Collection search - Sweat of the Sun

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Sweat of the Sun

Item number (ISN):

101862

Series title:

Ideas

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1966/1969 ?

Item number (ISN):

101862

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

FINDLEY, Timothy

Accession:

1988-0369

Media:

Sound

Production date:

1966/1969 ?

Release date:

1966/1969 ?

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

director/producer, James Anderson; executive producer, Phyllis Webb; script/narrator, Timothy Findley; sound, Alex Sheridan; technical operations, Lorne Tulk; host, Ken Haslam

Cast credit:

Jack Creely, Hugh Webster

Description:

Ken Haslam introduces this program about gold, created for the "Ideas" series by Timothy Findley. Sound effects and music highlight Findley's poetic narrative on the search for gold throughout history. The mythological Greek search for The Golden Fleece; the Spanish quest for the mythic Seven Cities of Cybola; and the conquest of the Incas of Peru in 1532 by Francisco Pizarro are among famous quests described in this program.~Literary and historical characters portrayed by Jack Creely and Hugh Webster include Montezuma II, whose Aztec empire was crushed by the Spaniard Hernando Cortés in 1521, and George Washington Carmack, who precipitated the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896. <60mn>

Subjects:

ADVENTURE & ADVENTURERS~GOLD~GOLD MINERS ~FINDLEY, TIMOTHY

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Description taken from documentation provided by donor and auditioning.~2. First item on reference copy.~3. The donor's list indicates this program as part of "The Learning Stage" series but the series is called "Ideas" on the program.~4. This series was originally called "The Learning Stage"; it became "Ideas" in 1966.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

109280

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1988-0369/067

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

59:30

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

109288

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C06393

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

115:15

Made from:

1988-0369/069

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1133799

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

101862-1988-0369-067.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

62:58

Made from:

1988-0369/067

Status:

MASTER
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Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 18244

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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