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The first television broadcast seen in Vancouver , but we didn't have our own TV station or local programming until the CBC opened CBUT in 1953. This means the CBC archives has a fantastic collection of mid-century film footage that can't be found anywhere else, within a collection archivist  "the best historical archive of [Canadian film] footage west of Toronto."
Slowly bits of these films are seeping onto the internet. I recently discovered , a great vintage Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»blog and accompanying  where a couple of dozen clips from the CBC can be found from the 1930s ( of the Burrard Bridge and English Bay from 1934 is a must see) to the 1970s (, anyone?). The City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Archives also has a formidable collection of local films, from which hundreds of clips have been digitized and uploaded to their Y, their  page, and on . Perfect if you have some time to kill and you don't want to leave the house in this weather.
Source: Excerpt from "Sinner Man," City Song (CBC, 1961), Directed by Jim Carney, edited by Arla Saare, CBC archives via .
