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Ballet of the Mermaids = Le Ballet des Ondines

Item number (ISN):

18271

Series title:

Canadian Cameo = Camée canadien

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1937

Item number (ISN):

18271

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:

Ballet of the Mermaids

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1937

Release date:

1938-07

Production company:

Associated Screen News Ltd.

Production credit:

director, Gordon Sparling; producer, B.E. Norrish; scenario, Margot Blaisdell; sound, Maurice Metzger; music, Howard Fogg; Margot Blaisdell; narrator, Betty Burke Taylor; choreography, Katherine Bottomley; Angus Erskine

Cast credit:

Betty Edwards, Ena Erskine, Thelma Bottomley, Junita Ritchie, Doris Geldard, Mermaid Swimming Club of Toronto

Country of production:

cn

Description:

Swimmers demonstrate synchronized swimming in a lake. The film calls this "ornamental swimming". Includes the song Whispering Waters, with lyrics by Margot Blaisdell and music by Howard Fogg. The swimming routines are choreographed by Katherine Bottomley and Angus Erskine. The film tells the story of a sprite playing along the lake shore, who comes across the swimmers, who she thinks are mermaids.~The sprite watches the swimmers and joins them in the water. <9mn 52s>

Language:

English

Original number:

B-719

Notes:

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1. ASN Production Number: B-719.~2. Gordon Sparling, the creator of this film, died in 1994.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

16618

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8410-0082

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

27855

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8610-0093

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

29591

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-0235

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

29592

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-0236

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

29593

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-0237

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

29595

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8010-0175

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8010-0174

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

29596

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8010-0174

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-0235

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

29597

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8010-0176

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

N-0237

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

29598

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8010-0177

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

8010-0179

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

29599

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8010-0178

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8010-0174
8010-0177

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

29600

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8010-0179

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

8010-0176

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

42237

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-1935

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

1.2%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

52063

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8706-0166

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8010-0174
8010-0177

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

229357

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8706-0165

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

8010-0174
8010-0177

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

775627

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_8504-0055.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 8504-0055

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

775629

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_8504-0055.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 8504-0055

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8410-0082
V1 8610-0093

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: National Archives of Canada.

Reproduction access:

To be Determined / À déterminer

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