Non-Government Productions

Major non-government moving image productions include films sponsored by the British Columbia Electric Company, British Columbia Packers, MacMillan Bloedel, Okanagan Helicopters, and Seaspan International. These sponsored films reflect the work of local producers like Leon Shelly and Lew Parry, whose efforts fostered the development of BC's film industry from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Television broadcasting is represented by two extensive accessions; the CHEK-TV Ltd. (Victoria) news film collection, and the Jack Webster/BCTV collection, which is made up of videotape recordings of the public affairs show "Webster!"

We also have films by talented amateur cinematographers like Francis J. Barrow, Alfred Booth, Carleton P. Browning, Dorothy and Oscar Burritt, Stanley Fox and George F. Lowe, which depict many lesser-seen aspects of the province.