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Canadian Products : On Which the Sun Never Sets

Item number (ISN):

280694

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1928 ?

Item number (ISN):

280694

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:

2 of 2

Production date:

1928 ?

Production company:

The Film and Slide Company of Canada Ltd.

Country of production:

cn

Sponsor:

General Motors of Canada

Description:

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Documentary on General Motors of Canada consisting of: production from the Oshawa plant; manufacture of the composite wooden and steel car bodies at the Fisher Body Plant; the textile companies which provide the interiors; the process of the Duco spray painting system for car bodies. Footage includes: an opening aerial shot of the Oshawa Plant plus a great deal of footage devoted to the depiction of workers performing their jobs, arriving and departing from work.~The second part consists of factory shots: a drill press; the Keller Die Maker; examples of automation in the workplace; examples of the amount of steel needed for annual production, comparison to the amount of steel needed in the manufacture of the Quebec Bridge; overhead pan shot of the interior of the factory, observing each station of production i.e. bumpers, fenders, etc.; nickel plating process involved in the production of radiators; the assembling of the Harrison radiator; women working in the factory preparing the brass for the radiators; electrical wiring and gasoline pipeline assembly; rear and front axle assembly; final assembly of the automobile in an assembly-line; and all of the inspections that go along with the manufacture. The filming then moves out of the factory onto the oval racetrack where the cars are tested and then shipped to all parts of the globe. Shots of crated cars on the way to the Far East as well as train loading for domestic delivery. The film closes with examples of all the hood ornaments of the General Motors vehicles which are manufactured at the Oshawa plant: Cadillac V8 ; LaSalle; Buick; Oakland; Pontiac; and Chevrolet.

Language:

Silent

Notes:

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1. The production date is based on the date of the film stock and the date range of the company's operation.~2. Given the 90-year rule, this title is under copyright until 31 December 2018.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

312443

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9806-0072
9806-0073

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.9%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

356824

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2001-03-0002
2001-03-0003

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

9806-0072
9806-0073

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

388859

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2003-11-0178
2003-11-0179

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

9806-0072
9806-0073

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

391394

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2004-02-0164
2004-02-0165

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2003-11-0178
2003-11-0179

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

410142

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2005-04-0024
2005-04-0025

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

9806-0072
9806-0073

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

410944

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2005-05-0080
2005-05-0081

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2005-04-0024
2005-04-0025

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

411516

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2005-06-0011
2005-06-0012

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

2005-04-0024
2005-04-0025

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

458894

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2008-10-0003

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

982343

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2008-10-0004

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

2005-05-0080
2005-05-0081
2008-01-0138
2008-01-0138
8406-0209
8406-0210
8406-0211
8406-0212
8406-0217
8406-0218
8406-0219
8010-0474
V2 8303-0648

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2008-10-0003

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 31 December 2018.

Copyright owner:

Copyright probably rests with General Motors of Canada.~If General Motors does not own copyright, copyright rests with whomever now owns the assets of The Film and Slide Company of Canada Ltd.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions

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