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Immediate Action

Item number (ISN):

225489

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1952

Item number (ISN):

225489

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CRAWLEY FILMS LIMITED

Accession:

1983-0373

Media:

Film

Original title:

Immediate Action

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1952

Release date:

1952

Production company:

Crawley Films Limited

Production credit:

director/producer, George Gorman; script, Munroe Scott; photography, Frank Stokes; music, William McCauley; narrator, Frank Peddie

Cast credit:

Bill Needles, Toby Robins, Robert Christie

Sponsor:

Toronto Stock Exchange

Description:

Produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Stock Exchange, this film provides an explanation of how the stock exchange and marketplace operate.~Featuring footage from the floor of the Toronto exchange and the exploits of the fictional couple Jack and Janet Landry, the film targets young Canadians with savings to invest who have no previous experience with securities investment.~A mock exchange, using only three participants, is acted out on the floor of an empty exchange to simplify the process as a voice-over explains the process. <19mn 40s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Additional information on this film may be available in the production file (Manuscript Division MG 28 III 99, Volumes 9, 10, and 58).~2. A quote of Winston Churchill appears in intertitles at the head of dupe neg 8330-0358/003 and release print 8330-0358/101, and at the tail of release print 8330-0358/100. The quote does not appear on the "A" and "B" rolls.~3. The years of the Toronto Stock Exchange (1852-1952) appear following the intertitle "100th Anniversary" on the dupe neg and release print 8330-0358/101. No dates are listed on release print 8330-0358/"100 or the "A" and "B" rolls.~4. The sound track was revised to eliminate the use of a Royal Bank of Canada cheque, objected to by other banks, and to change the audio indication of the closing time of the exchange from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m..

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

244511

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0358/001
8330-0358/002

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

1.1%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

244644

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0358/003

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.7%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

244649

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0358/004

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.7%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

244659

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0358/100

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

244669

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0358/101

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

244673

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8330-0407/300
8330-0407/302

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

244674

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8330-0407/301

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

775521

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

225489-001.WAV
225489-002.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

8330-0407/300
8330-0407/301

Status:

MASTER
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