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The New Britain

Item number (ISN):

334067

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1940 ?

Item number (ISN):

334067

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL EDUCATION, REGINA

Accession:

1966-0003

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1940 ?

Release date:

1940 ?

Production company:

Strand Film Productions

Production credit:

director, Ralph Keene; producer, Alexander Shaw; scenario, Graham Greene; scenario, Reg Groves; photography, Charles Marlborough; music, William Alwyn; musical advisor, Muir Mathieson; recordist, Alfred Rhind; narrator, Neal Arden.

Sponsor:

Donald Taylor

Description:

Short film hyping the modernization of Britain and the British Empire after the First World War, with an underlying lament for the lack of attention given to Germany during this time. Technological progress is celebrated in the fields of construction, aviation, navigation, communication, entertainment, social services and education. In order to preserve this British utopia, a call for mobilisation against the eventual threat of Germany is raised at the film's conclusion. <11mn 7s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Originally on same roll and can as 7505-0544~2. Includes short tail trailer BACK THEM UP!, an advertisement for Canadian War Savings Certificates.~3. This item is part of a compilation entitled BRITAIN AT BAY.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

48325

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

13-0566

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7808-0548
7505-0544/A

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

370286

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7505-0544/C

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

1.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

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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