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B.C.E.R. Video: Then and now
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5926
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Moving Images
- Accession Code
- BV013.27.21
- Call Number
- 388.46 TRA VR Ver 1
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Transit Museum Society
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (128 min, 43 sec.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Street-railroads
- Electric railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Notes
- Original footage shot on 16mm film in the early 1950's by Ken Hodgsen.
- Summary : Historical film footage of Lower Mainland trams on their various routes as well as an excursion train. Film footage is part of the B.C. Transit Centennial and includes a voice over commentary by Frank Horn and Vic Sharman. Frank worked as a motorman on the BC Electric Railway. The trams are shown travelling through Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, North Delta, Langley, Abbotsford, and Chilliwack. The excursion train was filmed in Washington State, U.S.A. The narrators give commentary, describing the routes, landmarks of the past and present, the various kinds of trams and buses seen, drivers’ protocols, and historical information.
- Produced by David Asselin, President, Transit Musem Society
- Cover on verso of DVD case includes photos with description: "Here are three instructors... Vic Sharman, Frank Horne & Don Bellamy for the Downtown Historic Railway (D.H.R.) Who have all had previous experience driving interurbans in the Vancouver area in the 1940's & 1950's"
- Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view video.
Images
Cariboo Station on B.C. Electric Interurban Burnaby Lake Line
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription89
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1949 (date of original), copied [1988]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 20 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Cariboo Station on B.C. Electric Interurban Burnaby Lake Line, 1949
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 20 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Cariboo Station on B.C. Electric Interurban Burnaby Lake Line, 1949
- Accession Code
- BV988.7.7
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1949 (date of original), copied [1988]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-09
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Cariboo Rd. station, Burnaby Lake line - 1949 / Ernier Plant photo form / the Henry Ewert collection / photo produced by / Robert Bodlak / 1/88"