Investment in Youth

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1946
Collection/Fonds
Norm Henderson collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 film reel [19 min, 37 sec] : kodak kodachrome, col., sd.; 16mm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a motion picture film entitled 'Investment in Youth'. The film was created between October 1945 and March 15, 1946 and had its first public screening in April of 1946 at the North Burnaby High School with The Deputy Minister of Education of British Columbia, Dr. F.T. Fairey in atte…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1946
Collection/Fonds
Norm Henderson collection
Physical Description
1 film reel [19 min, 37 sec] : kodak kodachrome, col., sd.; 16mm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
565-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-33
Scope and Content
Item consists of a motion picture film entitled 'Investment in Youth'. The film was created between October 1945 and March 15, 1946 and had its first public screening in April of 1946 at the North Burnaby High School with The Deputy Minister of Education of British Columbia, Dr. F.T. Fairey in attendance. It was produced for the Burnaby School Board as one method of demonstrating the importance of education as well as pointing out the need for school improvements. The depression of the 1930s left Burnaby in a difficult position with limited school construction and during World War II there were little resources for maintenance. Ken West was the producer and amateur cinematographer while Vancouver teacher, Roth Gordon assisted with the cinematography as well as providing technical assistance. The script was written by Norman D. MacDonald, who was the principal of Burnaby South High School while Inspector of Burnaby Schools, Cliff G. Brown, provided the overall supervision and idea for the production. Norm Henderson worked as a student assistant during the filming and assisted with much of the sound work. The speed of the film was ASA 2 ( artifical lighting) to 4 (natural lighting). As a result many of the sets had to have outside lighting. A 16 mm Bolex camera was used to film the entire production with sound being added later.
History
Norm Henderson came from Saskatchewan to Burnaby with his parents in December of 1940 to visit his grandmothers. Norm and his parents stayed on and bought the Old Orchard Auto Park on the corner of Kingsway and Willingdon Avenue, which they ran until 1944. Norm attended Burnaby South High School from 1941 to 1947, during which time he was involved in the production of the Burnaby School Board film; “Investment in Youth." In 1945 Norm got a part time job at Woodward’s Department Store in Vancouver where he worked until he went into teacher training at Vancouver Normal School in the early nineteen-fifties. Kathleen MacFarlane (later Henderson) was born in 1929 and grew up in Vancouver. Kathleen also went through teacher training at Vancouver Normal School. Norm Henderson and Kathleen MacFarlane were married in 1953 and moved to a small suite located at Patterson Avenue and Kingsway in Burnaby. Norm taught at Gilmore Avenue School and Kathleen taught at Nelson Avenue Elementary School. Norm was a member of West Burnaby United Church from 1941 until he and Kathleen moved to Richmond in 1959.
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Children
Names
Henderson, Norm
Burnaby School Board
West, Ken
Gordon, Roth
MacDonald, N.D.
Media Type
Moving Images
Photographer
Gordon, Roth
West, Ken
Responsibility
Burnaby School Board
Notes
Transcribed title
Images
Video
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Burnaby South High School students

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1945]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of grade eleven (or twelve) students from Burnaby South High School sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building with their teacher, Mr. Lyons. Sitting in the front row (from left) are; Doreen Reagh, unidentified, Mr. Lyons, Joyce Parker, Lois Winters and Betty Smith…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of grade eleven (or twelve) students from Burnaby South High School sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building with their teacher, Mr. Lyons. Sitting in the front row (from left) are; Doreen Reagh, unidentified, Mr. Lyons, Joyce Parker, Lois Winters and Betty Smith. Standing in the second row are; Eunice Forster, Jacqueline Winters, Elleanor Thompson, Morice Mallory, Ken West, Clint LaCroix, Jacqueline Pope, Ella Beatty and Edith Bryson. Standing in the last row are; Norman McKenzie, Bill Shears, Reginald Shrimpton, Barry Bighorn, Jack Casey, Dave Major and Morton Thorsell.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Burnaby South High School
Reagh, Doreen
Lyons, Mr.
Parker, Joyce
Winters, Lois
Smith, Betty
Forster, Eunice
Winters, Jacqueline
Thompson, Elleanor
Mallory, Maurice
West, Ken
La Croix, Clint
Pope, Jacqueline
Beatty, Ella
Bryson, Edith
McKenzie, Norman
Shears, Bill
Shrimpton, Reginald
Bighorn, Barry
Casey, Jack
Major, Dave
Thorsell, Morton
Geographic Access
Southoaks Crescent
Street Address
6650 Southoaks Crescent
Accession Code
BV005.35.14
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1945]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
11-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Notes on verso of photograph read: "Grade # 11 ?/ Front Row Doreen Reagh, ? ? , Mr. Lyons, Joyce Parker Lois Winters, Betty Smith./ Second Row Eunice Forester [sic], Jacqueline Winters, Eleanor Thompson, Morice Mallory Ken West, Clint LaCroix, Jacqueline Pope, Ella Beatty, Edith Bryson/ Third Row Norman McKenzie, Bill Shears, Reginald Shrimpton, Barry Bighorn, Jack Casey Dave Major, Morton Thorsell"
Images
Less detail