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The Provincial Plowing Match

Item number (ISN):

207297

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1917

Item number (ISN):

207297

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

GRAPHIC CONSULTANTS LTD.

Accession:

1972-0105

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1917

Production company:

Pathescope of Canada Ltd.

Sponsor:

Ontario Department of Agriculture
Ontario Motion Picture Bureau

Distributor name:

Ontario Government Bureau of Motion Pictures

Description:

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This film relates some scenes from the Plowing Match and Tractor Demonstration that took place at Brantford Ontario, on "Oak Park Stock Farm," 24-26 October 1917. The viewer is shown some of the 20,000 people in attendance as they watch the competition and examine displays of cars, tractors and farm implements. Intertitles narrate as both horse and tractor-drawn ploughs form straight furrows. The footage shows: extreme close-up of poster advertising the match: "Plowing Match and Farm Tractor Demonstration, held at Brantford, October 24th/26th 1917, Competition Open to the World"; long view pan of big, wide field with contestants plowing their sectors and spectators in the foreground; long view of large number of automobiles parked in a large field, with tents and people in foreground; medium shot pan to parking area full with cards, more marquees, Union Jack flying from a flagpole and a group of men standing around a racing car; medium shot of man plowing, making a deep furrow; medium shot of team of two white horses approaching camera, pulling plow and leaving long straight furrows in the field behind them, as they are watched closely by spectators and judges; close-up of man plowing; pan to two well-dressed women wearing hats, and eating something while talking to a man; close-up of a plowing tractor; long view of large tractor approaching camera, followed by a large crowd who are looking at the furrows made by this machine; close-up of large crowd; close-up of gasoline-driven tractor approaching camera; extreme close-up showing rear of this machine with three blades cutting into the soil and spectators watching closely; and close-up of large heavy tractor pulling plow that has five blades and spectators looking at the five deep, even furrows made by this machine. There is a close-up of two prize-winners of the competition clutching their prizes, one a boxed silver service and the other a silver cup trophy. A little boy stands between them. This is followed by aquotation: "The foundation of good farming lies in the thorough cultivation of the soil." <5mn 19s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

9544

Notes:

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1. This is one (perhaps the first) of a number of ploughing match films produced for the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau. The event was likely filmed annually.~2. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.~3. Listed in the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau catalogue in 1922, 1923, 1927, 1929 and 1931.~4. Film made by Pathescope for the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau according to The Films of the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau - A Preliminary Catalogue.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

184511

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8402-0053

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

208528

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9211-0018

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

208557

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-9544/A

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

208558

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-9544

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

208559

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-9544/E

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

RED PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

289649

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0710

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

GC-9544/A

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

293110

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9610-0432

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

9608-0710

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

293113

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9610-0433

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

9608-0710

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

354525

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2001-01-0035

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

914112

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-9544/B

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

914113

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-9544/C

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

914117

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-9544/F

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

RED PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

914119

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-9544/G

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

RED PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

976504

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2001-01-0052

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

9610-0432
8108-0872
8108-0605
8108-0780
8108-0707
8108-0576
7301-2299
7704-0558
8108-0322
9406-0191
9407-0133

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8402-0053
V1 9211-0018
V1 2001-01-0035

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

The permission of Library and Archives Canada is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Library and Archives Canada

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