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Item number (ISN):

41858

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1922 ?

Item number (ISN):

41858

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

GRAPHIC CONSULTANTS LTD.

Accession:

1972-0105

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1922 ?

Production company:

Filmcraft Industries Ltd.

Country of production:

cn

Sponsor:

Ontario Motion Picture Bureau

Distributor name:

Ontario Motion Picture Bureau

Description:

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Part 1 shows: a film about the testing of lamps, meters and other electrical equipment in the laboratory of the hydro plant at Niagara Falls, Ontario. Intertitles introduce the subject of the film in the form of a dialogue between two characters called Miss Electra and John Citizen. Shows: various shots of switch testing devices; samples of each type of switch; medium shot of a bank of lamps that indicate which switches are functioning; man operating a photometer to test lamps for candle power; lamp turning on and door being closed; man peering through small tube and measuring with left hand adjusting knob; long-shot of two men operating a larger photometer for determining the reflective powers of fixtures and shades; medium shot of man adjusting photometer with small wheel; medium shot of man testing lamps for durability, working at what looks like a switchboard with levers and wires; medium shot of wall of lamps lighting up, light bulbs on either side of the screen; a man in the middle checking the lamps; close-up of man checking the lamps, intertitles of converstation between Miss Electra and John Citizen about the accuracy of meters and electrical bills; close-up of man conducting tests; the man tightening connections to apparatus on a wall, then using machine to test or measure; close-up of him attaching a plate to an apparatus on wall and covering it with a transparent cover; man then starts timing with a stop watch.~Part 2 shows: medium shot of a man testing a meter (such as the ones used on switchboards) against laboratory standards, in a box and making notations; medium shot of a man checking the readings of a machine; medium shot of man testing concrete with hydraulic pressure by placing a small slab of concrete on a machine and pulling a lever; close-up of the concrete slab being crushed; medium shot of a series of crushed concrete slabs; intertitles commenting on need for good-quality gloves; close-up of a hand going into a work gloves; close-up of material used for the gloves; close-up of shaped strips material; medium shot of strip being tested for strength, machine pulling strip as man supervises; close-up of machine measuring flexibility of material; medium shot of same procedure; medium shot of a man working on an oscillograph recording the fluctuations of the current of electricity; close-up of the same shot as he gets the machine going; close-up of electric graphs produced by the oscillograph; medium shot of man wearing dark glasses while operating a high voltage machine for the testing of insulators and insulating material; close-up of a cylinder drum; and close-up of an electric current.

Language:

Silent

Notes:

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1. Identified on screen as an Ontario Government picture.~2. Source of production year and company is The Films of the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau: A Preliminary Catalogue, p. 72.~3. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

39205

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8701-0024

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

56004

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8412-0311

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

GC-3245/B
GC-3246/B

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

56005

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8412-0312

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8412-0311

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

56006

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8412-0313

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8412-0311

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

505188

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-3245/A
GC-3246/A

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

509200

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2010-06-0031

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

GC-3245/B
GC-3246/B

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

527830

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2010-12-0050

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2010-06-0031

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

529043

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2011-02-0081

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

2010-06-0031

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

914108

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-3245/B
GC-3246/B

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8701-0024

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

The permission of Library and Archives Canada is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Library and Archives Canada

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