"Digney family fonds" found 25 records

Digney film 1 - Digney family Christmas

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1955] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (41 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of Digney family gathered in the basement of Andy and Alice Digney's home on Kaymar Drive for Christmas dinner. Family members are identified as: Andy Digney, Alice Digney, Joyce Digney, Sydney Swan, Connie Swan, Bruce Digney, Paul Digney, Mel and June Arthur.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (41 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of Digney family gathered in the basement of Andy and Alice Digney's home on Kaymar Drive for Christmas dinner. Family members are identified as: Andy Digney, Alice Digney, Joyce Digney, Sydney Swan, Connie Swan, Bruce Digney, Paul Digney, Mel and June Arthur.

Creator: Digney, Andy

Subjects: Holidays - Christmas

Names: Digney, Alice Swan; Digney, Andy; Digney, Bruce; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney, Joyce; Digney, Paul; Arthur, Malcolm "Mel"; Arthur, June

Accession Code: BV019.18.3.15

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1955] (date of original), copied 2019

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Title based on contents of film segment; Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.3)

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Digney film 1 - Digney family Christmas, [1955] (date of original), copied 2019

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Digney film 2 - Great Dane

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1955 and 1958] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (2 min., 2 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of Andy Digney's Great Dane playing in the yard of the Digney home at 6521 Bonsor Street. The elaborate dog house was built by Andy Digney.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (2 min., 2 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of Andy Digney's Great Dane playing in the yard of the Digney home at 6521 Bonsor Street. The elaborate dog house was built by Andy Digney.

Creator: Digney, Andy

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Names: Digney, Andy

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Street Address: 6521 Bonsor Avenue

Accession Code: BV019.18.4.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1955 and 1958] (date of original), copied 2019

Media Type: Moving Images

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Notes: Title based on contents of film segment; Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.4)

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Digney film 2 - Great Dane, [between 1955 and 1958] (date of original), copied 2019

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Digney Film 3 - Construction of Digney Bowling Alley

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1955 (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (8 min., 40 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film segment documenting the construction of the Digney Bowling Alley in Burnaby. The bowling alley was built on the west side of the Digney family home located at 2698 Bonsor Avenue (address became 6521 Bonsor Avenue after 1958). The film documents Ozzie Cavello using his bulldozer to clear the la…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (8 min., 40 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film segment documenting the construction of the Digney Bowling Alley in Burnaby. The bowling alley was built on the west side of the Digney family home located at 2698 Bonsor Avenue (address became 6521 Bonsor Avenue after 1958). The film documents Ozzie Cavello using his bulldozer to clear the land followed by construction workers laying cinder block walls, a large crane helping to lay steel girders and lumber for the roof. The opening footage is taken from the parking lot of the Simpsons-Sears store on Kingsway. The Film segment closes with large flower arrangements gathered around the entrance of the Digney Bowling Alley in honour of the grand opening with Andy Digney and his brother in law Sydney Swan at the entrance.

Creator: Digney, Andy

Subjects: Buildings - Recreational - Bowling Alleys; Sports - Bowling

Names: Digney, Andy; Swan, Sydney; Digney Bowling Alley

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Street Address: 6521 Bonsor Avenue

Accession Code: BV019.18.5.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1955 (date of original), copied 2019

Media Type: Moving Images

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Photographer: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Notes: Title based on contents of film segment; Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.5)

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Digney Film 3 - Construction of Digney Bowling Alley, 1955 (date of original), copied 2019

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Digney Film 3 - Construction and opening of Digney bowling Alley, visit to Stanley Park and summer vacations

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1955 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (20 min., 30 sec.) : digital, 16 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: File consists of a film compliation of short clips created by Andy Digney and his son Ernest "Dig" Digney. Film compilation documents the construction, opening and a tournament of the Digney Bowling Alley located at 6521 Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby along with Digney family outings at Stanley Park in V…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (20 min., 30 sec.) : digital, 16 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: File consists of a film compliation of short clips created by Andy Digney and his son Ernest "Dig" Digney. Film compilation documents the construction, opening and a tournament of the Digney Bowling Alley located at 6521 Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby along with Digney family outings at Stanley Park in Vancouver and vacations at Birch Bay, Washington State and Okanagan Lake.

