Another Commercial for Expo 86 in Vancouver @BCHistory

Another Commercial for Expo 86 in Vancouver @BCHistory

Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Expo 86 was one of the biggest deals for Vancouver. It marked the end of the Vancouver I grew up with as a kid, which was a city that was nowhere and very much a whitebread place.

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Another Commercial for Expo 86 in Vancouver

Construction of the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre in 1984

Lions Gate Bridge and Prospect Point in 1951

Vancouver street scenes in 1933

Change Of Pace - Modern Forestry in BC, a film from 1967

Provincial Reports 3 1985: High Tech

Colour home movie of driving over Lions Gate Bridge in circa 1947

Lord and Lady Baden-Powell Meet Scouts and Guides in Beacon Hill Park April 1935

Ktunaxa Kinbasket film from ca 1920 by Harlan I Smith

City of Vancouver Playground Traffic School ca 1950s

Aerial view of Lions Gate Bridge in 1986

Totem Pole carving in 1958 by Arvid and Simon Charlie of the Cowichan Tribes

Another Commercial for Expo 86 in Vancouver