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A Tale of Two Cities = Histoire de deux villes

Item number (ISN):

24442

Series title:

Canada Carries On

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1941

Item number (ISN):

24442

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES

Accession:

1975-0227

Media:

Film

Original title:

A Tale of Two Cities

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1941

Release date:

1942

Production company:

National Film Board

Production credit:

producer, Graham McInnes

Country of production:

cn

Description:

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Documentary on Winnipeg and Ottawa in wartime compiled from two NFB films: A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS and OTTAWA : WARTIME CAPITAL.~Winnipeg women carry on war work, collect magazines for the troops, operate a junk shop to raise funds, and provide hostesses for the entertainment of soldiers. The Ottawa sequences cover some of the personalities and the activities of a wartime capital. The camera focuses briefly on Colonel James L. Ralston, Minister of Defence; Charles "Chubby" Power, Minister for Air; Angus MacDonald, Minister of Naval Services; Admiral Percy Nelles, Chief of Naval Staff; Chalmers Mackenzie, acting president of the National Research Council; Richard Hansen, Progressive Conservative leader of the Opposition; M.J. Coldwell, CCF; and J.H. Blackmore, SC. Prime Minister Mackenzie King chairs a meeting of the Cabinet Council, the chief executive planning body. Seen are: Parliament Hill, heavy pedestrian and auto traffic, packed offices and restaurants, and flashes back to the 1939 visit of the King and Queen. Parliament is opened and Prime Minister King speaks while the camera shows the Services in action: Canadian troops on board a troopship, the demolition of the Spitzbergen radio towers, three Westland Lysanders taking off and in flight, Spitfires peeling off, convoy duty aboard a corvette, and a plane ditching at sea. <20mn>

Original number:

106B 0141 072~106B 0142 073

Notes:

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1. For more information see "The NFB Film Guide From 1939 to 1989".~2. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

16978

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8010-0087

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

33887

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-2781
N-2782

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

36332

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7704-0676
7704-0677

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-2781
N-2782

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

36333

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7704-0678
7704-0679

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7704-0676
7704-0677

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

36334

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

7704-0711
7704-0712

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

N-2781
N-2782

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

36335

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8310-0804
8310-0805

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

7704-0676
7704-0677

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

36336

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7704-0674
7704-0675

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7704-0676
7704-0677
7704-0678
7704-0679

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

41160

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 7901-0015

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8010-0087
V1 7901-0015

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~For permission for use of NFB productions still under copyright, contact: NFB, P.O. Box 6100, Montreal, Quebec.

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