From the BC Labour Heritage Centre:

"The new collection of virtually unknown archival films, including many featuring work and workers, is being saved on the website "The Moving Past". The films are from as early as 1917 when such productions were silent, but background music has been added to the restored versions.

The value of these films lies in critical viewing. Industry is shown through the "lens of the state". Workers are blamed for unsafe practices. Images of masculinity, femininity, white settler culture, morality and well-heeled tourism steer audiences away from thoughts of radicalism and social critique.

David Sobel is the force behind The Moving Past, which aims to save the films from deterioration by digitizing and sharing as many as possible."

In the collection is "Fresh From The Deep" (1922), a 4 minute silent film that follows halibut fishers on the North Coast of B.C. to the canneries of Prince Rupert Harbour. You can watch "Fresh From The Deep" here.