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Miracle at Beauharnois

Item number (ISN):

13582

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1931

Item number (ISN):

13582

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ASSOCIATED SCREEN NEWS LTD.

Accession:

1973-0127

Media:

Film

Original title:

Miracle at Beauharnois

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1931

Production company:

Associated Screen News Ltd.

Production credit:

director, Gordon Sparling; photography, Alfred Jacquemin; art work, Harold Peberdy

Sponsor:

Beauharnois Construction Company

Description:

Film on the construction of the Beauharnois hydro-electric project. The excavation of the Beauharnois canal and the building of the dam and power house are the phases described in this film. The aerial views of the construction sites are spectacular. The camera focuses on excavation shovels and dredging machines in action. A dynamite explosion is seen in the distance. Footage includes: a box of C.I.L. dynamite; views of a rock crusher chewing up large chunks of rock; and railway cars being filled with concrete for transportation to the site. <16mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

A-601

Notes:

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1. Gordon Sparling, the creator of this film, died in 1994.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

13318

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-0020
N-0021

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

13320

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7910-0002
7910-0003

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-0020
N-0021

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

13322

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7910-0004
7910-0005

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7910-0002
7910-0003

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

13369

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8007-0041

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

40341

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8701-0813
8701-0814

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

7910-0002
7910-0003

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8007-0041

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 31 December 2044.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Beauharnois Constructions Company.

Reproduction access:

To be Determined / À déterminer

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