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CANOL

Item number (ISN):

330894

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1944

Item number (ISN):

330894

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

FINNIE, Richard Sterling

Accession:

1973-0128

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1944

Production company:

United States Army Signal Corps

Production credit:

director/scenario/photography, Richard Finnie; scenario, Carl Allensworth; narrator, Russell Arms

Country of production:

us

Sponsor:

Northwest Service Command

Description:

Documentary film on the planning and construction of the 1600 mile pipeline system to convey crude oil from Norman Wells, North West Territories, to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, the Alaska Highway, and the erection of an oil refinery at Whitehorse; all part of the CANOL defense project undertaken by the Canadian and United States's governments in 1942, designed to increase the production of oil in the Northwest Territories to supply the armed forces in northern Canada and Alaska during World War II. Film sequences showing the rigorous conditions civilians and army engineers worked in; the pioneering and construction of all the essential supply lines; the erection of relay camps, construction of air fields, and the installation of telephone lines and pumping stations, etc. <50mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

Misc. 957

Notes:

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1. Produced by the Signal Corps in collaboration with the Northwest Service Command.~2. The creator of this film, Richard Finnie, died in 1987. This title is, therefore, under copyright until 31 December 2037.~3. CANOL is an acronym for Canadian Oil.Reproduction: with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions : with credit to Richard Sterling Finnie Collection, National Archives of Canada : see notes~The copyright of material produced by Richard Finnie resides with Anne Finnie. However, Mrs. Finnie does not care to be contacted by researchers requesting reproduction of the material. She has given NA discretionary power to allow copying or not (see letter of 21 July 1987 in Collection File). Researchers requesting copies should contact Audio-Visual Acquisitions and Research of VSA for permission.~2. The creator of this film, Richard Finnie, died in 1987. This title is, therefore, under copyright until 31 December 2037.~3. CANOL is an acronym for Canadian Oil.

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Vault ISN:

331688

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8305-0085

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

364204

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-3439

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

364205

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-3440

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

364206

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

13-0296

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8305-0085

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 26538

Restrictions on consultation:

open

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 31 December 2037.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Government of the United States.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions : with credit to Richard Sterling Finnie Collection, National Archives of Canada : see notes~The copyright of material produced by Richard Finnie resides with Anne Finnie. However, Mrs. Finnie does not care to be contacted by researchers requesting reproduction of the material. She has given NA discretionary power to allow copying or not (see letter of 21 July 1987 in Collection File). Researchers requesting copies should contact Audio-Visual Acquisitions and Research of VSA for permission.

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