Museum of Vancouver - Description

00:00-00:02 - Opening on the logo of the museum, MOV. The letter M is blue and green, the O is pink, orange and red, and the V is mauve and orange. In small letters, to the right of the logo, we can read Museum of Vancouver in black.

"The Museum of Vancouver has four permanent"

00:02-00:08 - Fade-in on Amanda McCuaig being interviewed by someone off-screen. She is sitting on a leatherette bench from a diner. In the lower left corner, we can read Amanda McCuaig, Marketing Officer, Museum of Vancouver.

"galleries, which go from the 1900s to the 1970s. So, it shows Vancouver's history growing"

00:08-00:15 - Shot of a female mannequin wearing a dress from the 1940s or 1950s. We see old hats in a showcase and an old car in the background. The camera changes shots and we see a tray in a car. It holds a sundae in an old-fashioned metal cup. The glass reflects a sign on which we can read the word DANCE. Another shot on a butcher shop window. Fake hams are hanging in the window. There is a frame announcing various cuts of meat. The prices of certain pieces are displayed in red. Another different shot shows a mixture of people playing music, walking in the street, sitting on a bench.

"throughout that time from sort of this small logging town into this center of Vancouver's history as the hippy capital of Canada."

00:15-00:19 - Back to Amanda McCuaig being interviewed by someone off-screen. She is sitting on a leatherette bench from a diner.

"And, throughout that, it emphasizes stories such as the growth"

00:19-00:23 - Shot of a store in Chinatown. The camera changes shots to show cloth pouches containing various Chinese products.

"of Chinatown, the disappearance of Japantown,"

00:23-00:24 - Back to Amanda McCuaig being interviewed by someone off-screen. She is sitting on a leatherette bench from a diner.

"Vancouver's sort of growth as the"

00:24-00:28 - Shot of Amanda McCuaig walking through the museum. We see an old car parked beneath neon signs: Silver Grill CAFE, GARAGE PARKING REPAIRS GAS, ... The camera changes shots and we see another neon sign, this one religious.

"center of neon lights and this boom of neon lights and then"

00:28-00:36 - Back to Amanda McCuaig being interviewed by someone off-screen. She is sitting on a leatherette bench from a diner. Fade out.

"their depletion. And, people can see a lot of really great little niche stories, both community-based and Vancouver as a whole-based."

00:36-00:38 - Shot of the outside of the museum. The structure is white with steel accents. There is a fountain in front of the entrance. To the right we can see a colorful poster with the museum logo.

"Coming to museums and seeing"

00:38-00:40 - Fade-in on Amanda McCuaig being interviewed by someone off-screen. She is sitting on a leatherette bench from a diner.

"what has happened before, what Vancouver's history is,"

00:40-00:44 - Shot of a large black and white poster showing people on a train platform. Old suitcases and trunks are in front of the poster. There is an old wooden bench to the right of the poster. The camera changes shots and shows an old black typewriter. We can also see an old document on the desk and a stamp for sealing documents.

"gives youth a broader respect for and understanding"

00:44-00:46 - Back to Amanda McCuaig being interviewed by someone off-screen. She is sitting on a leatherette bench from a diner.

"of culture as a whole and"

00:46-00:50 - Shot of a plan of the city of Vancouver. The camera changes shots to show Amanda McCuaig and another woman in front of the plan of the city of Vancouver.

"of other people. And it can help them relate to other people, and to become"

00:50-00:55 - Back to Amanda McCuaig being interviewed by someone off-screen. She is sitting on a leatherette bench from a diner. Fade out.

"more creative, more innovative, and more well-rounded."