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Home movie of Erickson family visit at Osler Avenue home

Item is a home movie depicting Erickson family members playing ping pong, interacting with family pets, posing on a bench, and spending time together on the family property that once stood at 4890 Osler Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.

Arthur Erickson is featured in this home movie as the teenage son seen playing with the family dog and posing with the family on the bench.

Home movie of Erickson family visit with children and puppies playing together on patio

Item is a home movie depicting Erickson family members visiting and spending time together at a private residence. The first scenes depict a group sitting together on chairs placed under a willow tree. The second scene shows family gathered at a back yard patio, with young children and dogs playing together.

Arthur Erickson is featured in this home movie, playing with the children on the patio.

Artistic film of two women running and dancing through the grounds of a large house

Item is an artistic film showing several scenes of women running and dancing throughout the grounds of large manor. The women pose with the manor's columns; jump onto and walk on the porch's railings; and run up and down the outdoor stairs. Some of the scenes are edited in an artistic manner, such as splicing certain scenes into the film upside down, or on negative instead of positive film.

Artistic film of two women running and dancing through the grounds of a large house

Item is an artistic film showing several scenes of women running and dancing throughout the grounds of large manor. The women pose with the manor's columns; jump onto and walk on the porch's railings; and run up and down the outdoor stairs. Some of the scenes are edited in an artistic manner, such as splicing certain scenes into the film upside down, or on negative instead of positive film.

Home movie of Erickson family visit with children playing on tricycle in driveway

Item is a home movie depicting Erickson family members and/or friends interacting outside at a rural private residence. Several children are running together and playing with a tricycle in the driveway of the house, while adult and elderly family members stand on the patio and chat with each other. One of the adult family members holds a cat.

Arthur Erickson is depicted at the end of this film while walking with elderly relatives out of the door, onto the patio, and towards the camera.

Artistic film of a family and baby at rural beachfront property

Item is an artistic film showing Erickson family members in several different scenes filmed at a residential property. In one scene, family members repair a fence and gather wood on the property. In another scene, two individuals are painting on canvases; one is sitting on a patio, while the other (portrayed by Arthur Erickson) stands on top of the house’s chimney while painting. In the next scene, a couple enters an outhouse and exits holding a baby; the baby is placed upon a poppy plant. In the next scene, the couple and their baby wade in several tide pools on a beach while wearing grass skirts that drag in the water. Following this, the family shares an outdoor meal on the property dressed in normal attire. The final scene shows the baby wading in the tide pools alone, playing with a toy boat. Individuals appearing in the film include Arthur Erickson, his parents, grandmother and brother.

Some of the scenes are filmed or edited in an artistic manner, such as showing the camera in the foreground of a shot, or splicing certain scenes into the film on negative instead of positive film.

Afghanistan

Item is a home movie created by Arthur Erickson depicting his travels in Afghanistan.

Benares

Item is a home movie created by Arthur Erickson depicting his travels.

SFU Promo/Loop/Montage

Disjointed series of shots taken at SFU. Each section is only a few frames and focuses on the buildings, students and scientific experiments and equipment. Opening shows backhoe removing partly burned trees (presumably clearing for campus). Next shot is of AQ and red mosaic mural in background, and "swamp" in foreground where reflecting pond is now located.

Serengeti

Item is a home movie created by Arthur Erickson depicting his travels in Tanzania.

Ethiopia

Item is a home movie created by Arthur Erickson depicting his travels in Ethiopia.

Hunza

Item is a home movie created by Arthur Erickson depicting his travels in the Hunza Valley.

Nepal to Jaipir

Item is a home movie created by Arthur Erickson depicting his travels in India and Nepal.

Jaipur

Item is a home movie created by Arthur Erickson depicting his travels in India.

Expo '70

Item is a home movie created by Arthur Erickson depicting his travels in Osaka, Japan at Expo '70. Included in the footage are shots of the Expo '70 Pavilion, constructed and designed by Erickson, as well as the celebrations and performances occurring at the world's fair.

This is Simon Fraser University

Item is a film featuring the sights and sounds of all aspects of attending SFU in early 1970s, from the bus ride to registration to lectures, lunch, and leisure. Current research, issues of the day and the various departments are presented through original lecture audio. Impressions of SFU by students and staff are revealed in interview-style discussion, coupled with thoughtfully shot footage. Interspersed are artistically shot scenes of a sunny campus with a gentle guitar strum. Unlike more contemporary moving image profiles created by SFU, it is not narrated with a script nor overtly promotional.

SFU: raw, views of campus

Raw footage of SFU Burnaby campus with some unscripted commentary shot on 20 October 1987 by Frank Campbell of SFU's Instructional Media Centre. Opens with scenes of people walking on campus. A plane is heard flying overhead. The camera turns towards a view over the city of Vancouver and then pans back out. A student is seen walking across the field next to the theatre. In the next shot, voices and footsteps can be heard. Students are shown studying outside in the sunshine. In the next scene, a gentleman speaks briefly to the camera. The footage ends zoomed in on a student reading a book.

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