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This Melancholy Occasion

Item number (ISN):

60300

Series title:

Something Else

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

60300

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: CBOT FILM LIBRARY

Accession:

1984-0188

Media:

Film

Release date:

1973-02-27

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

director, Brian O'Leary; producer, Robert D. Clark; reporter, Patrick Gaitun; photography, Ian Matheson; film editing, Bomi Productions Limited

Description:

A documentary drama by Patrick Gaitun, based on the last public hanging in Canada (Nicholas Street Jail in Ottawa). The drama takes place during the last hours of Patrick James Whalen's life, the man accused of murdering Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Febuary 11, 1869. In June 1869 an amendment to the federal law stated that hangings must take place within prison walls with no one present.

Language:

English

Original number:

11306

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

57902

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8411-0605

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.3%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

57903

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8411-0606

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

175501

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9110-0001

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9110-0001

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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