Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The recreational activities shown in the film include tennis, lacrosse, cricket, baseball, soccer, golf, lawn bowling, ice skating, rugby, football, field hockey, sunbathing, swimming, children's finger painting, ballet dancing, boys woodworking, girls arts and crafts, girls indoor basketball, bingo, bag piping, and dancing. The film also documents the free archery instruction that was offered by the Park Board Commissioners as well as several Stanley Park feature activities such as the Stanley Park Miniature Railway, Theatre Under the Stars and Opera in the Malkin Bowl.

This film was produced for the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation by Whitefoot Studio which operated in Vancouver from 1930 to 1950.

The original film is at the City of Vancouver Archives
searcharchives.vancouver.ca/our-people-at-play

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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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