10 - Sunday, February 4, 1990 - North Shore News

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

NORTH VANCOUVER Chamber of Commerce president Debbie Trenacity (centre) buys the first copy of a
video which documents the history and development of education and industry in North Vancouver. David
Newman (ieft), project artistic director, and School District 44 Trustee Anne Macdonald (right) receive the first

cheque.

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A 56-MINUTE video documenting
the history and development of
education and industry in North
Vancouver is now available to the
public.
By EVELYN JACOB
News Reporter

North Vancouver School District
44 Trustee Anne Macdonald said
the video, which documents 10 de-
cades of education in North Van-
couver (1900 to 2000), is the first
one of its kind.

“This has never been done be-
fore,” she said, adding that thou-
sands of dollars were spent putting
the film together, with video pro-
ducticn alone costing well over
$6,000.

Narrated by actor Jackson
Davies and coordinated by project
artistic director David Newman,
the film chronicles the history of
District 44, beginning with
Moodyville’s first schoolhouse and
ending with the construction of the
new Dorothy Lynas Elementary
School.

Using old black and white class
Photos, early footage, old
memorabilia and the reminiscences
of former students and school
Principles, the video looks at 127
years of North Vancouver history.

history now on video

Viewers can walk inte a turn-
of-the-century classroom complete
with pot-bellied stove, wooden
desks and authentic readers and
end with a futuristic classroom in
the year 2000.

The video is based on a display
installed in the Park Royal and
Capilano malls last February to
mark heritage and education week.

The exhibit was conceived by the
late Dr. Leo Marshall and realized
through the efforts of District 44,
numerous local business groups
and volunteers.

Macdonald said the goal of the
film is to stimulate public
awareness of the importance of
education as an investment.

“Not enough people know what
an important job the education
system is doing,”* she said.

She promised the production
“will be a much more valuable
addition to people’s libraries than
Batman and is entertaining as
well.”’

Featured in the film are the
drawings of West Vancouver car-
toonist Len Norris and music of
composer Brian Fairholm.

Many of the visual displays,
such as original wooden school
desks, were borrowed from the
North Shore Museum and Ar-

chives.

The video is on sale at the North
Vancouver School District's Leo
Marshall Centre for $20, For more
information phone 987-6667.

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