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Railway Life in Canada

Item number (ISN):

32828

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

32828

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: GENERAL FILE

Accession:

1986-0601

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Release date:

1950-01-01

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

narrator, Bill [Reid]; interviewer, Dick O'Brien; Ken Holmer; Bill O'Reilly; Jack [McKay];Norman McBain; Bill Herbert

Description:

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This radio program is an imaginary radio journey from coast to coast, from St. John's, Newfoundland to Vancouver, British Columbia, in tribute to Canadian transcontinental rail and to mark today, the day Donald Gordon has become the chair and president of Canadian National Railways. It begins with a greeting from the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland, Sir Leonard Outerbridge. Dick O'Brien talks in the station in St. John's to a Mr. [Fardy], a train conductor, about the route from St. John's to the west, tests conducted before the train starts, the train orders studied by the crew, the popularity of the train service for tourists; sound of a train whistle; Ken Holmer interviews Lawrence Powell, a member of the traffic control crew in the central control room in Moncton; Bill O'Reilly interviewing locomotive foremen Mr. [McTeer] and Mr. [Béjean] at the roundhouse in Quebec City; actuality of a locomotive starting to move; [Jack McKay] interviews roadmaster Joe [Peterson] at Nakina in northern Ontario, about the effect of low temperatures on railway traffic, encountering bears and the inspection of tracks to make sure they are in good condition; in Winnipeg, Norman McBain interviews [Gerry Cadger] about his job as call boy, making sure the crews are on time for their train run; at the station in Vancouver, Bill Herbert interviews engineer Jack [Musgriff]; another train whistle and a message from Donald Gordon. <29mn 55s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Occasional loss of audio, pops, hiss and clicks and low audio

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Vault ISN:

52183

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1986-0601/0124

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

DISC

Stock:

TRANS

Technical description:

ALUM

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

107257

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1986-0601/0125

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

DISC

Stock:

TRANS

Technical description:

ALUM

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

107258

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1986-0601/0126

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

DISC

Stock:

TRANS

Technical description:

ALUM

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

354950

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2001-01-0064

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

35:37

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

933736

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

32828-1986-0601-0124.WAV
32828-1986-0601-0125.WAV
32828-1986-0601-0126.WAV

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1986-0601/0124
1986-0601/0125
1986-0601/0126

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1000834

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2001-01-0064

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1986-0601/0124
1986-0601/0125
1986-0601/0126
C11185
1984-0164/0354

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2001-01-0064

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

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