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The Excavation and Raising of the Mallorytown Wreck

Item number (ISN):

341167

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1969

Item number (ISN):

341167

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADA. PARKS CANADA / PARCS CANADA

Accession:

2003-0023

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1969

Production company:

Scott Films Limited
Niagara Television Limited

Sponsor:

National Historic Sites Service
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Distributor name:

National Film Board

Description:

A short documentary film which features the raising of a 19th century British gun ship at Brown's Bay on the St. Lawrence River near Mallorytown Landing. The film explains how the shipwreck was discovered 90 metres from the shoreline in two metres of water, how special equipment had to be used to raise the wreck from the shallow waters and how the vessel needed to be attached to a specially designed cradle to transport it to shore after being photographed for documentation purposes. The film also explains how a solution of polyethylene glycol was used to help with the preservation of the boat. Crew members involved with the project include, Walter Zacharchuk, Scott Ferris, Al Wilson, Robert Grenier, Wim Bronkhorst, Robert O'Meara, William Riel, Lorne Murdoc, Sean Gilmore and Hans Wanderverfhorst. <11mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

6761A

Notes:

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1. Using original film footage shot in 1966 for a final report on the excavation of the ship, Scott Films Limited created THE EXCAVATION AND THE RAISING OF THE MALLORYTOWN WRECK while under contract to the National Film Board which is indentified on screen as the copyright owner.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

382985

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2003-05-0281
2003-05-0282

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Max. shrinkage:

0.6%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

382986

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2003-05-0283

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

INTERNEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

382987

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

2003-05-0284

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

382988

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2003-05-0285

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

408834

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

2005-02-0156

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

2003-05-0284

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

774483

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

341167-001.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

WAV

Made from:

2003-05-0284

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 2020.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: The National Film Board.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10