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Vancouver Harbour Commissions' Fire Boat Orion in Action

Item number (ISN):

321596

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

321596

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADA. PORTS CANADA

Accession:

1983-0112

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1932

Sponsor:

Vancouver Harbour Commissioners

Description:

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Film presented by the Vancouver Harbour Commissioners on the fire boat Orion, built and designed completely in Canada. Intertitles provide information about the fire boat's design and function and identify the personalities seen. Standing on the pier watching the Orion demonstrate its fire-fighting capabilities are President of the Harbour Board, S. McClay, and the Honourable H.H. Stevens, Minister of Trade and Commerce, who stands under an umbrella. They and a group of well turned-out gentlemen, look on as the fire boat arrives on the scene of a harbour fire and firemen assemble hoses, training jets of water on the 26-foot high pier building. A crew member unravels a hose. The crew stands in a line, holding the fire hoses. Men control the pumps on the boat. Shots are included of the water curtain which protects the Orion from catching fire itself. The film concludes with sequences showing H.H. Stevens boarding the liner Empress of India at Vancouver dock, en route to Honolulu to confer with the Honourable W. Downie Stewart of New Zealand about a trade treaty. Stevens gets out of a car, poses with his wife for the camera, with his wife boards the ship and talks with other men aboard ship. There are various shots of passengers waving goodbye to people. There is a shot from the dock showing a multitude of streamers. The final shot is a close-up of the ship Empress of India. <7mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

40968

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8307-0028

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

352564

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8310-0847

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8304-0312

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

352565

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8310-0849

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8304-0312

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

352566

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8304-0312

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8307-0028

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD615

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Ports Canada (Transport Canada)

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Date modified:: 2024-07-24