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Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

Colin Fensham

Alfred C. Lincoln

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Languages:

English

Duration:

00:30:00

Format:

16mm

Sound Notes:

Optical

Awards/Recognition:

BC Archives list of titled amateur films

Description:

"Shows various types of commerce and industry in Victoria, including a large department store, a milk bottling plant, a beauty parlour, offices, garbage collection, a weaver's shop, a bakery, etc." (Duffy, 84).
Other sequences included the Ogden Point grain elevators, Royal Jubilee Hospital, shipyards, a plywood plant, and carpet factory. Nanaimo Daily News, 26 October 1953, p. 5.

Resources:

Duffy, Dennis J. "City at Work, A - C/77." Camera West: British Columbia on Film 1941-1965. Provincial Archives of British Columbia, 1986.
"Newspaper Invaded by Movie Cameras," Nanaimo Daily News, 26 October 1953, p. 5. (Describes filming of scenes at the Victoria Daily Times newsroom and Victoria Press printing plant, 24 October 1953.)

Locations:

  • Victoria, B.C. (Filming)

Club Affiliation:

Victoria Amateur Movie Club

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