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Midget Hockey Players in Sudbury

Item number (ISN):

22974

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1946-04

Item number (ISN):

22974

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:

1980-0199

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1946-04

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Production credit:

director, Alex Myers; photographer, Ernest Wilson

Description:

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Newsreel story from Copper Cliff, a mining town in Northern Ontario, where children ages 10 to 16 play in the Midget National Hockey League. They sign "good behaviour contracts" that pledge them to keep out of trouble and attend to their school work. They wear uniforms that bear the crests of big league teams such as the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens. They play in a large stadium to large crowds. Gordon Alcott of Copper Cliff organized the league eight years ago. Boys ages eight and nine play on farm teams which serve as the training ground for the older teams. The footage shows: Harold Martin, age 11, with coach and organizer Gordon Alcott; Earl Bennett, age 10, brings in a new prospect, Leon Cluff; close-up of the contract the players sign; Cluff signs the contract; close-up of two hockey sticks on the ice for the face-off; tense faces of young players at face-off; close-up of boy's face; coach Ed Sutherland dropping puck at face-offs; close-up of puck and sticks; players skating past camera; player bears down on goal; goal-keeper's face; player shoots on goal; coach faces off puck; scramble for puck; play around the net; goal scored; Alcott conferring with W.M Harrington, the principal of Copper Cliff High School, about the scholastic standing of players; Alcott talking with a group of young boys in public school gymnasium; John Sleaver, age 11; Barry Williams, age 11; Terry Brannigan, age 10; pan shot of group of boys; Alcott talking to a group of high school boys; close-up of Alcott; class over Alcott's shoulder; boy; Leslie Montgomery; Zellio Toppezzini; longshot of Copper Cliff High School; pan of boys walking out of school with their hockey equipment; group of boys leaving school with their equipment; Stanley Stadium, where they practice and play their games; pan from boys to sign over stadium entrance, which reads "Midget NHL, The Builders of Little Champions"; practice; huddle; coach Max Silverman talkingto players; boys listening to coach; skating practice; pan shot of dressing room; player discarding pads; players removing sweaters and shoulder pads; players removing socks; Alcott talking to players; pan down from sign to ice; pan from one team lined up on ice to other team; face-off; player shoots and misses; a rush develops; goalie stops puck; another rush; referee tosses in puck; a tussle develops; more of the game action at centre ice; attempt at a goal; play around net; close-up through net; close-up of skates; puck cleared from behind net; medium close-up of crowd rising out of the seats; goal scored and audience cheering.

Language:

Mute with English intertitles

Original number:

57-683

Notes:

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1. Subject description is based on shotlist provided by the National Film Board, which identifies this as Canadian film material submitted to the newsreel companies by the National Film Board of Canada and that it has been approved and passed by Canadian censors.~2. The still photos incorporated in this footage were taken by Jack Mailer.

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Vault ISN:

30574

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-4692

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

34269

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0169

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-4692

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

34271

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0171

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8109-0169

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

34272

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0173

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8109-0169

Status:

MASTER
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