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Rogers Pass

Item number (ISN):

303032

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1963 ?

Item number (ISN):

303032

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

OTTAWA PUBLIC LIBRARY

Accession:

1999-0039

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1963 ?

Release date:

1964

Production company:

Pageant Productions Limited

Production credit:

photography, Wilfred E. Gray; Peter Parsons; producer/scenario/narration, Peter J. Elkington; editing, Werner Franz

Sponsor:

British Columbia Department of Highways

Description:

Promotional film about the history of Rogers Pass and the difficulties the railway had with it. Shows: ploughing the pass; building the Connaught Tunnel; the closing of the pass by the Canadian Pacific Railway; engineers' recommendations in 1956 for a new pass; the confirmation of Rogers Pass as the best route; scenes of modern construction of the portion of the Trans-Canada Highway running through it; problems encountered in construction; the study of avalanche problems in the area; and a car travelling along the Rogers Pass Highway. Includes a re-enactment of the 1881 discovery of the pass by Major A.B. Rogers.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Historical material courtesy of the Provincial Archives of British Columbia and the Hudson's Bay Company Museum.~2. This copy has three deep scratches.~3. copies also available at the B.C. Archives.~4. See also copy at IDC ISN 33668.~5. Also listed in the catalogue “Films By Other Producers Distributed in Canada by the National Film Board of Canada”.

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Vault ISN:

342561

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2000-01-0173

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.6%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Open

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Government of British Columbia.

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