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Record information – Brief International Cooperation
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1950/1959Item number (ISN):206358Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:BELL CANADAAccession:1979-0192Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1950/1959Production company:Audio ProductionsDescription:Documentary on the installation of a transatlantic cable. A montage suggesting various cultures opens the documentary with scenes of Rome and the Vatican, Seville and the Archives of the Indies, and sites in Portugal. The Rhode Island monument marking the last stand of the Narragansett Indians is shown. Shown are sequences on engineers in consultation, the construction of terminals, and cable laying on land and across the sea. Ships, among which is the Canadian Coast Guard ship John Cabot, are shown charting the depths and laying cable. Included are underwater sequences on trenches being dug; cable being manufactured; and the cable being loaded aboard ships in the US, France, and Great Britain. <15mn 27s>Language:EnglishOriginal number:45Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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