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MCLEAN, Harry Falconer

1998-0093

Film

1947 ?

Associated Screen News Ltd.

director/scenario, John Martin; studio director, Eric Clavering; sound, Walter Darling; music, Lucio Agostini; narration, Charles Rittenhouse; art director, Harold Peberdy

Massey-Harris ?

Part of a film about the history of agricultural mechanization from 1847 to 1947. Included are the following: re-enactment of pioneer life in 1847; re-enactment of Hart Massey, founder of the Massey farm equipment business, making machinery for fellow farmers; various drawings of Massey-Harris factories; drawings and reproductions of early harvesting machines; Nova Scotia pioneers; covered bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick; harvesting of potato crop; re-enactment of life in Quebec circa the late 1800s or early 1900s; Niagara Falls and the fruit belt; Banff and Lake Louise; aboriginals; cowboy rodeo; scenes of the prairies; and Massey-Harris manufacturing plants in Manchester, England.

English

Open

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions Harry McLean died in April 1961. His wife, Reta, died in 1978. They had no children and were pre-deceased by his brothers and parents. As of December 2003, no living relatives have been located. The donor, Joseph Justin McNally, died in 2003.~Harry McLean died in April 1961.~His wife, Reta, died in 1978.~They had no children and were pre-deceased by his brothers and parents.~As of December 2003, no living relatives have been located.~The donor, Joseph Justin McNally, died in 2003.