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Mackenzie King Flies to England for Conferences

Item number (ISN):

22863

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1941-08

Item number (ISN):

22863

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

Accession:

1978-0203

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1941-08

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Production credit:

photographer, Robert J. Martin; narrator, Lowell Thomas

Description:

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Newsreel report in the British Empire News segment of the Fox Movietone newsreel about Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King leaving Canada by airplane to attend conferences with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the British Cabinet. He leaves in a ferry bomber. The airport is identified only as an eastern Canadian airport. The footage shows: close-up of aircraft propeller turning over; Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King with Captain Wilkinson of RAF Ferry Command; Mackenzie King with other officers and officials, including Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill, head of Ferry Command, and Senator Dandurand (with white beard). Brigadier Vanier says goodbye to his family. Brigadier Vanier shown with Senator Dandurand. Prime Minister Mackenzie King with C.D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply. Senator Dandurand, Mackenzie King and C.D. Howe. Mackenzie King arriving at airport and being greeted by Sir Frederick Bowhill. Mackenzie King surrounded by a group of officials, walking to airplane, and waves to the crowd of people waiting near the plane.. Longshot of Mackenzie King getting into plane by a small door near the ground. Pan of group of people as the plane gets ready to take off. Plane taxis and takes off into overcast, hazy sky. <2mn>

Language:

Silent

Original number:

44-501

Notes:

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1. Source of description is viewing and Associated Screen News Caption Sheet.~2. The caption sheet indicates that all of the Canadian newsreels covered this event.~3. The head title is composite but the rest is silent footage.~4. The edited version of the footage, with commentary by Lowell Thomas, was shipped to Canada from Fox headquarters in New York City, for the Fox Movietone News Canadian Edition Volume 23, Number 109.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

30298

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-3508

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

33715

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7910-0055

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-3508

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

33716

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7910-0057

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7910-0055

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

33717

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7910-0059

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

7910-0055

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1018128

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

N-3508-DPX

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

2:19

Made from:

N-3508-DPX

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1018129

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

N-3508.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

2:19

Made from:

N-3508

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1018130

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

22863.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

2:19

Made from:

N-3508

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1018133

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

22863.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

2:19

Made from:

N-3508

Status:

REF
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