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Across Canada the National Way : [Beautification of Ottawa]

Item number (ISN):

135200

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1920/1929

Item number (ISN):

135200

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: STOCK SHOTS

Accession:

1977-0205

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1920/1929

Production company:

Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau

Description:

Glimpses of the following cities: Halifax, Lunenburg, Charlottetown, Saint John, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Jasper Park. Included are sequences on Lunenburg Harbour with sailing schooners at anchor; the Confederation Building in Charlottetown; scenes of Quebec City; views of Mount Royal, sky-scrapers, caleches, and Ste-Catherine Street in Montreal; busy traffic in the vicinity of what is now Confederation Square in Ottawa with street cars; the wheat harvest; and Canadian National Railway trains throughout.~The sequence on the beautification of Ottawa shows alternate shots of polluted stretches and verdant, manicured park land in Ottawa. Shown is an establishing shot of Ottawa from the Laurier Street bridge as well as footage of City Hall, the post office, and the Parliament Buildings with the canal in the lower foreground.

Language:

Silent

Original number:

1920-FG-26

Notes:

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1. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.

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Vault ISN:

116090

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8906-0017

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

218958

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7703-0055

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

218959

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7703-0054

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7703-0055

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8906-0017

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Restrictions on consultation:

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the NFB, is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

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

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