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[Toronto Subway Construction; Ahoy Subway Cars = Roffman Footage] : [out-takes]

Item number (ISN):

465709

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1949/1953

Item number (ISN):

465709

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

ROFFMAN, Julian

Accession:

1972-0104

Media:

Film

Part:

15 of 15

Production date:

1949/1953

Production company:

Associated Screen Studios

Description:

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Roll one: Yonge streetcars. Man posing with streetcar driver. Sign, 'We're Going By Subway!'. Shots of crowd. Streetcars. People glancing out of office building windows, 'Amblyn Drugs'. Crane in the street. Podium set with radio microphones. Chalk slate reads, City of Toronto Clifton Rd. Crowds lining the sides of the road. Ribbon across the road. City officials cut the ribbon. Officials pose for the camera's. TTC display reads, 'This One Streetcar Carries As Many People As These 43 Automobiles.' Road slate in chalk reads, F-500-BR.~Roll two: leader reads 'Building Demo and est. shots'. Shots of a construction crew demolishing a house. Sign on truck reads, 'Demolition Waslyk Bros,' Back wall of the house falls away leaving workers standing on the other side.Interior shots. Men outside with sledge hammers. High angle shot of surrounding community. Shots of work being done in the streets.~Roll three: leader reads Toronto Subway Construction: Surface Work. Crane and church in background. Slate, F-500 Roll 12 Brooks. Construction scenes; cranes; shovels; bulldozers. Dump trucks unloading. Workers cutting timber ties.~Roll four: Surface work scenes. Slate F-500 Apr. 18/50 Roll 428. Street traffic. Truck reads, 'Canadian Building Materials Limited'. A building carries a banner that reads, 'The Boy Scout Assoc. Financial Campaign Feb. 6-22'. Men working with cement underground. Street work. Bridge, excavation work. Men shoveling. Close ups of men watching and working. Welder. Large tractor clearing greenspace. Road crew laying asphalt, 'Godson Contracting Co. Ltd. Toronto'. Dump truck. Surface work. Street excavation.~Roll five: Welding. Surface, street work in fall/winter. Heavy equipment. Walkways. Diggin in the streets. Shots of construction workers. Toronto subway construction. Surface work.~Roll six: Slate F-500 July 18/50. Surface work (Bank of Nova Scotia in background). Street scenes. Dump trucks. Traffic. Residential area. Demolished houses. Girders. Steel posts and beams. Construction. jackhammers. Building a cement mould. Excavation site. Bulldozer. Work being done near a church. Shovel loading a dump truck. Slate on wooden board reads F-500 Oct. 13/50. Street excavation. Work in residential area.~Roll seven: Slate F-500. Dump trucks. Work near waters edge, smoke-stacks in background. Street excavation, 'Farb's Ladies Apparel'. Streetcars. Bridge. Street excavation. Slate F-500 King-Adelaide-April 6/50. Street construction. Underground work.~Roll eight: Cement forms. Rail route. Street level construction. Workers. Public stopping to watch. Slate F-500 Apr. 18/50 Roll 434. Street girders. Dump truck. Workers breaking for lunch. Shovel digging with Rio Theatre in background, Jap Suicide Pilots-Kamikaze Fighters-Buffalo Bill Rides Again.Bare-chested construction workers. Hauling away dirt. Close ups of workers. Tunnel work. Steel beams.~Roll nine: leader reads Under Surface #2. Tunnel work. Posts and beams. Constructing wooden forms. Slate Construction Worker F-500 Oct. 20/50. Installing steel girders. Various shots in tunels. Concrete moulds. Blue prints. Close up of a surveyor. Heating tubes in cement. Pouring cement. Tunnel.~Roll ten: Laying railways tracks. Street work. Unloading rail sections.Indoor shop work. Pouring hot metal. Street railway construction. 'Tamblyn' store sign. Aerial views of oil refinery. Various neighbourhoods. Highway. Train.~Roll eleven: Building girders. Construction. Subway station. Transitway. Railway. Pump. Stairway construction. Street traffic next to station construction. Subway construction. Station platform. Street scene, 'Loblaws', 'Laura Secords'. Construction site.~Roll twelve: Leader reads Subway Car Construction. Sign, 'Rapid Transit Cars Built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd. for the Toronto Transportation Commission'. Aerial of an industrial plant. Trucks. Glass blowing. Workers using grinder. Slate 500. Carriage construction. Drive system. New rail car outside on tracks. carriage no. 5006. Crating. 'Shipped from port of Bristol England' 'Shipped by Thomas Meadows and Co. Ltd. Shipping and Forwarding Agents Bristol-Montreal-Toronto Per Bristol City Line'. Interior of rail car with ads, hand supports and lighting. Shots of advertisements on station posts. TTC logo.~Roll thirteen: Leader reads, Opening of Subway. Street scene. People arriving in cars. Sign reads, 'Canada's First Subway Product of Men and Materials of all Provinces of Canada with Major Support From Britain and Other Countries Transit Progress is Civic Progress.' Shot of chartered bus. TTC SUbway station sign. men in heavy coats standing on the roof of the station. Men and women in TTC uniforms. People getting off the chartered TTC bus. Media on podium. City officials on the podium. Shots of the crowd. Man in glasses addressing the crowd (CFRB microphone). Podium shots. Technician monitoring sound. Shot of crowd with heads hung in prayer. Officials pose for photographers. Shot of Eglington car. Crowds on bridge as railway car passes underneath. People getting off the subway car. Bat Street Station dais.~Roll fourteen: Subway cars at Union Station depot. People at TTC subway station. TTC information assisstant. Subway station construction. Railway line tracks. Sign, 'Canada's First Subway' 'Davisville Subway Station Toronto Transit Commission'. People coming and going. Slate 500. Various shots of the public. People going through turnstiles. Buying tokens. 'Stamp Transfer' machine. People taking the escalator. Subway car pulls out of a station.~Roll fifteen: Toronto subway. Traveling along route through tunnels. Shot of control panel. 'Davisville/Eglington'. Subway car no. 4426 enters station to pick up pasengers. People entering subway station. Leader. Cameraman on bow of ship as it travels through ice. Shot of ship as it approaches a bridge. Ice. River. Shot of ship. Leader. Slate F-381 Martin/Chisholm. Tour boat at dock. Cottage country. Tour boat. <2h 52mn 13s>

