Uploaded January 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This film comes from the City of Burnaby Archives and the original is at this link search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivevideo72207
I have added the background music
"Operation Mink Farm" was produced by the District of Burnaby. The film footage was shot in Burnaby, B.C. on April 24th, 1955.
A resolution was passed in February 1955 by the District of Burnaby to create a Civil Defense Board comprised of council members and appointees. Several municipal employees and council members went through Civil Defense training in preparation for an attack or catastrophe.
The first part of the film takes place at the old City Hall with uniformed Air Raid Precaution members performing civil defense exercises in the case of a nuclear war and how to care for and rescue injured civilians. Volunteers pose as the injured as they are cared for and transported on stretchers.
In the second portion of the film, the local fire department and civil defense members endeavor to get a fire under control with water hoses. This portion of the film takes place at a former mink farm in North Burnaby, hence the title.
Copyright belongs to the City of Burnaby
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Please watch: "Royal visit 1939 drive by on Kingsway at Marlborough in Burnaby May 29th"
youtube.com/watch?v=Db0ANezSxLo
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This film comes from the City of Burnaby Archives and the original is at this link search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivevideo72207
I have added the background music
"Operation Mink Farm" was produced by the District of Burnaby. The film footage was shot in Burnaby, B.C. on April 24th, 1955.
A resolution was passed in February 1955 by the District of Burnaby to create a Civil Defense Board comprised of council members and appointees. Several municipal employees and council members went through Civil Defense training in preparation for an attack or catastrophe.
The first part of the film takes place at the old City Hall with uniformed Air Raid Precaution members performing civil defense exercises in the case of a nuclear war and how to care for and rescue injured civilians. Volunteers pose as the injured as they are cared for and transported on stretchers.
In the second portion of the film, the local fire department and civil defense members endeavor to get a fire under control with water hoses. This portion of the film takes place at a former mink farm in North Burnaby, hence the title.
Copyright belongs to the City of Burnaby
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Please watch: "Royal visit 1939 drive by on Kingsway at Marlborough in Burnaby May 29th"
youtube.com/watch?v=Db0ANezSxLo
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