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Commencement University of Toronto

Item number (ISN):

9481

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1923/1924 ?

Item number (ISN):

9481

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

GRAPHIC CONSULTANTS LTD.

Accession:

1972-0105

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1923/1924 ?

Production company:

Ontario Motion Picture Bureau

Description:

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This is a film about the University of Toronto. Medium shot of automobiles arriving outside the university and female students alighting, carrying bouquets of flowers. Some spectators on the sidewalk walk the female students, who are wearing graduation robes. Close-up of more graduates arriving at the university, some with their parents. Female graduate posing in front of the camera with large bouquet of flowers. Medium shot of four female graduates, who walk up the steps to the main entrance to the university. They are stopped by a cameraman, who asks them to pose for pictures. They oblige. Close-up of the Chief Justice of Ontario, Sir William Meredith, who arrives outside the university. Guests and visitors are in the background. Medium shot of four senators, wearing graduation robes, coming out of the main entrance of the university. They are the Chancellor, the President, the Registrar and Sir Edmond Walker. Medium shot of the above four, returning to the university. The President of the University, Sir Robert Falconer, poses for the camera, in a close-up outside the main entrance. Medium shot of the graduation procession leaving the main entrance of University College, headed by a mace-bearer, followed by female graduates, and then male graduates. A newsreel cameraman off to the side takes motion pictures. Parents and friends look on. Close-up of more female graduates carrying flowers, following the male graduates. Medium shot of continuation of the procession, showing male graduates. Close-up of mace bearer and university officials and professors heading the procession. Long view of parents and visitors walking on the lawns of the university after the procession. Long view of façade of Convocation Hall, with a large crowd of people in the foreground. Close-up of procession entering Convocation Hall. Medium shot of crowds watching the procession outside Convocation Hall. Head-on shot of procession entering Convocation Hall. Various shots of garden party in spacious quadrangle of old University College, showing tables, people drinking and talking, waiters serving and other scenes.

Language:

Silent

Original number:

4161~4162

Notes:

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1. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.~2. Source of production date and production company taken from "The Films of the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau -- A Preliminary Catalogue," p. 58.~3. An intertitle refers to the number of degrees conferred in 1923 and a 1924 report by George Patton of the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau indicates that this film was in production.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

7732

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8511-0014

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

7890

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8510-0084

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

395818

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-4161
GC-4162

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

395821

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-4161/A
GC-4162/A

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

395823

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-4161/B
GC-4162/B

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

395826

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-4161/C
GC-4162/C

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

429515

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2006-09-0001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

GC-4162

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

432495

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2006-11-0024

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2006-09-0001

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

447761

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-12-0116

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

2006-09-0001

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

651511

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7702-0009
7702-0010

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

GC-4161
GC-4162

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

839045

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

9481-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

10:44

Made from:

2006-09-0001

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

845162

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

9481.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

10:44

Made from:

2006-09-0001

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

845163

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

9481.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

10:44

Made from:

2006-09-0001

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8511-0014
V1 8510-0084

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Library and Archives Canada

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