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Agar's Vision : The Story of Okanagan Helicopters

Item number (ISN):

214145

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1987/1991 ?

Item number (ISN):

214145

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Accession:

1993-0197

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1987/1991 ?

Production company:

CHBC-TV

Production credit:

director, Rob Weller; director/editing, Don Ferguson; producer/script/narrator, Mike Roberts; executive producer, Gordon Vizzutti, photography, Bruce Dawson; Steve Mahoney; Chris Sobon

Description:

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In the late 1940s, the vision of former Royal Canadian Air Force flight instructor Carl Agar led to the creation of Okanagan Helicopters. The history of Agar's vision and of the company he was instrumental in developing is documented in this CHBC special. Archival footage includes Canadian soldiers returning from war at the end of 1945, Agar flying the CF-FZX into Penticton on 9 August 1947, amateur footage taken in 1951 by Tommy Scheer, a former Okanagan pilot who helped give the company world-wide recognition, and an excerpt of the 1958 film "Seven League Boots", in which Agar sums up the accomplishments of the first ten years of Okanagan Helicopters. Agar's "vision" is illustrated with additional footage of helicopters adapted to take-offs and landings from mountains, speeding up the spring breakup of ice, and transporting crews and equipment to remote areas for surveying, trouble-shooting and as an air ambulance. Photos of Karl Agar with Igor Sikorski, inventor of the helicopter, and interviews of Okanagan co-founders Alf Stringer and Barney Bent, further highlight of Agar's contributions to aviation. Canadian Helicopters, shown in 1987 footage, represent a merger of five companies, including the pioneer company, Okanagan Helicopters. Helicopter pilots and Dick Everson, a former Okanagan employee now Vice-President of Canadian Helicopter Corp., are also interviewed. <30mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Submission to 1991 CAB Gold Ribbon Awards in Public Affairs and Documentaries.~2. CHBC-TV is in Kelowna, B.C.~3. On 3/4" videotape.~4. The exact production date is not given, but the most recent footage identified is 1987.

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Vault ISN:

224904

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 9401-0142

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

25:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

792492

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

214145.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 9401-0142

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

792493

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

214145.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 9401-0142

Status:

REF
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