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Clan Donald A British Farm Colony

Item number (ISN):

211317

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1925

Item number (ISN):

211317

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

SAFFREY, Anthony J.

Accession:

1981-0203

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1925

Production company:

Associated Screen News of Canada Ltd.

Sponsor:

Canadian Pacific Railway Company
The Department of Colonization and Development

Description:

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Film about the immigration to Canada of 100 families from Scotland. A year ago, according to the intertitles, the families were "leading lives of drab prospect in Scotland". Shot of prairie. Men on horseback, viewed from the back, look out over the land. The town of Vermillion Alberta, centre of the colony. Shows rough wooden shacks and dirt roads. View of Father MacDonell, who got the idea for the colony and who organized it. He helps a woman step down from the back of a cart. Women and children seated on the cart. Close-up of Father McIntyre, who manages the colony. Families standing a dockside. Men walk by carrying luggage. Man, woman and child walk up gangplank. View of ship at dock. Crowds at dock. View of city buildings from harbour, obscured by steam or smoke. Crowd of men, women and children on deck, waving to the camera. Views of the voyage across the ocean to Canada. People eating at small tables on deck. Close-up of woman and boy drinking tea. Smiling children run along deck toward camera as other people watch. People dancing on deck to music played by pianist. Close-up of pianist playing and singing. View of water, sunset and hills along horizon. Ship passing under bridge.~Overhead view of the ship. The immigrants land at Quebec City and walk down the gangplank. An official directs the passengers as they leave the ship. Passengers filing through a building. The immigrants wave from a departing train. People inside a passenger coach. Archbishop O'Leary and other clergy walk out of a tent and greet the immigrants at the new colony. Brief close-up of O'Leary speaking. Crowd looks on. Piles of lumber ready for delivery to the colony to build homes. A farm home in the colony. Man drives a wagon in front. A girl and boy lead horses along a dirt road in the colony. Two women, another boy and a man follow behind them, leading more horses. Man and a small boy walk along. Close-up of a smiling man and young woman, who then laugh. More close-ups of the settlers, including young women and children. Man drives a plough in a field on the prairies. Cattle and horses by a pond. People stand beside a team of horses. Man stacks cans of milk. Settlers arrive by horse and wagon for open-air Sunday church service. Panoramic view of surrounding hills, wagons, horses, a few buildings and tents. Longshot of crowd next to some tents. Medium-shot of settlers kneeling in the grass, with some worshippers just visible inside the tent.~Men, women and children seated in the grass, eating sandwiches. View of prairie and cattle. Men, a woman and children seated in the grass, eating sandwiches. View of prairie and cattle. Men, a woman and children look down at cattle in a valley. Closer shots of cattle in valley, grazing and drinking at a pond. Cattle shown in pens. Footage concludes with intertitle about stockyards in Calgary. <11mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Production credits on screen consist only of credits to ASN as producer and the CPR as sponsor.~2. Assuming the 90-year rule, this title is under copyright until 2015.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

41332

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8301-0045

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

213824

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8108-1130

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.9%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

213825

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8110-0196

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

8108-1130

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

213826

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8111-0255

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8110-0196

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

213827

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8202-0076

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8110-0196

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

213828

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8210-0104

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

359942

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2001-05-0039

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

808350

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

211317-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

10:51

Made from:

8108-1130

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

808351

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

211317.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

10:51

Made from:

8108-1130

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

808352

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

211317.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

10:51

Made from:

8108-1130

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

976849

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2001-05-0055

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

8615-0859
8615-0860
8615-0861
8615-0862
8615-0863
8906-0210
9605-0351
9502-0034
9408-0087
8111-0255
8102-0349

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8301-0045
V1 8210-0104
V1 2001-05-0039

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 2015.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Canadian Pacific.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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