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Observer

Item number (ISN):

82545

Series title:

Observer

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

82545

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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: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTO

Accession:

1986-0810

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1964-01-30

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

producer, Don MacPherson; executive producer, Harry Boyle; host, Al Hamel; Jacques Fauteux; David Scrivens

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Television public affairs program. Tour of three major Canadian airports, namely the International Airport in Toronto, Dorval Airport in Montreal, and Uplands Airport in Ottawa. Hosts standing by are Al Hamel in Toronto, Jacques Fauteux in Montreal, and David Scrivens in Ottawa. Seated in a DC-8 John Hamilton talks with Frank Ellis, Canadian aviation historian. Sequences on variety of airlines at Dorval Airport; re-enactment of the first flight of the Silver Dart - includes stills of Canadian aviators, William Bishop, W.G. Barker, F.R. McCall, Collishaw, Francis G. Quigley, and E. McKeever. Interviews are shown with former war pilot , Harry Yates and with Dr. Melvin Jones, Director of the Defense Research Board in Aviation Medical Reseach at McGill University. Discussions on early aviation in Northern Quebec with Grant McConachie, President of CP Airlines; Frank Young, Operations Manager of Trans-Canada Airlines; Wyn Barron, air pilot; and John Fauguier, aviation consultant for an insurance company. Peter Whalley's cartoons illustrate "The Spirit of Flight". Interviews with Graham Coughtry, the artist who painted the mural at Toronto Airport; John C. Parkins, the architect who designed the airport; aviation historian, Frank Ellis; and Wallace Floody, former member of the Royal Flying Corps. <60mn>

Language:

English

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1. CBC Kines Inventory list the release date as 1964-01-20.
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

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With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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