Series contains moving image material consisting of film and picture tracks of P.C. politicians in 1981 and 1982; archival material of George Drew, Joe Clark, and Robert Stanfied; video tapes of P.C. party politicians, the House of Commons, and advertising material, 1981, 1982; numerous documentary clips on the history of the Progressive Conservative Party, politics, and politicians, with special emphasis on John Diefenbaker, along with telecasts, interviews, commercials and promotional films. Other film material consists of political commercials, stockshots, sponsored films, speeches, political functions and activities, candidates and personalities, and production material for the 22 May 1980 election campaign; off-air recordings of television coverage of the P.C. leadership convention 10 and 11 June 1983; video and film reels of political commercials, sponsored productions, speeches, political functions and activities, candidates and personalities, productive material; video reels of off-air recordings of CBC (CBOT-TV) and CTV programs and news broadcasts from 1972 to 1975. This material is mainly about Canadian federal politics and focuses particularly on P.C. Party leader Robert Stanfield and other P.C. politicians.
Also included are segments of news broadcasts about the federal election campaign of 1972 and the activities of the three major party leaders; the Speech from the Throne in 1974 and Opposition Party reaction during the Trudeau minority government (1972-1974); discussion of national issues prior to the July 1974 federal election; and post-election commentary on national issues, 1975. Other audio visual material consists of several unrelated news items from newscasts and programs as well as video recordings consisting of a sponsored U.S. political broadcast and "streeters" interviewed and produced by the P.C. Party for or during the 1972 federal election campaign. Other audio visual material contained in this fonds consists of videocassettes of general meetings, conventions, speeches, election campaign commercials, exerpts of House of Commons broadcasts, television broadcasts of government policy statements pertaining to the P.C. Party and leaders Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney; films of preproduction elements shot during the production of the P.C. Party film entitled, "The Man"; videos of general meetings, conventions, election campaign organizations, campaign commercials, party policy, and communications videos.