Films: Vancouver from the 1930s to 1960s

From Michael Kluckner:

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Films from the 1930s to the 1960s documenting the march of progress in our fair city, with piano accompaniment by Wayne Stewart for the silent films.
VanCity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street

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​Jersey Farms wagon entering the company’s stables at 11th and Arbutus, 1940

“Vancouver: A Progressive City”

Films from the 1930s to the 1960s documenting the march of progress in our fair city, with piano accompaniment by Wayne Stewart for the silent films.
Sunday, November 2
2:30 pm
Tickets here.  (Please arrive early as the lineups have been long in the past and we start promptly at 2:30)

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“Vintage Vancouver: films from the City of Vancouver Archives”

This is a repeat of the 2012 showing: highlights include the building of the Granville Bridge, “people at play” in the city’s parks in the 1940s, and an award-winning promotional film about Vancouver from 1976.
Sunday, November 2
7:30
Tickets here. (The lineups have been long in the past and we start promptly at 7:30.)

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Mark your calendars for November 13 at 7 pm at the Vancouver Space Centre for the second installment of Through The Lens, a display of early Vancouver photography using the high-tech environment of the planetarium’s dome.

This year, I’m going to be featuring some vintage aerials of the city matched with Google Earth contemporary images. One of the old aerials is this one, of Kitsilano Beach and the air-force barracks on Kitsilano Point in 1945.

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