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CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: VANCOUVER

1977-0146

Sound

1949-04-09

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

announcer, Bill Herbert

Part of radio program with Bill Herbert, announcer, about Northwest Radio-Telephone Service, and including interviews by Bill Herbert, with Burt Abram(?), a commercial radio representative, and Miss Marg Eckleston(?), chief telephone operator, about: origin of radio-telephone service, utilization of the service by ships and isolated communities, school for radio operators, choosing girls to be radio operators. Followed by a radio-telephone interview by Bill Herbert with Mrs. Jean Blair(?) of Althort Point, British Columbia, about: logging, fishing, floating logging camps, receiving supplies, coastal fishing boat, coastal mission boat. Followed by a report by Ray Mackness, announcer, by the radio-telephone service while driving in downtown Vancouver, about: Vancouver Harbour, Lyon's Gate bridge, and various buildings in downtown Vancouver, with a description of Granville Street and of the demolition of the Hotel Vancouver. <16mn>

English

Open

GAD 0FD547

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

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