I'm 57yrs old & watching & enjoying this video,thank you too ever shared this video,made my day....🙃
I moved to Parksville in 1967 and it looked like that for many years later, except for the many hitchhikers heading from Parksville to Long Beach (Tofino) in the late to early 70's... miss those days.
My parents lived in Parksville in the late 60s and early 70s. Its still home to me
My grandparents built a house and acreage near Chemainus in 1975. Neat to see what that stretch looked like before they moved there. I also love seeing the Castaway sign in Nanaimo! It's still there, just down the street from where I am now!
Thank you for this! Awesome. Strangest thing I notice is how much more dangerous roads were back then. Passing vehicles in really tight spots , logging trucks crossing right in front of you, unmarked accesses. Wow things have changed - for the better.
Bob Sovereign look how much less traffic there is though. Alot less people on the road back then
Regulations are written in blood.
This is really amazing! I'm seriously tempted to recreate this with a HD camera and try to speed/location match it.
Gord Bestwick i would love that!
This is the road I remember. So cool to see long vanished buildings/businesses.
i love the writing on the roadways that say "keep bc clean, use your ashtray"
The year we emigrated to Canada! Wow, thanks for this
"Use your ashtray" painted on the road tells a story. No malls in Nanaimo. Awesome history bite.
Margie Johnson I THOUGHT I saw something about “ashtray”! I see people haven’t gotten any smarter! It should STILL be on the pavement!
Impressive that it only took 9 minutes to go from Duncan to Parksville back in the day.
Are you fuckings stupid? It's a sped uo video 😭
@@Fizzyyoshi You got that low IQ huh? It was very obviously a joke...
Love this! I wish there was a longer, slower, less jumpy version of this available...
You can adjust the speed in settings, bottom right. But for a less jumpy version we'd have to really go back and time and shoot with a POV dashboard camera rather than the 16 mm film of the 60's. Time machine is not in the current budget :)
We'll have to remember that in the next election and get you some more money! ;) Thanks!!!
@@MinistryofTranBC You can adjust the speed settings? I don't see this. Would love to know if the film is available raw? Thanks
The actual reels of 16mm film are currently in house for processing. Once we have digitized them we will be sending it to BC archives. Try looking for the settings button (gear symbol) on the bottom right hand side of the UA-cam screen to slow the film down. Hope that this helps @@lauralucas5220
@@MinistryofTranBC Yes that does work. Thanks.
Exactly the way i remember it to be.
I like to learn about highways this video is awesome
Foo boy! I came in 1968 to live and it was just like that ,all except you would rarely get a sunny day like that-does that make me feel old!
Lots of good screenshots !
Love it! I remember when ! That DQ is still there in Parksvegas!
I got chills. Nash Hardware, Lindsays, I wish they had diverted up the Main Street (Commercial). I would love to have seen that. I was hoping for a better shot of the Civic Arena but just saw the upper facade. I was disappointed that the whole Terminal park was completely washed out I saw Safeway, but prior to that I should have seen Dairy Queen with their cool neon ice cream sign and the Putt Putt gold but I just saw a bunch of washed out yellow signs.
I remember the water spring and "Garbage Goblin" at Ivy Green ( on the right at Min 3;26). As a kid my dad had to top up the radiator there. I think it happened more than once .
Sorry , on the video ,the stop is on the "Left" hand side of the screen
I just can't get over how much of this trip is now oozing suburbia.
Goes right by a place I used to live and My Dad had a Vet Hospital (9:09) white two story on the right just before the gas station (N Nanaimo / Wellington) Corner of Bowen and highway) - tho it was a few years later than this , 1969
Can anyone tell me what river or creek is crossed by the bridge at 4:06 ?
Im trying to match the bridges to Google Earth and this one stumps me.
Nanaimo River bridge , at Cassidy, just north of the airport
Travelled it many times as a 8 year old in '66. Nice if the video was slowed down about 100 mph so you could actually see things. Wish it was still like that.
Hi Russ. Sounds like the video brought back memories. :) You can control the speed of the video by clicking the settings icon at bottom right.
@@MinistryofTranBC Cool. Thanks. R
Hey MOT, Please upgrade the 4 lanes going through Duncan. They've been the same 4 lanes for over 50 years @ 0:05 .
Wow,you can see my grand parents house and shop briefly on the right at 4:47,its all gone now.
And then by the ‘80’s -onwards they ramped up the paved paradise with strip malls and parking lots ...
No Lights on the highway, who was the genius that decided to put them in
the speed limit was 80 mph, I wonder if there were comparable the same or more accidents as now
The speed limit was 60 mph, never 80 mph.
More accidents now, just at higher speeds and much more costly in terms of $$ and lives!
This is so cool! Is there one that goes through Qualicum Beach?
www.tranbc.ca/2016/06/23/bc-road-trip-time-machine-duncan-to-kelsey-bay-circa-1966/
In the days when the centre line was white, before we copied the Americans, as usual. Quite a few small English cars still on the road. 1966-ish was the beginning of the end for them. Japanese cars dominated the market very quickly.
this was mid 80s the centre line were yellow
Is this original film available through an archive? thank you
Interesting film, but I'd appreciate more data on how and why it was created, and whether the 1996 project extended to all the major BC highways, for example, Highway #1 between Port Mann and Hastings and Cassiar. The various devices at the bottom of the frame don't measure elapsed time, so far as I can tell, so there's no way to calculate frame rate - though it looks like under 5 frames per second. As well, a rig like that would be relatively pointless at 8mm, so my guess is that the original was shot in 16mm at least. Given that, the low quality is surprising, unless this is a video copy transferred from film in the 1980s. It would be better to go back to the original film, even the original negative (if it was shot that way) to create these interesting little UA-cam moments. Not a criticism, but if one wants to preserve such archive material, the best way is to scan at 2K (for 16mm; 4K for 35mm) clean up the file to remove scratches etc., and rebalance the colour and contrast, then render the file out to film (one strip for each colour) for archival storage. Film is ultimately a more stable storage medium because, if it is properly preserved, you can always go back to it when digital file formats change. Just sayin;
Dept of Highways filmed many of them throughout BC ,,, road analysis & where to spend more of Flying Phil Galardi's money he was the minister of highways my Dad worked for him
Here's a list of our blogs created to tell the story of these videos. It was captured on 16mm film and slowed down considerably from the original run time of the film. A single image was captured approx. every 80 feet and brought together as a film. We had to find a working projector (and then more bulbs) to view and capture this digitally. Once we have finished capturing the footage digitally (and on our budget) the film will go to BC archives for storage. www.tranbc.ca/tag/bc-road-trip-time-machine/
Hope that this helps!
Nice
I grew up in sayward
Look at the date & time.....that was my 14th birthday!!!
It's too bad they didn't mount the camera backwards - then the footage could have been used for driving scenes in period films...
Fair enough, KB. The intent of the project was about engineers monitoring road surfaces taking one photo at a time then stitched together... So probably wasn't a consideration.
Way less highway traffic congestion in 1966...too bad the equivalence isn't....(oops, Canada's Agenda 2030 Sustainability is for bike lanes - less private cars, back to the stoneage).