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[Dionne Quints]

Item number (ISN):

200519

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1935 ?

Item number (ISN):

200519

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ONTARIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Accession:

1978-0223

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1935 ?

Description:

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Various shots of the Dionne quintuplets.~Red tinted footage of: Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe and one of the babies standing next to a Christmas tree; Dr. Dafoe showing the baby one of the ornaments; Dr. Dafoe showing one of the quints a present; the babies in snowsuits; the babies with nurses; a baby sitting on a sled; Dr. Dafoe and one of the quints and a nurse; the quintuplets in a playpen, wearing sweaters embroidered with their names; a nurse taking one of the quints out of the hospital building and then back in; five baby carriages sitting in front of the porch; nurses and quints outside; a three-man camera crew and camera; a security guard raising a flag on the flagpole while the nurses look on; and a nurse with the quints.~Black and white footage of: four women dressed alike standing with a security guard in front of the quintuplets compound as Dr. Dafoe stands with them dressed like a Mexican; Dafoe and a woman holding dolls dressed like cowboys; the four women standing beside a nurse who is holding a bottle of milk and a glass; the nurse holding the glass of milk to the lips of one of women who drinks and starts to laugh; and Dafoe and a man holding dolls. <9mn 20s>

Language:

Silent

Notes:

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1. Material restricted - see OMA file.~2. Title assigned by archivist.~3. No title or indication of production company on screen.~4. Originaly on Bill Galloway's list as 7808-0395B with the assigned title [MEXICAN WOMEN VISIT DR. DAFOE] and as 7808-0395 with the assigned title [THE QUINTS IN COLOUR] 1936.~5. Some of the colour footage, particularly close-ups, out of focus and some shots are underexposed.

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Vault ISN:

200547

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7808-0395/A
7808-0395/B

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

1.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

201484

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9210-0007

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9210-0007

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of OMA : with permission of the Dafoe family : with permission of the Dionnes : see notes

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