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Record information – Brief Recruiting World War I
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1914/1917 ?Item number (ISN):51605Type 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: STOCK SHOTSAccession:1977-0205Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1914/1917 ?Production company:MutualDescription:A recruiting film that follows soldiers from enlistment to arrival in Europe for service in World War I. Opens with an appeal from the Canadian Highlanders for recruits to the 13th, 42nd and 73rd Battalions. Cuts to training camp with soldiers marching and receiving instruction. Soldiers then board the troop ships and relax, read, and smoke. Officers pose. The ship pulls away from the dock and all wave. Cuts to disembarkation, soldiers load trucks and wagons and ride away. Others are loaded onto trains. Another troopship is loaded. Australians parade on the dock with their flag. More shots of loading ships and trains with soldiers (possibly American). Cuts to a train sign that gives the box car maximum as 36-40 men or 8 horses. <12mn 32s>Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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GENCAT identity number:GAD 0FD579Restrictions on consultation:~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le siteDonor restrictions:The permission of the donor, the NFB, is required to reproduce this material.Copyright status:Copyright expired.Copyright owner:Original copyright owner: Mutual.~Mutual Film Corporation came into existence in 1912 with the purchase of Thanhauser Film.~Edwin Thanhouser was reinstated as President of Mutual in 1915.~Mutual closed its doors in 1918 with all assets.~Copyright may then have rested with the estate of Edwin Thanhouser. (Thanhouser died in 1956).~A useful contact for further copyright information might be the Thanhauser Company Film Preservation Inc.Reproduction access:With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteurYou can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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