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NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: NON NFB FILMS

1979-0210

Film

1 of 1

1942

Vancouver Motion Pictures Ltd.

director, Ed Taylor; producer, Leon C.urtis Shelly; photography, Eldon Wallace Hamilton; narrator, Gayne Whitman; music, Dr. Edward Kilenyi

B.C. Tree Fruits

This film begins with views of mountains in British Columbia. In between is the Okanagan Valley where apples grow in abundance with the help of irrigation. Apples brought employment and tourism to the area. Also shown are reservoirs under construction, the work that goes into making an orchard, clearing and ploughing the land using horses, trees in their first year of life in the nursery, tree growth, orchards in full bloom in spring time, harvesting the apples, apples loaded onto trucks and the crop moved into packing houses where they are sorted and packaged. The shipment of apples for sale across Canada is illustrated by a freight train leaving a station. British Colubmia locations shown include Coldstream, Summerland and Okanagan Lake. <10mn>

English

Libre

V1 8509-0033

GAD 0FD579

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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