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University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia fonds
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Super Natural Cedar

This promotional film shows the uses of Cedar around the world. It shows Totem poles carved from Western red cedar by First Nations in British Columbia, as well as cedar being used to create shingles and shakes for use in residential and business buildings. Various buildings with cedar are featured including a sport centre in Denmark, a country club in Japan, train stations, and art galleries. Interior and exterior uses of Cedar are also shown, including a cedar bathtub, cedar shutters, garage doors, bus stops, cedar fencing as sound barriers on highways, and cedar windmills. A Haida carver who was commissioned to carve a cedar panel for a Japanese community centre is shown at work carving. The film continues with the use of Cedar in sign-making, in the marine environment, in fencing, outdoor furniture, the construction of a Tokyo conference centre, and the creation of cabanas, gazebos, garden rooms, sun rooms, hot-tubs, covered bridges,and homes in the alpine, desert, and tropical environments.

Style

This promotional film focuses on the uses of wood, especially Douglas fir, Western coast hemlock and Western red cedar in architectural choices. The use of wooden bevel siding and board and batten siding are shown, as well as architeture through time from Victorian to modern stytles. The film also shows the Columbia River power system, and Green Brothers' architecture.

Structure

Film contains promotional content showing various homes in North America. It details the uses of Douglas fir, Western hemlock, and Western red cedar as building materials, furniture materials, and showcases the tools, technologies, and methods for building interior and exteriors of homes.

Statistics.

Series contains statistics relating to the Council of Forest Industries activities. Material consists of statistics regard the shingle and shake and lumber exports from Canada to the United States, statistics of Certigrade Shingles and Certi-Split Shake production by grade and type, Red band Shingle Conversion Table, figures on the
shipment of shingle and shakes to external markets, shingle and shake export figures, and shingle and shake exports by country.

Statistics.

Series includes statistics relating to the British Columbia Lumber Manufacturers Association. Materials consist of a comparison of logging and sawmill workers by nationality and statistics from the Bureau of Economics on commodities from British Columbia that are exported to foreign countries.

Statistics.

Series contains records relating to statistics used by the Consolidation of Red Cedar Shingles Association of British Columbia. Material consists of correspondence with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and statistics relating to the import of shingles into Canada from the United States.

Speeches and addresses.

Series contains remarks and speeches made by the president of COFI. Material consists of remarks made by Mike Apsey as President of COFI at the signing ceremony to launch the cooperative Industrial and Market Development Program.
Photographs include the signing of the $6.85 million agreement between the wood products industry and the B.C. Government. Included in the photo are Ted Cameron, hon. John Jansen, Hon. Frank Oberle and Mike Apsey.

Sloan Commission.

Series contains records relating to the Sloan Commission. Material consists of memoranda and correspondence, summary of evidence presented at the enquiry, a brief submitted to the Commission by the Consolidated Red Cedar Shingle Association of British Columbia, and transcripts of the inquiry on forest resources.

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