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The Divisional Cyclists : A Glimpse of a Day's Training

Item number (ISN):

285582

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1916-06

Item number (ISN):

285582

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

BURNS, Gavin

Accession:

1983-0333

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1916-06

Release date:

1916

Production company:

Strand Films

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Strand Theatre

Description:

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A short recruiting film depicting a typical day's training of First World War Bicycle Corps members at Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition grounds. It shows: men in uniform with duffel bags; officer scolding a soldier for stuffing too many clothes in his duffel bag; men in line carrying duffel bags are exiting building and passing an officer who checks off a list as they drop the bags in a pile; officer pulling a man out of the line; longshot of men on the drilling field doing physical exercises; longshot of men doing signalling exercises with flags; long shot of cyclists on manoeuvres in Toronto's High Park on a mock war exercise; line of cyclists turning, riding toward the camera and passing it; bicycle manoeuvres; medium shot of a very young child with a signal flag; long shot of cyclists in uniform entering a gate; medium shot of cyclists riding on a road alongside trolley tracks; long shot of troop of cyclists on reconnaissance along a country road; variosu shots of members of the cycling division hiding their bicycles and going through manouevres; long shot of reinforcement troops cycling down the road to join the reconnaissance troops; medium shot of soldiers in the grass ready to fire their rifles; and long shot of troops cycling down a grassy slope. The final title reads: "A Few Good Men are Needed". <7mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Short segments of the film are missing as original film had badly deteriorated.~2. Produced by Strand Films for screening at Toronto's old Strand Theatre.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

40968

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8307-0028

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

316322

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8311-0364

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

409078

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2005-03-0003

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

729651

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

285582-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

7:00

Made from:

8311-0364

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

729923

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

285582.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

7:00

Made from:

8311-0364

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

729924

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

285582.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

7:00

Made from:

8311-0364

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

979752

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2005-03-0017

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

8614-8302
8614-8303
8614-8304
8614-8305
8614-8306
7611-0504
8510-0018
9512-0164
9512-0005
7707-0141
9108-4068
7301-4068
8221-0075
7708-0717
8207-0855
8311-0364
9405-0097

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8307-0028
V1 2005-03-0003

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Copyright owner:

Original copyright owner: Strand Films.~Copyright rests with Strand Films or whoever now owns their assets.

Reproduction access:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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