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Town of Yellowknife is Growing Apace as Klondike of 1946 = [Yellowknife : Boomtown of the North]

Item number (ISN):

25413

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1945

Item number (ISN):

25413

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:

1980-0175

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1945

Production company:

Canadian Edition 28/65
Fox News

Production credit:

photography, Ross Beesley

Description:

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Newsreel footage of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, where the rush for gold has gained added momentum now that the Second World War has ended. The footage shows: aerial shots of Yellowknife; aerial view of Fort Resolution; Slave River country; more footage shot at Yellowknife, including low angle shot of airplain motor as Canadian Pacific Airlines plane arrives from Edmonton; passengers disembarking; people with plane in background; longshot and pan of part of the town of Yellowknife; snow-covered trees; looking down hill on one of the main streets of Yellowknife; signs on cafes in the town, including Wild Cat, Roving Hornet and Busy Bee; barber shop; man cutting wood; cabin on hill; icicles on building; plane arriving at air base on lake; freight piled in foreground; putting package freight aboard plane; N.W.T. licence plate on car; a new building to house transients, with sign which reads "Yellowknife Rooms"; bank in building styled like log cabin; buses on street; town of Yellowknife shown from the west; cars and trucks on street; Yellowknife's business section; view from across narrows; signs on a restaurant; restaurant interior; people eating at a counter; close-ups of butter and sugar bowls on table, a contrast to rationing in other parts of Canada; man eating and adding sugar to coffee; price signs over counter for steaks, omelettes, hamburgers, oysters and other items; a hockey rink; close-up of child in a parka; buildings; man with sleigh full of water cans, a necessity because Yellowknife has no water system; taxi; and close-up of a Yellowkbnife bakery.

Language:

Silent

Original number:

57-750

Notes:

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1. Roll may include out-takes as well.~2. Source of description is Associated Screen News Ltd. caption sheet for 703 feet of footage shipped by ASN to the newsreel companies circa 1946.~3. The caption sheet states that this footage was used in the Canadian Edition of Fox Movietone News, Volume 28, Number 63. ~4. Since the length of the footage described in the shotlist is longer than the footage actually held, some scenes may not really be present.

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Vault ISN:

42407

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-4694

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

0.7%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

78039

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8106-0048

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-4694

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

78040

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8106-0049

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8106-0048

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

78041

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8106-0050

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8106-0048

Status:

MASTER
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