Collection search - No. 28

Record information – Brief

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No. 28

Item number (ISN):

18407

Series title:

Canadian Paramount News

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1934

Item number (ISN):

18407

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

RODGERS, John

Accession:

1983-0352

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1934

Production company:

Adolph Zukor

Description:

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Governor General's Bodyguard in Toronto - The mounted band of Canada's oldest cavalry troop rehearses in Toronto. The commanding officer, Lt. Col. Everett, tells the camera that the GGBG is the only regiment in Canada to have its mounted band. The band is a gift of the regiment's honourary colonel, Lt. Col. Eaton. Shows the band playing marching music. <1mn 22s>~Hundred Try Record Air Leap - Men and women jump over Moscow is a mass sky drill. Includes several shots of jumpers seen from the ground, and others from drop planes with the crowd looking up. Close up of smiling girl jumper. <1mn 24s>~British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, Arrives From Canada - SS Nova Scotia arrives in Liverpool. MacDonald and his daughter, Ishbelle ?, talk to the camera and praise Canadian hospitality. A reporter asks if MacDonald will be the next Canadian Governor General. MacDonald replies that he too enjoys reading the newspaper. <1mn 5s>~US Train Marks Smashed - An aluminium train travelling at 110 mph leaves the west coast and streaks across the land in record time. Includes interior shots of dinner being served, and shots of the train speeding down the track. <1mn 16s>~North America's Only Silver Market Opens In Montreal - The interior of the Montreal Stock Exchange is shown with the first sale taking place. Douglas S. McMaster, President of the Canadian Commodity Exchange Incorporated, talks about the new service. <1mn 24s>~King Opens Library - The exterior of Cambridge University Library is shown, and then the interior. The King and Queen arrive by car to open the library. Loudspeakers carry the King's voice to the exterior for the benefit of the large crowd assembled there. <1mn 30s>~Mounties Visit US - Thirty-five RCMP constables arrive in New York City for the National Horse Show. The men are shown preparing their mounts, riding in formation on the streets of New York. Major J.M. Tupper speaks to the camera about the visit. <1mn 10s>~Final view of a hand turning the crank of an old Paramount News camera. This camera then turns the lens towards the camera which zooms in on it.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The Governor-General's Body Guard amalgamated with the Mississauga Horse in 1936 and became known as the Governor General's Horse Guards.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

14305

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8406-0054

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

14395

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8406-0165

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-5672

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

14396

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8406-0166

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-5672

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

14397

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8406-0164

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

8406-0166

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

14399

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8406-0167

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8406-0165

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

14401

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8406-0168

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8406-0165
8406-0166

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

26813

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-5672

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

0.8%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8406-0054

Reproduction access:

with permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~Copyright owner : Paramount

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