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[Toronto Subway Opened]
Series title:[Universal Newsreel]Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1954-03-30Item number (ISN):26819Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:UNITED STATES. NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATIONAccession:1981-0144Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1954-03-30Production company:Universal PicturesDescription:Opening of the Yonge Street subway line in Toronto, Ontario on March 30, 1954. Sequences: long shot of stage and crowd, close-up of two women wearing Toronto Transit Commission uniforms; Ontario Premier Leslie Frost and Toronto Mayor Allan Lamport pull switch changing light to green; subway train at station platform, bagpipe band marches past train with passengers looking on; medium shot of plaque unveiling ceremony; and shot of Premier Frost and Mayor Lamport unveiling plaque. Plaque reads "Canada's First Subway". Shots of people purchasing subway tokens from vending machine, entering subway station through turnstiles, putting tokens into turnstile slots and taking transfers from an IBM transfer vending machine. Medium shot of train pulling up to station platform and passengers boarding and getting off of train. Long shot of southbound train entering subway tunnel.Language:MuteOriginal number:Vol. 27~Rel. 557Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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