General Videos Collection

Joe was born in Newton, BC on July 31, 1920 to Nick and Delia Antonelli. As the oldest of five siblings, Joe was their leader of many adventures. He developed a keen knowledge and deep appreciation for the outdoors. He was no stranger to hard work. He Joe enlisted in the Air force during WWII where he served his country for four years as an Air Frame Mechanic. This is where Joe learnt and developed a passion for flying and Lancaster Bombers. Post war Joe retured to the B.C. Forest Service.

Joe was predeceased by his wife Frances, brother Marsh and grandson Corey. Joe was survived by his sister Grace, brothers Ken (Lin) and Dan (Deirdre); his children Debbie, Nick and David; grandchildren Tyranne, Anja and Franklin as well as many extended family members and long time and new dear friends who will fondly remember and miss him.

Joe had a gift of touching the lives of all who knew him. His huge heart had plenty of room for new friends.

This is an activity done at the Pemberton and District Museum and Archives, in which we ask a student group to make educated guesses as to the identities of artifacts, based on their own investigation, and some basic clues provided. Don’t forget to think of us when considering your next field trip or family outing!

This is a video of footage of the potato harvest by John Beks and crew in the fall of 2008.

Anthropologist Randy Bouchard documents Charlie Mack steaming a cedar canoe in Mt. Currie in 1975. Video donated by Johnny Jones. Please note – there is no audio in the video.

This documentary film from 1957 by Allan King for the CBC has been a favourite of Pembertonians for many years. The museum was able to convert an old copy of the film from VHS last year.
For nearly half a century, Allan King has changed the way film and television show us the world. While considered to be one of the great documentarians, King is also renowned as a key pioneer of the Canadian feature film industry. Accession number 008.37.

A short movie of photographs of the exhibits at the Pemberton Museum.

Portable says Goodbye! Thanks to Nick Antonelli Trucking and Terry Gobert’s Backhoe service for making the move a reality this week. We were amazed to see the building loaded and moving on to its new home in under an hour.

Home movies of Pemberton 1955-59 taken by Fred Thomson of Prince George. Fred was a friend of Ed and Nancy Gilmore and worked as the station manager for the Pacific Great Eastern Railway at Pemberton in the 1950’s. The video was filmed in 8mm and was converted to VHS and then to digital. There is no audio.
The clips show Pemberton residents enjoying a parade and sportsday, hiking, boating, baseball, swimming, and images of the train rolling through downtown. Accession number 011.30.

Stories that celebrate 150 years of Pemberton’s people, culture and history.
1. Building a community museum
2. Pemberton Gold: The Seed Potato story
3. More Moxie than Money: the story of Tri-C secretarial services
4. Trails & Rails
5. The Murder of Tom Poole
6. Floods and more Floods
7. Pemberton’s Pioneer Women: The Women’s Institute
8. “I Remember”…stories about Pemberton and District.

Part 2 of the episode from Snow Trax – the television program – highlighting snowmobiling in Pemberton and district.

Snow Trax – North America’s most watched snowmobile TV show, was in Pemberton in February 2010 documenting Pemberton and the area’s backcountry snowmobiling experience.

This video (5 of 5) “About Pemberton” provides a very brief overview of commercial and business activities available in the Valley.

This video (4 of 5) “About Pemberton” provides a very brief overview of recreation and outdoor activities available in the Valley.

This video (3 of 5) “About Pemberton” provides a very brief overview about living in Pemberton… with a focus on families.

This video (2 of 5) “About Pemberton” provides a very brief overview of commercial and residential development in the Valley.