Collection search - Gordon Sparling fonds [moving images, sound recording]

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Gordon Sparling fonds [moving images, sound recording]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1928-1970].

Reference:

R9162-0-3-E

Type of material:

Moving images, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

190577

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Gordon Sparling fonds
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Date(s):

[ca. 1928-1970].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

ca. 15 film reels (4 h).
11 audio reels (12 h).

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of a variety of film footage, much of it directed by Sparling. Titles include: The unknown soldier of Canada's film archives; Carry on Sergeant; Peoples of Canada; Canadian headlines of 1949; Towards one world; Weekend in Québec; The thousand days; Headlines on 1949; Sun Valley gardens; Now we are four July 21st 1938; and At the mature age of five.

Fonds also consists of interviews of Sparling and his wife Elvira with various personalities of the Canadian film industry.

Provenance:

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Sparling, Gordon

Biography/Administrative history:

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Sparling, Gordon : Gordon Sparling was born on August 13, 1900, at Toronto, Ont. He joined the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau in 1924 after graduating from the University of Toronto. He moved to New York to work in Paramount's Astoria Studios in 1929. In 1931, Sparling returned to Canada to become head of production at Associated Screen News in Montreal. Sparling spent three years in London during the Second World War, where he was in charge of the headquarters section of the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit, supervising production of propaganda and training films and issues of the Canadian Army newreel. He returned to ASN in 1946 and remained until 1957 when the prodution department closed. He did freelance work for one year and then joined the National Film board in 1958. He officially retired in 1966 but remained active in researching and writing the history of Canadian film. Sparling died in Toronto on February 19, 1994.

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

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

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General note:

Received between 1968 and 1992 from Gordon Sparling.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1968-07-03)
(1978-08-12)
(1979-07-20)
(1980-09-23)
(1981-03-12)
(1981-12-17)
(1989-07-04)
(1991-10-01)
120-060037-1
1323 (1976-11-15)
1435 (1989-11-30)
1968-0036 MISA
1976-0238 MISA
1978-0216 MISA
1979-0220 MISA
1980-0255 MISA
1981-0218 MISA
1981-0219 MISA
1989-0390 MISA
1989-0599 MISA
1992-0123 MISA
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Conditions of access:

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Moving images (film)

[Consultation90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation18 Restricted]
Sound recordings - Access is restricted until the publication of Gordon Sparling's memoirs. After publication the written permission of Sparling's estate is needed for access.

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Moving images Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder.
Sound recordings Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of Gordon Sparling's estate.

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