Creator: Digney, Andy

Subjects: Buildings - Recreational - Bowling Alleys; Sports - Bowling

Names: Digney, Andy; Swan, Sydney; Digney Bowling Alley; Digney, Drew; Digney, Joyce; Digney, Bruce; Digney, Paul

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Street Address: 6521 Bonsor Avenue

Accession Code: BV019.18.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1955 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2019

Media Type: Moving Images

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Notes: Title based on contents of film compilation; 4 film segments from this compilation are described at item level and available for viewing on Heritage Burnaby.; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view entire content

Digney film 1 - Outdoor Christmas display

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1954 and 1963] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (25 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of an outdoor Christmas display with a mechanical Santa, his sleigh and two reindeer with "Merry Xmas Happy New Year" in behind. Reindeer part of the display rotates on a motor. This could be in Burnaby outside of the Digney's home on Kaymar Drive. The wooden display was created by Andy D…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (25 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of an outdoor Christmas display with a mechanical Santa, his sleigh and two reindeer with "Merry Xmas Happy New Year" in behind. Reindeer part of the display rotates on a motor. This could be in Burnaby outside of the Digney's home on Kaymar Drive. The wooden display was created by Andy Digney.

Creator: Digney, Andy

Subjects: Holidays - Christmas

Names: Digney, Andy

Geographic Access: Kaymar Drive

Accession Code: BV019.18.3.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1954 and 1963] (date of original), copied 2019

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Title based on contents of film segment; Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.3)

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Digney film 1 - Outdoor Christmas display, [between 1954 and 1963] (date of original), copied 2019

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Digney film 1 - Digney family in Burnaby, Okanagan, Vancouver, Victoria, California and Seattle

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1954 and 1965] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (23 min., 34 sec.) : digital, 16 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: File consists of a film compliation created by Andy Digney and his son Ernest "Dig" Digney. The film footage is a compilation of twenty eight short segments taken at different times in various locations. The film footage documents family events, gatherings and vacations. The film opens with an outd…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (23 min., 34 sec.) : digital, 16 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: File consists of a film compliation created by Andy Digney and his son Ernest "Dig" Digney. The film footage is a compilation of twenty eight short segments taken at different times in various locations. The film footage documents family events, gatherings and vacations. The film opens with an outdoor Christmas display and is followed by several other film segments taking place in Burnaby at 7749 Kaymur Drive; 6521 Bonsor Street and Brentwood Mall as well as Okanagon Lake Resort; California; Seattle; Vancouver and Victoria.

Creator: Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney, Andy

Subjects: Holidays - Christmas

Names: Digney, Andy

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Accession Code: BV019.18.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1954 and 1965] (date of original), copied 2019

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film; Digitized film is a copy from original 8 mm film; 12 film segments from this compilation with Burnaby content are described at item level and available for viewing on Heritage Burnaby; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view entire content

Digney film 2 - Family in Burnaby, Construction of Simpsons-Sears building and wedding

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1954 and 1964] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (26 min., 51 sec.) : digital, 16 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film compilation created by Andy Digney and his son Ernest "Dig" Digney. The film opens with scenes of different dogs playing outside; exterior of Andy and Alice Digney’s house on Kaymar Drive; interior of the Digney bowling alley with pins being reset; interior of Andy Digney’s greenhouse at his h…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (26 min., 51 sec.) : digital, 16 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film compilation created by Andy Digney and his son Ernest "Dig" Digney. The film opens with scenes of different dogs playing outside; exterior of Andy and Alice Digney’s house on Kaymar Drive; interior of the Digney bowling alley with pins being reset; interior of Andy Digney’s greenhouse at his house on Kaymar Drive; construction of the Simpsons-Sears building in 1954 behind the Digney home at 3698 Bonsor Street; unidentified outdoor wedding attended by the Digney's and Swans; Campbell family gathering in Victoria; gathering of friends and family inside Alice and Andy Digney’s home on Kaymar Drive before they leave for their World tour in 1964.

