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H. H. L. Pratley [moving images]

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Date:

1937-1939.

Reference:

R14564-0-5-E

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4594308

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H. H. L. Pratley
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Date(s):

1937-1939.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 film reel (74 min): 16 mm.

Language of material:

English

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This accession contains one 16mm film reel, a silent postive master print shot at 16 frames per second. This footage documents the technical contruction of the Lion's Gate Bridge in Vancouver, which at the time was the longest suspended bridge span in the British Empire. The bridge was constructed between 1937 and 1938. This footage was previously on four 400 foot reels, and the donor also had a fifth 400 foot reel with footage of the manufacture of the main cable strands and suspender ropes. The donor spliced all the rolls together in the correct chronological order many years before this final cut arrived at Library and Archives Canada. The donor believes that the footage was probably produced by Associated Screen News, but the reel on cable manufacture was quite separate and probably undertaken on behalf of Anglo-Canadian Wire Ropes, the manufacturer involved. Just who commissioned the longer film is uncertain, and it may have been Dominion Bridge Company Limited, the contractor for the steel superstructure, or possibly The First Narrows Bridge Company, that was the original owner.

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(Electronic) See MISACS for item level description. (90: Open)

Source:

Private

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2004-00546-7
2004-0104 VSA

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2004-0104 VSA
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