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Shell Canada fonds [moving images, object]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1964-1982.

Reference:

R9160-0-9-E

Type of material:

Moving images, Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

190571

Context of this record:

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Shell Canada fonds
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Fonds includes:

71 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1964-1982.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

ca. 12 film reels.
86 medals sterling silver, goldine.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of films entitled: The 1965 Shell 4000; The birth of the robot; A light in nature; Oil from the earth; The revealing eye; The rival world; Airscrew; and Wings over the Atlantic. Also included are films produced by Shell Canada in the 1980s on amateur competitve skiers and fuel economy competition. Objects consist of four sets of fifteen sterling silver portrait medals of all the Prime Ministers of Canada from 1867 to 1970, mounted on walnut board fifteen inches wide. The remaining objects are two sets of 13 goldine medals (one in English, one in French), featuring Canada's provincial and territorial coats-of-arms and flowers. These goldine sets were offered as premiums at Shell gas stations throughout Canada in 1971.

Also consists of an unidentified 8mm film.

Provenance:

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Shell Canada Limited

Biography/Administrative history:

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Shell Canada Limited : Shell Canada is one of Canada's largest integrated pertroleum companies. The company produces natural gas, natural gas liquids and bitumen, and sulphur. Shell Canada is also a leading manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of refined petroleum products.

Finding aid:

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Moving images (Electronic) See MISACS for item-level descriptions.

Moving images (Paper) See AV collection files for item-level descriptions.

Medals: (Electronic) Item-level descriptions available on line in MINISIS.

Medals: (Paper) Inventory card numbers. 2879 to 2893; 5041 to 5070; 6270 to 6295

Additional information:

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General note:

Medals received in 1970, 1971 and 1977 from Shell Canada Limited and the Canadian Historical Society.

Custodial history:

Some of the moving image material (accession 1967-0013) was part of the Canadian Film Institute's (CFI) transfer to the National Archives of Canada on May 12, 1975. The CFI originally received the material from Shell Canada ca. 1967. The National Archives of Canada received the rest of the moving image material in 1985 directly from Shell Canada Limited.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1964/1967)
(1985-11-29)
123-040268-3
1967-0013 MISA
1970-005 MED
1971-011 MED
1973-0307 (MISA)
1977-024 MED
1985-0576 MISA
1995-168 X DAP
2012-00313-3
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Conditions of access:

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Moving images (film)

[Consultation90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

Copy negative [R9160] C-083401--C-083403

[Consultation 90 Open]

Terms of use:

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Moving images Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder and of Shell Canada Limited.
Medals: No restrictions on use. Copyright: Shell Canada. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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