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CF-105 Progress Report : [out-takes]

Item number (ISN):

312676

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1953/1958 ?

Item number (ISN):

312676

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

AVRO

Accession:

1978-0204

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1953/1958 ?

Production company:

Avro Aircraft Limited

Description:

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Unedited out-takes of the development and manufacture of the Avro Arrow CF-105 interceptor jet aircraft, by Avro Aircraft Limited. It begins with a slate which reads 29-15-Core 1, Autoclave 4-128 Original. It shows: machinery; worker in a lab coat; close-up of parts such as what appears to be a large cylinder; woman making parts; two men at work; upside-down footage of worker in white lab coat; worker hammering a part; more scenes of workers; workers unwrapping parts; exterior of the Avro building; end title which reads The End; worker wearing headphones, checking gauges; longshot of the exterior of the A.V. Roe building; dark footage of a man working on a model; dark footage of worker fitting parts together; exterior shot of Canadian flag flying from a pole; more interior shots (dark) of man working on a model; workers testing small model; more footage of model; engine; model; men working on engines in a hangar; men at various manufacturing tasks; workers moving a large piece of equipment or a large part on a pivot; more interior shots (very dark); man working with a model; man leafing through book of plans with the following titles: full scale fuselage; testing of systems and structures; and armament development (the titles are probably intended to identify different sequences in the finish film); worker with a small model of a missile mounted in a wooden frame; exterior shot of a large flatbed truck carrying a crane; two large cylinders; man with hoist; unloading the cylinders; men at work inside factory; shots of various workers busy on the shop floor; parts shown at various locations; workers moving large parts; parts being hoisted and moved; workers coming down staircase next to scaffolding; workers moving large parts of tail or wing; two workers wearing white overalls look on; leader which reads M-29-15-Core; more scenes of workers on shop floor; moving large parts into position; lower large part into place; intertitle which reads An Avro Aircraft Limited Presentation; intertitles animated like the pages of a book being turned, as follows: CF-105 Progress Report; Mock-ups and Models; and Full Scale Fuselage; footage of model of nose cone; model with the following markings: CF-201; RCAF insignia; model engine; two men looking at model; man working on wiring; close-ups of various components; engine; man gets into cockpit; intertitle which reads Wind Tunnel Model; two small models; men working on the models; exterior of building with American flag flying in front of it; sign on the front of the building identifies it as Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories; close-up of hand holding small model of a missile; more shots of different models; interitle which says Free Flight Model; man brushing glue on a large piece of wood; two men laying material over it and then smoothing it down; various wooden model components; intertitle which says Testing of Systems and Structures; man in a seat; various pieces of equipment obscured from view by the scaffolding; two men in a lab; close-up of apparatus in a foil or metal-lined wooden box; workers conducting a test; intertitle which says Armament Development; intertitle which says Production Preparation; more shots of workers working on aircraft parts; exterior of a building; equipment (looks like generators) outside building; machining metal parts; intertitle Sub-Contract; intertitle Master Models; men with round metal parts; intertitle which says “This film has shown the progress which has been made on the development of the CF-105 to the Present Time. As the aircraft develops our cameras will continue to record its progress.” This is followed by a slate which reads: Core 1, M29-16. This footage shows: dark footage of unidentified location; nose cone mounted on a pickup truck; more shots inside cockpit; cockpit view; sky; runway; moving along runway; view of sky and runway from stationary airplane; part of underside of plane; more shot of cockpit, possibly while plane is in the air; part of plane on the ground with building in the background; other planes visible (possibly Malton airport); view from cockpit window; view from the ground; close-ups of smaller model of a plane sitting on a truck; men removing tarp from model; more shots of this; opening canopy of model; upside-down shot; clouds; truck driving along tarmac with model mounted on top; cockpit tests; lengthy sequence of more shots of truck moving along tarmac; interior footage of man working on plane; yellow scaffolding; more shots of workers; various large parts; worker wearing overalls working inside a plane or large model; closing title which reads “Filmed and Produced by Avro Aircraft Limited Photographic Department”; end title which reads “The End”; two men and a woman in office; more shots of workers on scaffolding; more shots of factory interiors; long shots of shop floor; workers with model of C-201; and pan shots across the C-201 model and engine (footage is dark). <59mn>

Language:

Silent

Notes:

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1. Some footage is black-and-white but most of it is in colour.~2. Filmed and produced by Avro Aircraft Limited Photographic Department.~3. For more information about the Avro film unit, see the article entitled “Shooting arrows: how Avro's film department captured – and rescued – a priceless aviation archive” by Allan Britnell, published in the magazine The Beaver -- Exploring Canada's History, February-March 2009.

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Vault ISN:

347598

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7806-0457

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictionsCopyright owner of material originally copyrighted to Avro, as of 17 October 1996: Magellan Aerospace Corporation, 3160 Derry Road East, MISSISSAUGA, Ontario L4T 1A9; telephone: (905) 673-6250 ext. 3571; FAX: (905) 673-5300.Copyright of other titles in this collection resides with various owners.

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