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Craftsmen at Work

Item number (ISN):

159446

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

159446

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: 1982-1985

Accession:

1984-0401

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1946

Production company:

Department of Industry and Publicity Government of Nova Scotia

Production credit:

director, Elizabethh Zinkan; producer, Margaret Perry; photography, Julien St. Georges; music, Maurice Blackburn; Nina Finn

Country of production:

cn

Sponsor:

Handicrafts and Home Industry Division of Government of Nova Scotia

Distributor name:

National Film Board

Description:

Shown are the many crafts being worked by Nova Scotians, such as: rug making by Chéticamp women, pottery making, wood carving, weaving, model ship making, and small loom production for teaching purposes. It's also shown how designs native to Nova Scotia are got from nature, and how wood carving lessons are conducted in schools. Exceptional material: cloth preparation at Festival using Gaelic song as a measurement of time; highland dancer giving a show; the Bluenose schooner; John Bradburn, woodcarver; Mary Black, Director of the Handicrafts and Home Industry Division, Government of Nova Scotia; dyeing rugs with yellow birch bark; spinning wheels; raising Angora rabbits for their wool; Gaelic College Craft Centre; and extracting clay from the ground with mechanical shovel. <16mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

106C 0146 007

Notes:

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1. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.

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Vault ISN:

151544

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8220-0709

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

151545

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8220-0710

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the NFB, is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of the NFB

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10