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Centenary Snapshots

Item number (ISN):

355266

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1994 ?

Item number (ISN):

355266

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADA. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA / ARCHIVES NATIONALES DU CANADA

Accession:

1996-0210

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1994 ?

Production company:

Moviepix
National Archives of Canada

Sponsor:

Library of Congress
Astral Communications

Description:

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Compilation of restored motion picture footage of Canadian scenes from the paper print collection held by the Library of Congress. The stories are as follows: Packers on the Trail (1901), showing prospectors during the Klondike gold rush; Montreal Fire Department on Runners (1901), showing fire engines equipped for winter service; War Canoe Races (1904), showing a race on Lake Ontario with the Toronto islands in the background; The Great Toronto Fire 1904, showing footage made by George Scott and Company of firefighters racing to the fire, which broke out on the evening of 19 April 1904, and ruins; International Contest for the Heavyweight Championship (1907), showing the heavyweight boxing match of 4 July 1907 filmed by the Miles Brothers in Ocean View, California between Canadian Tommy Burns and Australian Bill Squires, won by Burns; Panoramic View of the Gorge Railway (1901), showing the Niagara River gorge, filmed by a crew employed by Thomas Edison; The Musical Ride (1901), showing Edison footage of a cavalry drill, probably of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police at the Western Manitoba Fair in Brandon, Manitoba; Duke of York at Quebec (1901), showing Edison footage of the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York at the King's Wharf in Quebec City, the Duke's royal party and dignitaries and spectators at the ceremony, including Sir Wilfrid Laurier; and 2nd Special Service Battalion Canadian Infantry Parade and Embarkation (1899), showing footage shot on the Esplanade in Quebec City on 30 October 1899 of the inspection, parading and embarkation on the steamer Sardinian of the first contingent of more than 1,000 Canadian volunteers bound for service in the South African War. <23mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. In 1994, Moviepix, an Astral Communications specialty cable television channel, and the National Archives of Canada, began a joint project to produce a compilation of film images to celebrate the 100th anniversary of movies, in cooperation with the Library of Congress, the holder of the original paper prints from which film copies were made.~2. Images are not full-frame and a Moviepix logo appears on the screen as they play.~3. For French-language version of the compliation see IDC ISN 356078.

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Vault ISN:

397942

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 2004-07-0001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

20:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

927822

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

355266.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2004-07-0001

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

927823

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

355266.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2004-07-0001

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with written permission of NAAs of 1996, VHS cassettes of CENTENARY SNAPSHOTS were available for purchase from the Friends of the National Archives at 947-1498.The permission of Moviepix is required for use of the production CENTENARY SNAPSHOTS.Moviepix contact: Ellen Davidson, Vice-Prsident, Communications, TMN-MOVIEPIX, BCE Place, 181 Bay Street, TORONTO, Ontario M5J 2T3. Tel: (416) 956-2010.For use of the films used in the production CENTENARY SNAPSHOTS, researchers must obtain the permission of the copyright owners for material still under copyright.

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