Creator: Digney, Andy

Subjects: Sports - Bowling; Buildings - Commercial - Stores; Buildings - Recreational - Bowling Alleys

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue; Kaymar Drive

Accession Code: BV019.18.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1954 and 1964] (date of original), copied 2019

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Notes: Title based on contents of film; Digitized film is a copy from original 8 mm film; 9 film clips from this compilation are described at item level and available for viewing on Heritage Burnaby; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view entire content

Royal Visit

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (1 min., 52 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the Royal Visit from King George VI and Queen consort, Elizabeth. Boy Scouts and members of the community can be seen preparing for a roadside view of the motorcade and Mr. Digney can be seen pacing in his gardens at the Oak T…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (1 min., 52 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-002-2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-15

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the Royal Visit from King George VI and Queen consort, Elizabeth. Boy Scouts and members of the community can be seen preparing for a roadside view of the motorcade and Mr. Digney can be seen pacing in his gardens at the Oak Theatre. As the royal couple (King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) drive by the crowd on Kingsway, they can be seen in a automobile identified as a McLaughlin model 45 Extra Special series, with Queen Elizabeth holding a white umbrella. RCMP officers are seen on a motorcycle with a side car, while dignitaries and officials in automobiles accompany the royal couple as the crowd waves red flags and looks on as the cars drive off.

Subjects: Events - May Day; Events - Royal Visits; Buildings - Commercial - Theatres; Recreational Activities - Theatre

Names: Oak Theatre; Digney, Andy; Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002; George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film; Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'Royal Visit'

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Central Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Royal Visit, 1939

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Galiano Island, Oak Theatre and Calgary

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1941]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (9 min., 51 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized colour film segment identified as Reel 7. The film segment opens with footage of the shores of Galiano Island and soon switches to a game of table tennis and a boat ride up Burrard Inlet with Grannie Swan and company. The boat ride continues to the marina at Horseshoe Bay…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1941]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (9 min., 51 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized colour film segment identified as Reel 7. The film segment opens with footage of the shores of Galiano Island and soon switches to a game of table tennis and a boat ride up Burrard Inlet with Grannie Swan and company. The boat ride continues to the marina at Horseshoe Bay where the family goes ashore. This footage is followed with a dark segment of footage of a paegant at the Oak Theatre in 1941 and the gardens of the Oak Theatre. The film has a break and continues with footage of the Digney family travels to the Calgary Breweries, Calgary Zoo, and the Calgary Stampede parade and fairgrounds, Alberta, closing with footage of the Rockies and Rogers Pass.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Events - Parades

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney, Alice

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Galiano Island, Oak Theatre and Calgary, [between 1939 and 1941]

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Digney family in Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1959]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (5 min., 17sec.) : digital, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized film colour segment identified as Reel 12. The film is a compilation of Digney family events. The film opens with children Paul and Bruce Digney running around the Digney family yard at their home on Bonsor Avenue with Andy and Ernest (Dig) Digney looking on. This is followed by…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1939 and 1959]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (5 min., 17sec.) : digital, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized film colour segment identified as Reel 12. The film is a compilation of Digney family events. The film opens with children Paul and Bruce Digney running around the Digney family yard at their home on Bonsor Avenue with Andy and Ernest (Dig) Digney looking on. This is followed by interspersed footage of the family's pet dog Nero and puppies along with some brief glimpses of the Royal visit (King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) and cavilicade in 1939 along Kingsway. The film then switches to footage of Digney family Christmas festivities, a cat playing with a fish in a bowl and summer time at Pelican Lake in the 1940s and ends with a dog playing with a ball.

Subjects: Events - Parades; Animals - Dogs; Holidays - Christmas; Animals - Cats

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney, Bruce; Digney, Paul

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

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Digney family in Burnaby, [between 1939 and 1959]

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Digney family home at Christmas

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (1min., 18 sec.) : digital, col. ; si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment of the Digney family at Christmas. Film opens with views of a rhododendrun bush and moves into footage showing the outside and inside their home at Christmas time.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (1min., 18 sec.) : digital, col. ; si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-002-6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2012-15

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment of the Digney family at Christmas. Film opens with views of a rhododendrun bush and moves into footage showing the outside and inside their home at Christmas time.

