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VIA Pipeline = VIA Pipe-Line

Item number (ISN):

429302

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1953

Item number (ISN):

429302

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CRAWLEY FILMS LIMITED

Accession:

1983-0373

Media:

Film

Original title:

Products Pipeline (Working Title)

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1953

Production company:

Crawley Films Limited

Production credit:

narrator, Fred Davis (English), François Bertrand (French)

Sponsor:

Trans-Northern Pipeline

Description:

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The film explains in great detail the many steps involved in building a pipeline frpm Montreal to Hamilton, with a branch line to Ottawa. Covering 400 miles, the pipeline was built to transport gasoline, ferosene, and diesel oils from the Montreal and Clarkson refineries. The footage and narration cover the following steps: surveying; the busg gang; the bulldozers clearing the 50-foot path; the rotary ditch, - digger used to dig the trench; the backhoes used in swampy and rocky areas; the pipe-bending shoe; the line-up crew; the welders and x-ray and air pressure safety tests applied to the welds; the cleaning machine; the wrapping machine; burying the pipe and the cosmeticv work done to areas where the pipe was laid. Special sections are reserved for 3 of the 18 water crossings involved - Rivière du Praieie; Lake of Two Mountains and the Trent Canal. Drilling, blasting and special wrappings for the pipe are all explained in each situation. Another section is devted to crossing the QEW in Toronto without disrupting traffic. Also covered is the building of the pumping station in Cornwall and storage terminals in Port Hope. Footage inculdes shots of the downtown cores of Montreal, Cornwall, Kingston, Ottawa, Toronto, Oshawa and Hamilton. Ottawa footage also inculdes the jet fighter squadrons taxiing and taking off from Uplands Airport. The film Emphasizes the company's safety precautions, the well trained crews, the use of modern equipment and the care taken to cover over any damage to farm-land and urban areas where the pipeline passed.

Language:

English Français

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

561457

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0518/100

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

561458

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0518/001
8330-0518/002

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

561459

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0518/004

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

766888

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

30283AV
30284AV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

864084

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

429302-001.WAV
429302-002.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

30283AV
30284AV

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under Copyright

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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