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Gateway to the World

Item number (ISN):

18556

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1944/1945 ?

Item number (ISN):

18556

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:

Gateway to the World

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1944/1945 ?

Production company:

Associated Screen News Ltd.

Production credit:

scenario/editing, Earl Clark; photography, Tom Courtney; narrator, Rudy Stoeckel

Sponsor:

The Department of Industry and Publicity of the Province of Nova Scotia

Description:

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A film about Halifax - Canada's principal open sea port, and its importance during the Second World War. Shots include: fishing villages along the coast; ship building; ships of all sizes and nationalities entering and leaving Halifax harbour; servicemen and women parading through the streets of Halifax; merchant ships being loaded with supplies for the war effort; painters camouflaging both warships and troop transport ships; Halifax street scenes; social clubs for enlisted people; soldiers having their photographs taken in a park; swimming in the ocean; going to the cinema; preparing a convoy of ships for sea; loading tanks, planes, Red Cross supplies for Canadian prisoners of war; soldiers boarding troop transport ships and waving to the crowds of onlookers; seaman chopping ice off a railing of a ship in the North Atlantic; ships damaged or destroyed by the Nazis being towed back to Halifax harbour or gutted of their supplies; civilian fishermen salvaging goods off a torpedoed ship; kids eating food that was taken from the ship; Victory Bond posters and billboards on buses; children turning over aluminum pots and pans as part of a salvage drive; German prisoners of war from the Bismark at the Port of Halifax; Allied troop transport ships returning to Halifax after the war; parade through the streets of town. <31mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

J-1407

Notes:

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1. Recorded by Associated Screen News Ltd.~2. Copyright originally rested with the Crown.~3. Crown copyright over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

15808

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-0936
N-0937
N-0938

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

15809

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-6318
7301-6450
7301-6319

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

1%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

15811

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-0939
N-0940
N-1923

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

15812

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8401-0111
8401-0112
8401-0113

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-0939
N-0940
N-1923

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

15813

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8401-0108
8401-0109
8401-0110

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

N-0939
N-0940
N-1923

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

108556

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8904-0002
8904-0003
8904-0004

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

8401-0108
8401-0109
8401-0110

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

163675

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9101-0001
9101-0002
9101-0003

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

INTERNEG

Made from:

7301-6318
7301-6319
7301-6450

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

163676

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9101-0004
9101-0005
9101-0006

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

8401-0108
8401-0109
8401-0110

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

166954

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9102-0316
9102-0317
9102-0318

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

9101-0001
9101-0002
9101-0003
9101-0004
9101-0005
9101-0006

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

327749

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9904-0013

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

338139

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9909-0044

Number of items:

1

Duration:

105:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

633561

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-6451

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

997868

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9904-0017

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7301-3211
7301-3212
7301-3213
7301-3216
9102-0316
9102-0317
9102-0318

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9904-0013
V1 9909-0044

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

To be Determined / À déterminer

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