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It's Fun to Sing = Chante jeunesse

Item number (ISN):

281984

Series title:

Canada Carries On

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1948

Item number (ISN):

281984

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

NEWMAN, Sydney

Accession:

1998-0096

Media:

Film

Original title:

It's Fun to Sing

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1948

Production company:

National Film Board

Production credit:

director, Roger Blais; producer, Sydney Newman; scenario, Len Peterson; photography, Roger Racine; sound, Joseph Champagne; Clarke Da Prato; editing, Nicholas Balla

Description:

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Film featuring the Leslie Bell Singers, one version of which is preceded by the logo of General Electric and the title "This Film Presented Through the Courtesy of Canadian General Electric Ltd." The description found on a note inside the film can is as follows: Fun - with the Leslie Bell Singers. Sixty Toronto business girls who sing for the joy of it practise under the direction of Leslie Bell, who shapes their untrained voices into a finely-blended choir. We hear the group in "Greensleeves", "Long Beach Sea", "Ah, si mon moine", and Palestrina"s "Sanctus" while the camera catches the happy expression of the young singers" faces. Marriage makes vacancies in the group, but there is always a long waiting list of girls eager to join, and we see an anxious prospect having an audition. In a break during a practice, the girls go on with their hobby and sing "Dry Bones" until director Bell calls them back to more formal harmony. Heroines of a success story, the Bell singers are in growing demand for radio, television, recordings and public appearances. <11mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

106B 0148 038

Notes:

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1. Additional description taken from typewritten note inside film can.~2. Award: Venice.~3. One of the copies is preceded by the logo of General Electric and the title "This Film Presented Through the Courtesy of Canadian General Electric Ltd."

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

321229

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9901-0024

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.7%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

396293

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9901-0025

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.7%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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