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The Courriers T.M.C.

Item number (ISN):

357226

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1950/1956 ?

Item number (ISN):

357226

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

WILLIAMSON, R.W.

Accession:

2004-0151

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1950/1956 ?

Production company:

R.W. Williamson, Jack Grassick and Charles Woodley (Photographers)

Production credit:

photography, R.W. Williamson; Jack Grassick; Charles Woodley

Cast credit:

R.W. Williamson, Jack Grassick, Charles Woodley

Description:

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Film made for screening at the annual banquet of the Toronto Movie Club held at Casa Loma.~Film shows: cars; R.W. "Ted" Williamson's car; train; two men (Charles Woodley and Jack Grassick) running on platform at the Sunnyside station; they run to the car, one carrying a small suitcase, and get in; the car, with Williamson driving, the car races through the streets; the men look through the suitcase and discover that it contains clothing; the car turns around; apparently the men have picked up the wrong suitcase; scenes of Toronto automobile traffic intercut with scenes of the train (train apparently heading to Union Station); scenes of downtown Toronto streets; car stops for train shunting across road; car just misses a pedestrian (for the second time); car near the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE); the car races to Union Station; scenes of the car driving around to the front entrance of Union Station; the two men race into the station; woman (played by relative of Charles Woodley) with a suitcase; the woman goes into a phone booth and leaves the suitcase outside the booth; the two men switch the suitcases and race back to the car; point-of-view scenes of the car driving up Bay Street to the old Toronto City Hall; Queen's Park; car needs gasoline; Woodley runs with a can to a gas pump, fills it up and puts gas into car; car drives off; car drives up to Casa Loma and the two men race into the building with the case. The film is complete, despite the abrupt ending. End title is on colour stock.

Language:

Silent

Notes:

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1. At the conclusion of the screening, which shows Woodley and Grassick at the entrance to Casa Loma, Woodley and Grassick ran into the banquet hall with the suitcase and the banquet proceedings continued.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

403679

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2004-11-0007

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

0.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

410150

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2005-04-0002

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

436333

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-03-0150

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

2004-11-0007

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

436334

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-03-0265

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2007-03-0150

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

439741

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-06-0156

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

2007-03-0150

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

979804

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2005-04-0010

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

8808-0187
2003-04-0165
2004-11-0007
2004-11-0008
9504-0104
9102-0884

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2005-04-0002

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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