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Historic Newfoundland
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1916Item number (ISN):99540Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NEWFOUNDLAND. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAccession:1974-0211Media:FilmPart:2 of 2Production date:1916Description:Silent footage shot in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1916. Field day events are chronicled with shots of: a horse race and soccer game, baseball game between the Cubs and Red Lions, children performing fan English folk play, and golfers at a local course. Additional shots of police, military personnel, and Boy Scouts assembling for a peace parade. Horse-drawn floats and automobiles pass by the camera and shots of participants in costumes representing various countries. The second reel depicts Canadian soldiers parading to the waterfront embarkation point on their way overseas. Shots of the assembled crowd and of the waterfront as seen from the ship. Additional footage of the troopship navigating icy waters off the Newfoundland coast. Also included on this reel are scenes of: a regatta, the world's oldest, run every summer in St. John's Bay; soldiers training with rifles near St. John's; a train arriving in the station; and a parade of people on a downtown street. <36mn>Subjects:ARMED FORCES~PARADES~RECRUITING & ENLISTMENT~REGATTAS~ST.JOHN'SLanguage:SilentNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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