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World's Largest Locomotive - World's Largest Engine

Item number (ISN):

25374

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1936-06-26

Item number (ISN):

25374

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:

1979-0190

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1936-06-26

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Production credit:

photography, Roy Tash; sound, R.D. Harrison

Description:

Newsreel story from Montreal, Quebec, about the world"s largest engine introduced on the 100th anniversary of the first passenger train in Canada. It shows: various shots of engine in action; close-up of side rods of engine while in action; low angle shot as engine approaches camera; S.J. Hungerford, President of Canadian National Railways, speaking; an engineer oiling up before "leaving home"; the new engine pulling out of the shop before the test run. The caption sheet also lists the following shots taken with an Eyemo camera: various shots taken from the engine while in motion and inside the cab of the new engine.

Language:

Mute

Original number:

28-713

Notes:

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1. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.~2. Source of subject description is Associated Screen News caption sheet, which says that no other newsreel company covered this story.~3. Remarks on the caption sheet state that the engine was unable to "open up" because the bearings were all tight -- the top speed while pictures were taken was about 50 miles per hour.~4. The title listed on the caption sheet is WORLD'S LARGEST ENGINE.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

38743

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8002-0031

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

N-3643

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

38745

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8002-0034

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

8002-0031

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

38746

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8002-0037

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8002-0034

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

42350

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-3643

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

1.3%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

87217

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-6353

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

1.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

87218

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-6354

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

1.2%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

87221

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-6355

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

1.1%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, Fox, is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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