Subjects: Holidays - Christmas

Names: Digney, Andy

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film; Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'Royal Visit'

Geographic Access: Central Park; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Digney family home at Christmas, 1939

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Oak Theatre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1936]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (9 min., 26 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the construction of the Oak Theatre in 1936, the opening of the theatre held on August 4, 1937, the theatre with snow in the winter and the Digney family home and neighborhood . Andy Digney moved with his family from Manitoba …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1936]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (9 min., 26 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-002-1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2012-15

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the construction of the Oak Theatre in 1936, the opening of the theatre held on August 4, 1937, the theatre with snow in the winter and the Digney family home and neighborhood . Andy Digney moved with his family from Manitoba to Burnaby in 1936 and purchased 2 acres of land where he settled with his family and built the Oak Theatre which was located at 5000 Kingsway (Marlborough & Kingsway). The theatre was located on a 2 acre parcel of land and had a 350 seat capacity and offered valet parking. Construction crews with men and horses can be seen laying the foundation and erecting the walls of the theatre and crowds of people and cars are seen arriving outside the theatre on opening day.

Subjects: Events - Openings; Buildings - Commercial - Theatres; Recreational Activities - Theatre; Animals - Horses

Names: Oak Theatre; Digney, Andy

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film; Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'Oak Theatre'

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Images

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Oak Theatre, [between 1937 and 1936]

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Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (9 min., 26 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized film segment identified as Reel 5. The film segment opens with black and white footage of a Burnaby May Day Parade. Children are seen in costumes pushing carriages and bicycles along with pets as they come to gather at Central Park for judging. This event is followed with…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (9 min., 26 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized film segment identified as Reel 5. The film segment opens with black and white footage of a Burnaby May Day Parade. Children are seen in costumes pushing carriages and bicycles along with pets as they come to gather at Central Park for judging. This event is followed with colour footage of a gymkhana event with people riding horses at the Lubbock farm in Burnaby and closes with Victory Bond fundraising outside the Oak Theatre, a parade on Kingsway and contrails from an airplane. Many of the men can be seen marching in the parade with their A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) uniforms and arm bands.

Subjects: Events - Parades; Events - May Day; Animals - Horses

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Images

Video

Burnaby, [between 1937 and 1938]

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Burnaby, Vancouver and the north shore

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (5 min., 21 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized film segment identified as Reel 6. The film segment opens with colour footage of people lawn bowling at Burnaby's Central Park. Dot Digney, Sid and Connie Swan can be seen bowling. This footage is followed with Andy Digney and Charles E. Jones at the Bird's of Paradise b…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (5 min., 21 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized film segment identified as Reel 6. The film segment opens with colour footage of people lawn bowling at Burnaby's Central Park. Dot Digney, Sid and Connie Swan can be seen bowling. This footage is followed with Andy Digney and Charles E. Jones at the Bird's of Paradise bird sanctuary followed by footage of Stanley Park. The footage continues and interchanges between black and white and colour as the Digney's take a ferry ride to North Vancouver where they visit the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Fishermen's Cove. The reel closes with footage of skiers on Grouse Mountain and a fire at Pier D in 1938.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Sports - Lawn Bowling; Sports - Skiing

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Jones, Charles E.; Digney, Dorothy

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Images

Video

Burnaby, Vancouver and the north shore, [between 1937 and 1938]

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Travels to Ontario, Quebec and England

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (11 min., 42 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 8. Most of the film is in black and white but switches to a pinky hue about 3/4 of the way through. The film footage provides views of road travels with the Digney family as they drive around Ontario and into Detroit via the Windsor Bridge.…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (11 min., 42 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 8. Most of the film is in black and white but switches to a pinky hue about 3/4 of the way through. The film footage provides views of road travels with the Digney family as they drive around Ontario and into Detroit via the Windsor Bridge. Footage includes travels to Niagara Falls and the power plant, the gates of the CNE and the Toronto skyline, a scene in Quebec where the Digney car is being loaded on board a large ship, followed by glimpses of life aboard the oceanliner as the family travels to England. Once in England, the family is seen enjoying a picnic with relatives and the film cuts and ends with a scene of a polo match.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

