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Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1944 ?Item number (ISN):273896Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:ASSOCIATED SCREEN NEWS LTD.Accession:1973-0127Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1944 ?Production company:Associated Screen News Ltd.Description:Early news stories ordered by ASN for film on General Motors. Unveiling of service flag for employees of G.M. Canada. Parking lot occupied by horses and buggies. Two or three horses and buggies moving in the general direction of camera on dirt road. Busy, early 1920s city scenes, auto traffic, pedestrians scurrying about. Custom built auto for Duke of Windsor being completed. Shots of refinements. Cable from the Duke expressing appreciation for the car. Montage of futuristic G.M. cars; hundreds of insignias of defunct automobiles. Vintage news showing motorcade and old bearded gentlemen being greeted. Sequences selected from fictious films showing G.M. cars, forgotten actors etc. One shot shows motorcade moving as one along a country road.Language:SilentNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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