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Title: Childhood Freedom - Interview with Akira Horii:
Contributor(s): Horii, Akira (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Akira talks about the freedom children had in Vancouver back in the 1940s to explore unsupervised, places like Stanley Park and Hastings Park (Pacific National Exhibition grounds).
Extent: 00:00:24
Subject(s): Childhood, Japanese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Safety, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.), Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Reginald Wise:
Contributor(s): Wise, Regiland (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-06
Language: English
Description: Reginald Wise emigrated from the United Kingdom, and between luck and the kindness of strangers found himself employed and housed within days of his arrival in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:03:40
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, British Canadians, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Vancouver - Interview with Earl Sunshine:
Contributor(s): Sunshine, Earl (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-11
Language: English
Description: Earl Sunshine shares his experiences of moving to Vancouver, and later working for the PNE.
Extent: 00:01:09
Subject(s): Migrants - Experience, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.), Carnivals, Employment
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Early Days at the PNE - Interview with Margery:
Contributor(s): Margery (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Margery recalls the PNE and the Elks Club Children's Day.
Extent: 00:01:12
Subject(s): Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.), Elks (Fraternal order), Children
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Story City

Title: Magician and Game Designer - Interview with Doktor Strange
Contributor(s): Doktor Strange (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Doktor Strange (Stephen Kaplan) talks about winning the PNE's Performer's Showcase in 1984, some of his other performances and fundraising events, as well as his board game designing.
Extent: 00:03:58
Subject(s): Magicians, Magic tricks, Children's Wish Foundation, Lux Lounge (Restaurant), Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.), Creative community
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1980s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Rocky IV Boxing Ring
Contributor(s): Borkent, Peter (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1985
Description: This is a picture of actor Sly Stallone and crew in the ring and a wide angle of the ring set and the Pacific National Exhibition's Agrodome in the background.
Subject(s): Boxing, Rocky IV (Motion picture), Motion picture industry, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Hollywood North

Title: Rocky IV Boxing Stage
Contributor(s): Borkent, Peter (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1985
Description: This photo shows the changes to the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) Agrodome to resemble a boxing stage set in Russia.
Subject(s): Motion picture industry, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.), Boxing, Rocky IV (Motion picture)
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Hollywood North

Title: Rocky IV Russian Boxing Match
Contributor(s): Borkent, Peter (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1985
Description: Wide angle of the Rocyy IV movie boxing ring set inside the Pacific National Exhibition's Agrodome, 1985.
Subject(s): Motion picture industry, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.), Boxing, Rocky IV (Motion picture)
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Hollywood North

Title: Visiting Vancouver - Interview with Josh Shin:
Contributor(s): Shin, Josh (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-11-23
Language: English
Description: Josh shares early memories of visiting Vancouver and the types of things his family did back then.
Extent: 00:01:31
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Street-railroads, Urban transportation, Canadians - Social life and customs, Weddings, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City