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Record information – Brief

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No. 2

Item number (ISN):

280045

Series title:

Warner Pathé News

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1954

Item number (ISN):

280045

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

PENGELLY, Frank

Accession:

1998-0089

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1954

Production company:

Warner News Inc.

Production credit:

photography, Caputo; Harrell; Vanderveer; Philip Pendry; Malkames; Oliver; narrator, Dwight Weist, Andre Baruch

Description:

The newsreel consists of the following stories: West Branch, Iowa, Herbert Hoover's birthplace, celebrates his 80th birthday; St. Lawrence power project is begun, groundbreaking ceremonies in New York State and in Cornwall, Ontario attended by the governor of New York and Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent of Canada, respectively; Louis Saint-Laurent lays the cornerstone of the Canadian operation; report from French North Africa on the riots in Morocco and aspirations of self-governance in Tunisia; United States Department of Defense proudly displays new inventions such as mobile Army cannon and truck/tank combination vehicle; fashion advertisement for mink coats; Florence Chadwick is defeated in her attempt to swim the Juan de Fuca strait between Victoria, British Columbia and Port Angeles, Washington, showing the hometown parade which is thrown in her honour despite her failure to complete the swim due to strong currents; and a driver rides cannon ball on wheels.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Date of production based on copyright date.~2. The number of the newsreel is taken from the handwritten number on the film.~3. The ceremony for the St. Lawrence power project was held on 10 August 1954.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

312408

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9806-0038

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.6%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

446640

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2007-11-0025

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

981848

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2007-11-0040

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7301-6502
8309-3495
7708-0682
8208-0886
9806-0038
7505-0126

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2007-11-0025

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions

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