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[Bluenose Launching]

Item number (ISN):

282190

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1955-05-25

Item number (ISN):

282190

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADA. CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY / COMPAGNIE DES CHEMINS DE FER NATIONAUX DU CANADA

Accession:

1998-0094

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1955-05-25

Description:

Sound recording of the launching of the Bluenose in 1955. Built by Daly Shipbuilders of Quebec and operated by the Canadian National Railway, the Bluenose was to sail between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Barr Harbour, Maine.~Recording opens with "God Save the Queen" and the "Star Spangled Banner". The Minister of Transport then introduces the guests, talks about the legacy of the Bluenose and describes the new ship. Madame Louis St. Laurent christens the ship. Speeches on the significance of the ship are then given by: Robert Winters, Federal Minister of Public Works; David Nichols, Executive Council representing the Governor of Maine; A.W. Mackenzie, Minister of Highways in Nova Scotia; and Donald Gordon, President of Canadian National.

Language:

English / Français

Original number:

55-4

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Vault ISN:

341544

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1998-0094/59

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

ACETATE

Duration:

28:57

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

387757

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2003-10-0017

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

49:15

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1001917

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2003-10-0017

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1998-0094/59
1998-0094/60
1998-0094/61
1998-0094/21

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2003-10-0017

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

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

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