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[Across Canada by the CPR = Some of Those Days]

Item number (ISN):

4418

Series title:

Seeing Canada

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1920/1929

Item number (ISN):

4418

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

BRITISH COLUMBIA ARCHIVES & RECORDS SERVICE

Accession:

1985-0181

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1920/1929

Production company:

Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau

Description:

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This tourists film introduces major Canadian cities and provides images of each place with its attractions. Over 3,600 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific takes five days to cross, by Canadian Pacific Railway. Starts at Saint John, New Brunswick on the Bay of Fundy. Its attractions are the Algonquin Hotel and salmon fishing. Quebec City is the oldest city in the North America. The Chateau Frontenac Hotel towering over the St Lawrence. Montreal is Canadian Pacific headquarters and Trans-Canada Limited. Ottawa is the capital of the nation. Toronto is the Queen City. Niagara Falls is connected to the French River and Georgian Bay. Canadian Pacific steamer carries its passengers across the Great Lakes. Winnipeg to the prairies and across the prairies through Regina and Saskatoon. Arrival at Calgary and Edmonton. Banff and Lake Louise are located in the Canadian Rockies. Through the Rockies, the train gets to Vancouver where English Bay and Stanley Park are located. The city of Victoria gives an image of England on the Pacific. <14mn 15s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. CGMPB 1930 Catalogue No. 120.~2. Crown copyright over 50 years - copyright expired.~3. The catalogue of the British Film Institute lists the production date as 1930.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

316

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8506-0324

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

1.3%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

527

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8506-0119

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1589

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8507-0358

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

8506-0324

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

4528

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8509-0415

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8507-0358

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

4530

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8509-0416

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8507-0358

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

376474

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2002-09-0024

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

720493

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

4418-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

14:15

Made from:

8506-0324

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

720494

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

4418.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

14:15

Made from:

8506-0324

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

720495

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

4418.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

14:15

Made from:

8506-0324

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

977967

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2002-09-0068

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

8506-0324
8509-0415
8311-0365
V2 8704-0381
V4 9405-0067
V4 9202-0050

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1184554

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_2002-09-0068.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2002-09-0068

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1184555

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_2002-09-0068.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2002-09-0068

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8506-0119
V1 2002-09-0024

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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