Collection search - Photo Canada = Photo-Canada
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Record information – Brief Photo Canada = Photo-Canada
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1946Item number (ISN):51232Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: 1976-1979Accession:1977-0207Media:FilmOriginal title:Photo CanadaPart:1 of 1Production date:1946Production company:National Film BoardProduction credit:director/scenario, Don Mulholland; executive producer, James Beveridge; photography, Stanley Brede; animation, A.A. MacMillan; narration, Budd KnappSponsor:Royal Canadian Air ForceDescription:The story of the aerial mapping of Canada's vast north. From the vacant outline of three hundred years ago, the map of Canada grew into a detailed chart. Filling the blank spaces of the northern wilderness was the task of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Tri-camera Mitchells of the photo detachments worked systematically back and forth over the terrain, taking pictures of ten thousand square miles of the Earth's face in a single day. These were overlapped to make a continuous "mosaic" of the territory, from which was drawn the accurate map of Canada. <32mn>Language:EnglishOriginal number:12-642Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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