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S WE APPROACH OPENING DAY AT
EXPO 86, it’s time for all of us in:British
. Columbia to open our hearts and minds

and reflect on how far we've come,
show muc h we've accomplished. .
For this World Exposition, this
Expo 86, was not just afew years”
‘in the making. It is the culmina-
tion of more thana century of
British Columbian.achievement.
When the world comes to-aur
world class event, they'll see an
enormous spectacular unfolding:

* before their eyes. But they willalso |

‘see an incredible Province called —
British Columbia — our history,

J yesources---all showwen nec in the
sic Cs Pavilion

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The Showscan Theatre at Discovery B.C: will be a special treat for fair
-. goers. The theatre is the first in Canada built specially for the high resolu-.
_ tion Showscan film medium.

State-of-the-art
films at. Challenge. B.C.
at the B.C. Pavilion.

Showscan, an exciting

Pavilion. This
medium wads
Hollywood

special
film-

on such films as ‘Close

vince,
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clinually . in
Theatre.

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‘our

itself: is an

novation — the first in North

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- generations are celebrated here -- our energy,
ourspirit, our cultural diversity, our innovative

technologies.

‘We have all he ped to 5 build
this Province by contributing -
to her phenomenal g growth and -
development We have all earned
the right to'take a bow with her

on the world stage:

The British Coshimbia’

Pavihon is aonce-in-adlifetimg

opportunity to share our story with»

the world, And with eachother

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‘exhibition
and
Discovery B.C. ure key features

new
high-resolution film technique,
is used exclusively in an adven-
ture film at the Discovery B.C. .
film
pioneered by
; wizard
Douglas Trumbull, who worked
En-
counters of the Third: Kind’ and
‘Star Trek - the Motion: Pic-
ture’. Filmed across the pro-
this 17-minute film nam-
is shown con-
Showscan

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expecially for

America” built
Showsean. Its 1!9-metre screen
and six. track, stereo sound

system will present the . sights
and sounds of British Columbia
as they have never been seen or
heard before. A total of nine
speakers. are housed throughout
the theatre for maximum sound
enjoyment. —

Famous names associted with
the. film include Genie-award
winning producer Peter O’ Brian
(The Grey Fox,-My° American

At. the . Challenge’ B.C. :
Theatre,..a documentary film
called ‘Our British Columbia’
takes'a different appruach. This.
‘close-up’. of British Columbia
at work is presented in Tri-Max,
a ‘system which projects i images _

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simultaneously on three cinema
screens 30 metres wide. Produc-
ed by Academy Award nominee.
Bob Rogers, this 19-minute pro-
duction. was also filmed across
the. province and captures the
industries and people of B.C.

Special effects are. the order
of the day in-both films. In the
Showscan film directed by Rob
Turner of Vancouver, an all-

' Canadian cast and crew worked

with special props and effects to
create: a spectacular aerial
voyage over B.C. mountains,
beaches and cityscapes.

Both films are screened ap-

proximately 31 times daily —~
‘beginning at 10: OO a.m. — at

their respective theatres. Final.

showings are at 9:45 p.m.

world class submersible industry is shown in films and exhibits: al

the B.C.. Pavilion. This is Deep Rover. If]. — Featured in-an underwater

simulation at Discovery B. Cc.

“B.C.’s world-class. -sub-
marines and a new’ simulation
technique are combined in a
“total experience"
the Discovery B.C, building.

- Located inthe main-hall, the
Deep Rover exhibit is a realistic

simulation of an
adventure. aboard — the
Rover Il. one -of
renowned
replica Of a real submarine
bridge. and the. magic Jof
Showseian film - are
crea’ oa dramatic oundersea
rescue of a stranded sub,

B.C."s

The -adventure.begins when

SUP foe 26 passengers! enter the
Deep Rover.
‘large “fview port’. A
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filin imityges .
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ocean. Video. monitors and live

commentary complete the illu--

* sion,. making the simulator a
total experience for. fairgoers,
_ Underwater filming was car-
ried out last fall-near Port Har-
dy on Vancouver Island; Other
submersibles. that appear in the
‘simulation -include, unmanned
units such as: the Wrangler, the

Dolphin and the Hy-Sub, Prais-
and ene. |
durance, these B.C. subs are use).

ed for: their, design
ed from the Arctic to the eastern
U.S. for underwater

work.

The Simulator is ‘one of four?
Major exhibit experiences in the:

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