Collection search - 100 Years
-
Record information – Brief 
100 Years
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1969Item number (ISN):278169Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:BELL CANADAAccession:1979-0192Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1969Production company:Hearst MetrotoneProduction credit:director, William Fitzgerald; editing, Vincent Apollo; Robert Brown; Sal P. Cavera; photography, Edmund Reek; Jerry M. MerolaDescription:Documentary film which traces one hundred years of communications developments and parallels in American history from 1869 to 1969. A montage of still photgraphs, drawings and film sequences on a split screen touch upon: Edison's inventions; first flight, motorcar and long distance telephone call; World War I; the American Cinema; Charles Lindberg receiving the distinguished flying cross; sports events; Prohibition; World War II and the voice of Edward R. Murrow; fires in London; D-Day; political conventions; the Beatles; Martin Luther King's March on Washington; President Richard Nixon on parade; lift off of the Apollo 11 spacecraft; and a massive ticker tape parade for the returning astronauts. <10mn 40s>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:OpenConsultation copy number:V1 2001-02-0005
Donor restrictions:The permission of the donor, Bell Canada, is required to reproduce this title.Copyright status:Under copyright.Copyright owner:Copyright owner: Hearst Metrotone.Reproduction access:with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Bell Canada~The HISTORICAL NEWSREELS compilation is open for consultation and copyright has expired - see letter of 5 June 1996 in Collection File.You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.