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Canadian Diamonds = Diamants du Canada

Item number (ISN):

176627

Series title:

St. Lawrence North = Au pays de Neufve-France

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1959/1960

Item number (ISN):

176627

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CRAWLEY FILMS LIMITED

Accession:

1983-0373

Media:

Film

Original title:

Diamants du Canada

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1959/1960

Production company:

English version
Crawley Films Limited

Country of production:

cn

Sponsor:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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Focuses on the area on the north shore of the St. Lawrence between Murray Bay and the Strait of Belle-Isle and the resources found there. Jacques Cartier spent the winter of 1541 in this region and wrote about these resources, including some embellishments - ice as gold leafs, stones as diamonds. Cartier's exaggerations, a product of the pressure he was under to discover riches, led to the 16th century proverb, "as false as a Canadian diamond".~Eventually the fur trade in the area made an impact in Europe featuring beaver, marten, otter and mink. A black fox pelt sold for $3,000 at one time. The trees noted by Cartier provided the material for what was to become a shipbuilding industry third in the world.~In the valley of the Gouffre River, 60 miles below Quebec, an iron mine was discovered. One of the first in the country it was mined then abandoned several times, initially for titanium.~At Knob Lake a town was quickly built around a mine before the yield could justify the growth. This yield eventually travelled through 350 miles of railway to awaiting ships in the bay.~The lifestyle of the area slowly changed with only a few trappers, scarce tanneries and some fishermen maintaining the old ways. Slowly these occupations have disappeared, the men turning to mining for their livings.~A new mine near Lake Janine employs 15,000 men who move the iron over 200 miles of railway constructed to connect the mine to the sea and the waiting ships. <29mn 24s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Additional information on this film may be available in the production file (MG 28 III 99, Volume 64).~2. Title card at the head reads: "Un film de Pierre Perrault et René Bonnière".

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

168156

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-1807/001
8330-1807/002

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

0.6%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

176633

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-1807/007

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

176646

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9110-0102

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

INTERNEG

Made from:

8330-1807/001
8330-1807/002

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

179374

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9112-0173

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8330-1807/007
9110-0102

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

180521

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-1807/006

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

180948

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8330-1807/304
8330-1807/305
8330-1807/306
8330-1807/307

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Technical description:

ACETATE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

355306

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 2001-02-0023

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

29:25

Made from:

9112-0173

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

778441

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

176627-001.WAV
176627-002.WAV
176627-003.WAV
176627-004.WAV

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

8330-1807/304
8330-1807/305
8330-1807/306
8330-1807/307

Status:

MASTER
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