Language:

Silent

Notes:

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1. Production date based on the film edge code. Subject description taken from hand inspection and the Roffman Collection finding aid shot list. In some cases the finding aid shot list is more extensive than what actually appears on the roll.~2. Leader reads, "Taylor-Roffman Prod. Stock Shots J-21, J-22, J-23, J-24, J-25, J-26, J-27, J-28, J-29, J-30, J-31, J-32, J-33, J-34, J-35."~3. Film rolls in this collection are in need of proper leadering and splice repair. Most shots on a roll are taped together and require cement splices prior to any screenings, video transfer, or client requests.~4. Library and Archives Canada is now the copyright owner for material originally under copyright to Julian Roffman. Julian Roffman died 16 November 2000, therefore, the material in this collection for which he was creator is under copyright until 31 December 2050.~5. A production slate on the film indicates this roll is part of the Associated Screen News Production F-500, AHOY SUBWAY CARS, IDC 370807. The last roll 7301-6931 conatins a slate, F-381 of an unidentified Associated Screen Studios production.~.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

637985

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-6917
7301-6918
7301-6919
7301-6920
7301-6921
7301-6922
7301-6923
7301-6924
7301-6925
7301-6926
7301-6927
7301-6928
7301-6929
7301-6930
7301-6931

Number of items:

15

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1166191

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

7301-6917-DPX
7301-6918-DPX
7301-6919-DPX
7301-6920-DPX
7301-6921-DPX
7301-6922-DPX
7301-6923-DPX
7301-6924-DPX
7301-6925-DPX
7301-6926-DPX
7301-6927-DPX
7301-6928-DPX
7301-6929-DPX
7301-6930-DPX
7301-6931-DPX

Number of items:

15

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

172:00

Made from:

7301-6917
7301-6918
7301-6919
7301-6920
7301-6921
7301-6922
7301-6923
7301-6924
7301-6925
7301-6926
7301-6927
7301-6928
7301-6929
7301-6930
7301-6931

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions Library and Archives Canada is now the copyright owner for material originally under copyright to Julian Roffman. Julian Roffman died 16 November 2000, therefore, the material in this collection for which he was creator is under copyright until 31 December 2050.~Library and Archives Canada is now the copyright owner for material originally under copyright to Julian Roffman.~Julian Roffman died 16 November 2000, therefore, the material in this collection for which he was creator is under copyright until 31 December 2050.

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