Victoria The Sunshine City - a tourism promotion film from 1936

This is a film posted in online by the Royal BC Museum, I repost many of their old films because it is the easiest way for me to share the film and to have it connected to all the other old films about BC. 0:38 aerial view of the inner harbour and James Bay 0:48 aerial view of Selkirk Water 0:54 Princess steamer docking 1:08 The Empress 1:34 lawn bowling! 1:46 Crystal Gardens 2:04 Legislature 2:36 Beacon Hill Park 3:30 Even in 1936 there was a deer problem 3:37 Douglas Street 3:45 Douglas and Yates 3:58 the ’burbs, as they were in 1936 4:47 the Pendray Gardens (I have never heard of this place!) 5:23 Beach Drive 5:53 Golfing 5:58 Observatory 6:58 Buchart Gardens 8:01 aerial view of the city 8:12 shipping from Victoria A Northern Electric Recording
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