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Travels to Ontario, Quebec and England, [between 1937 and 1938]

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Trip to Kamloops

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (14 min., 16 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 4. The film segment contains footage of Digney family travels, with some of the footage taken from the hood of the Digney car as they drive through the mountains of British Columbia and Washington State. The Digney family is travelling and …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (14 min., 16 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 4. The film segment contains footage of Digney family travels, with some of the footage taken from the hood of the Digney car as they drive through the mountains of British Columbia and Washington State. The Digney family is travelling and camping through the Fraser Canyon and the Rockies of Alberta and British Columbia. They visit Radium Hot Springs, Gyro club pool, Cranbook, Alexandra Bridge near Boston Bar and the Grand Coulee in Washington State. The footage interchanges between black and white and colour showing scenery and various family members playing and picnicing along the way.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney, Alice

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

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Trip to Kamloops, 1936

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Parades

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1936 and 1948]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (11 min., 17sec.) :digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 11. Film opens with colour footage of the Tacoma Daffodil Parade and switches to some black and white and colour footage of the Vancouver Diamond Jubilee Parade starting from the Toronto Dominion Bank located at Hastings Street and C…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1936 and 1948]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (11 min., 17sec.) :digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent colour film segment identified as Reel 11. Film opens with colour footage of the Tacoma Daffodil Parade and switches to some black and white and colour footage of the Vancouver Diamond Jubilee Parade starting from the Toronto Dominion Bank located at Hastings Street and Cambie Street. The Queen appears in a calvicade at the beginning of the parade. The footage soon switches to the Vancouver PNC Parade in 1946 celebrating 50 years of progress.

Subjects: Events - Parades

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Alice; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

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Parades, [between 1936 and 1948]

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Travels to England # 2

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 31 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 9. The film alternates between black and white and a rosy hue of colour. The film continues from item 562-003-9 and provides views of England and the countryside as the Digney family travels by car visiting various landmarks and castles alo…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 31 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 9. The film alternates between black and white and a rosy hue of colour. The film continues from item 562-003-9 and provides views of England and the countryside as the Digney family travels by car visiting various landmarks and castles along the way.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

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Travels to England # 2, 1935

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Travels to England # 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 25 sec.) : digital, b&w, si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent black and white film segment identified as Reel 10. This film continues from item number 562-003-11, following the Digney family as they continue to travel through England. It interchanges with views of the seaside and the Henley airshow, followed by footage of the Chang…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 25 sec.) : digital, b&w, si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized silent black and white film segment identified as Reel 10. This film continues from item number 562-003-11, following the Digney family as they continue to travel through England. It interchanges with views of the seaside and the Henley airshow, followed by footage of the Changing of the Guards, Liverpool, a storm on the Atlantic, an iceberg and the St. Lawrence seaway.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships; Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Air

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

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Travels to England # 3, 1935

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Digney family travels in the praries and the rockies

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1935 and 1936]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip ( 12 min., 37 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized film segment identified as Reel 17. The film opens with colour footage with views of a lake (possibly Pelican Lake, Manitoba) and switches to black and white footage of Dig Digney playing in a canoe on a lake and family camping adventures as they travel west from Manitoba throug…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1935 and 1936]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip ( 12 min., 37 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized film segment identified as Reel 17. The film opens with colour footage with views of a lake (possibly Pelican Lake, Manitoba) and switches to black and white footage of Dig Digney playing in a canoe on a lake and family camping adventures as they travel west from Manitoba through to Saskatchewan and visit with Dorothy Swan (Alice Digney's sister) who is dressed in her nurses' uniform. Their travels continue as they visit the Calgary Zoo, the foothills of Alberta, Bow River and falls, Banff Hot Springs and Lake Louise pools.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Camping; Recreational Activities - Canoeing

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Swan, Dorothy

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

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Digney family travels in the praries and the rockies, [between 1935 and 1936]

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