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Five Times Five

Item number (ISN):

200525

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1939

Item number (ISN):

200525

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:

2 of 2

Production date:

1939

Release date:

1939

Production company:

Pathé News

Production credit:

producer, Frederic Ullman Jr.; director, Frank Donovan; photography, Harry W. Smith; sound, Clarence Ellis; Frank Woolley; editing, Jay Bonafield; narrator, Alexander Woollcott

Distributor name:

RKO Radio Pictures Inc.

Description:

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The Dionne quintuplets' fifth birthday. The film starts with a shot of the invitation to the quints to attend a private audience in Toronto with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 22 May 1939. This meeting is not shown in the film. Next are: scenes of Callander, Ontario; Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe's nameplate outside his office; Alexander Woollcott visiting Dr. Dafoe in his office; Dafoe and Woollcott looking at photographs of the Dionne quintuplets in Dafoe's photograph album; Woollcott's visit to the quintuplets' nursery with Dafoe; Dafoe and Woollcott driving into the compound; the quints playing on swings and a slide in their playground; the quints meeting Dafoe and Woollcott; muffled actuality of Woollcott and the quints speaking in French; the quints giving Woollcott a push on a swing; the quints playing hide-and-seek; cars and crowds of tourists; a sign reading "photographs of babies by visitors not allowed"; people watching the quints; the quints getting into the car in which they will ride on the way to Toronto, their first trip out of the compound; the quints cleaning the car and hitting the horn; the quints dressed up for their trip and getting into the car; the car leaving the compound with a motorcycle escort; the quints back at the compound playing with their birthday gifts, including a toy grocery store; the quints' outdoor birthday party, attended by the bishop, Woollcott, Dafoe, and nurses; and the guests putting on paper hats and playing with noisemakers. <19mn 30s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Material restricted - see OMA file.~2. Title and production responsibility taken from the screen.~3. Presented by RKO-Pathé, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures Inc., and sound recorded by RCA High Fidelity Sound.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

200554

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7808-0405
7808-0406

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

1.0%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

200563

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 7901-0017

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

277449

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9603-0036

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

995452

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9603-0083

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Made from:

7808-0388
7808-0390
7808-0410
7808-0412
7808-0405
7808-0406
7808-0408
7808-0409
7808-0391
7808-0403
7808-0393
7808-0375

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1048737

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

7808-0405-DPX
7808-0406-DPX

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

18:43

Made from:

7808-0405
7808-0406

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1048739

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

7808-0405.WAV
7808-0406.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

18:43

Made from:

7808-0405
7808-0406

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1048740

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

200525.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

18:43

Made from:

7808-0405
7808-0406

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1048741

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

200525.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

18:43

Made from:

7808-0405
7808-0406

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 7901-0017
V1 9603-0036

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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