Public Invited to Bring Their Old Home Movies for Inspection and Viewing at "Home Movie Day"

February 16, 2004 (No. 5) - The public is encouraged to rifle through their attics and closets, call their relatives and gather up those precious old family home movies that document our histories, but are languishing in storage. Here's the chance many of us have been waiting for!

The Vancouver Park Board, West Point Grey Community Centre and CBC Television are pleased to invite the public to bring in their old 8 and 16 mm films for inspection and projection. Local film experts, film buffs and archivists as well as representatives from the Provincial and City Archives will be on hand to assist and offer advice. A film's condition, how and where to find equipment to protect, clean and restore it and how to prepare film for transfer to a digital format will all be explained. Projectors will be available for people to view their films. Historical film footage and photo displays of local interest will also be shown.

Home Movie Day
11 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, February 29th
West Point Grey Community Centre
4397 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver

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For more information contact Megan Stuart-Stubbs at 604-713-1861

The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation maintains 200 parks and 40 major facilities throughout the City of Vancouver. The Park Board's mission is to provide, preserve and advocate for parks and recreation services to benefit people, communities and the environment.