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Call to a Nation

Item number (ISN):

18349

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1939

Item number (ISN):

18349

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ASSOCIATED SCREEN NEWS LTD.

Accession:

1973-0127

Media:

Film

Original title:

Call to a Nation

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1939

Release date:

1940

Production company:

Associated Screen News Ltd.
National Film Board

Country of production:

cn

Description:

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Documentary about the first war loan campaign to raise money from Canadians to pay for Canada's war effort. It shows: guns firing; ships; men waiting in line outside the RCAF Recruiting Centre Manning Pool HQ; ships; warships; soldiers of the first Canadian contingent (referred to by the voiceover as the first expeditionary force) on gangplank of ship that will take them overseas; troopships departing for Britain;~pilots of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan running to their planes; people at work in factories, producing war materials, accompanied by the voiceover narration that states that "every worker is a fighter"; nickel miner, forestry worker cutting down tree; farmers in Western Canada taking grain to grain elevator and city street scenes.~Also shown is a meeting of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, Minister of Justice Ernest Lapointe, Finance Minister J.L. Ralston and Minister of Defence Norman Rogers, discussing the first war loan, its purpose, how the government will spend the money, how the loan will boost the economy and why this war is more costly than previous wars. This includes some actuality audio of them. Some of Lapointe's comments are in French. King states that the loan is not compulsory. Rogers explains to King that this war is more costly than previous wars because of the need to build many different types of machinery.~The film continues with scenes illustrating the response of Canadians to the loan campaign, including people talking on the telephone, a factory worker counting out the money he will contribute, miners in Flin Flon looking at a notice posted on a wall; people in banks; and supplies leaving docks. <7mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

J-527

Notes:

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1. Closing credits only identify this as an Associated Screen Picture and a Northern Electric Wide Range Recording.~2. The director, narrator and other members of the production crew not identified in the credits.~3. According to the article "The Film in Industry" by Ross McLean in Industrial Canada, Volume XL, No. 11, March 1940, p. 51, John Grierson gave a CBC radio talk on 21 January 1940, listing this among the projects with which the NFB "is engaged".~4. There exists some confusion as to the ownership of copyright on this title.~5. ASN may have been the original copyright owner, in which case National Archives of Canada now owns the copyright.~6. NFB may have been the original copyright owner, in which case this is a Crown document over 50 years and the copyright has expired.~7. NFB and/or ASN may have produced this document directly for the war effort of the Canadian government and this may have been a Crown document through the war effort from the beginning, in which case this is, again, a Crown document of more than 50 years and the copyright has expired.~8. In any event, this material is available for reproduction.~9. In his memoirs, One Man's Documentary, Graham McInnes states that he was hired by John Grierson to write the script for this film.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

15290

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-1836

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

15291

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-1837

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

15292

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8501-0431

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

N-1836

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

15293

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8501-0432

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-1836

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

15294

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8501-0433

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-1836

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

15295

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8501-0434

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

N-1836

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

15297

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8501-0430

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

N-1836

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

15298

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8502-0086

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

367738

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2002-01-0027

Number of items:

1

Duration:

100:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

714631

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

18349-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

7:00

Made from:

8501-0434

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

714632

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

18349-001.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

7:00

Made from:

8501-0434

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

714633

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

18349.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

7:00

Made from:

8501-0434

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

845386

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

18349.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

7:00

Made from:

8501-0434

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

977424

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2002-01-0044

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

9501-0095
9501-0096
9501-0097
2001-11-0104
8501-0434

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8502-0086
V1 2002-01-0027

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

To be Determined / À déterminer

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