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[Thompson, Manitoba - 1956]

Item number (ISN):

99437

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1956 ?

Item number (ISN):

99437

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

INCO LIMITED

Accession:

1986-0384

Media:

Film

Part:

10 of 10

Production date:

1956 ?

Production company:

Douglas D. Rothacker (Producer)

Sponsor:

The International Nickel Company, Inc.

Description:

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The massive job of building a city (Thompson, Manitoba) in the northern wilderness is captured in this footage. The early stages of construction, development and settlement are depicted on the reels, as follows. ROLL 1: Aerial shots of northern terrain, a swift river (probably the Burntwood River), and setting explosives for blasting rock. ROLL 2: Bulldozers clearing earth and bush, test-drilling sites, building A-frames, and "cat-trains", which ran supplies to the Thompson site in the winter of 1956/1957, before the rail link was completed. ROLL 3: Explosives being set, blasting rock, and a helicopter landing in a clearing. ROLL 4: Additional cat-train footage. ROLL 5: Sawmill, mine workers at a temporary headframe, barracks, building a water pipe and insulating it, and aerial shots of road and bridge construction. ROLL 6: Aerial shots of cleared land for highway or railway, and building a log cabin in the bush. ROLL 7: Headframe, cat-trains, aerial shots of construction of roads and railway, detailed sequences of railway construction, and unloading supplies and material from CNR trains. ROLL 8: The early stages of construction of the Thompson plant (i.e. pouring cement foundations, moving earth, etc.) and the construction of nearby roads are depicted, using both ground and aerial shots. The workers' barracks and camp are also shown. ROLL 9: Additional footage of early construction, cat-trains, etc. and one sequence of a woman in her garden. ROLL 10: Important figures behind the Thompson project are shown touring housing under construction in Thompson. There are also aerial shots of construction, and a Canada goose. Identifiable men are Honorary Chairman Dr. John Thompson, Vice-President Ralph D. Parker, mining engineer Sac Crandall and James C. Parles, manager of Inco's Manitoba Division. <50mn>

Language:

Silent

Original number:

1701~1719

Notes:

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1. Dated from Kodak stock edge code and subject matter.~2. Some of this footage was used in the film NEW CITY NORTH.~3. Phillips-Gutkin and Associates Ltd. of Winnipeg apparently had some involvement in this project, based on information on the original can label. Sponsor information also provided by the original can label.~4. The 16mm footage (roll 10) has a 1956 Kodak stock edge code, but the advanced state of construction suggests it was filmed later than the balance of the footage described above.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

109981

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8904-0084
8904-0085
8904-0086
8904-0087
8904-0088
8904-0089
8904-0090
8904-0091
8904-0092

Number of items:

9

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.6%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

109982

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8904-0093

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Max. shrinkage:

0.8%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

146873

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9002-0190
9002-0191
9002-0192
9002-0193
9002-0194
9002-0195
9002-0196
9002-0197
9002-0198

Number of items:

9

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8904-0084
8904-0085
8904-0086
8904-0087
8904-0088
8904-0089
8904-0090
8904-0091
8904-0092

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

148774

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9003-0178
9003-0179
9003-0180
9003-0181
9003-0182
9003-0183
9003-0184
9003-0185
9003-0186

Number of items:

9

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

8904-0084
8904-0085
8904-0086
8904-0087
8904-0088
8904-0089
8904-0090
8904-0091
8904-0092

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

698888

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2014-12-0005

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

101:04

Made from:

8203-0271
9003-0178
9003-0179
9003-0180
9003-0181
9003-0182
9003-0183
9003-0184
9003-0185
9003-0186
8615-4443
8105-0134
8105-0135
8105-0136

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2014-12-0005

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner is probably Inco, but copyright may rest with Douglas Rothacker.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Donor / Avec la permission écrite du donateur

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