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[Anik A-1 Launch]

Item number (ISN):

11750

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1972-11-03

Item number (ISN):

11750

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Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: VIDEOTAPE RECYCLING

Accession:

1985-0642

Media:

Video

Part:

Part 1

Production date:

1972-11-03

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

Television program on the launch of Anik A-1, the world's first domestic commercial communications satellite, built for Telesat Canada. This (unedited) version includes footage of: Lloyd Robertson interviewing Inuit students flown to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) station at Cape Kennedy to observe the launch; a CBC French correspondent from Washington relaying items to videotape rooms in Montreal and Toronto; statements in English and French from principal users of the satellite feed; statements from Telesat Canada executives, including Chairman of the Board, Alphonse Ouimet, who describes the launch as "a historical moment for Canada"; and shots of the lift-off and flight of the Thor-Delta rocket as it carries the satellite towards a fixed destination, accompanied by voice-over from NASA's Delta launch control.

Subjects:

ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES IN TELECOMMUNICATION~BROADCASTING HISTORY~CANADA~LAUNCH VEHICLES ~TELECOMMUNICATION~TELEVISION BROADCASTING~TELESAT CANADA~UNITED STATES. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION~OUIMET, ALPHONSE~ROBERTSON, LLOYD

Language:

English

Original number:

61-2-1750-2016
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8601-0122

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

To be Determined / À déterminer

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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Date modified:: 2024-06-12