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Libraries and Books (2)

  • Journey from Zero
    Journey from Zero
    Roger Blais 1961 13 min
    A journey northward from Mile Zero, where the Alaska Highway begins, through mountain wilderness. This film covers the route of the travelling library van, a free book service of the Public Library Commission of British Columbia. To oil towns, army bases, mining camps and scattered settlements, the bookmobile delivers a wide assortment of reading material.
  • Library on Wheels
    Library on Wheels
    Bill MacDonald 1945 14 min
    How a travelling library provides regular book service to 20 widely scattered rural communities in B.C.’s Fraser Valley is the subject of Library on Wheels. It’s one solution to a very real educational need for more adequate library facilities.

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