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A Romance of Two Hemispheres = The Romance of an Industry

Item number (ISN):

370777

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1947 ?

Item number (ISN):

370777

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ALCAN ALUMINUM LIMITED / ALCAN ALUMINIUM LIMITÉE

Accession:

1969-0033

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1947 ?

Production company:

Associated Screen News Ltd.

Production credit:

director, Eric Clavering; sound, Walter Darling; music, Lucio Agostini; art director, Harold Peberdy; narration, Charles Rittenhouse

Sponsor:

Massey-Harris ?

Description:

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Film made in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Massey-Harris agricultural machinery manufacturing company, which began in 1847. It traces the development and history of agricultural mechanization from 1847 to 1947. Included are the following: re-enactment of pioneer life in 1847; re-enactment of Hart Massey, founder of the Massey farm equipment business, making machinery for fellow farmers; various drawings of Massey-Harris factories; drawings and reproductions of early harvesting machines; Nova Scotia pioneers; covered bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick; harvesting of potato crop; re-enactment of life in Quebec circa the late 1800s or early 1900s; Niagara Falls and the fruit belt; Banff and Lake Louise; aboriginals; cowboy rodeo; scenes of the prairies; Massey-Harris manufacturing plants in Manchester, England; Massy-Harris equipment at work in Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, India, Australasia, Argentina, Mexico and the United States. President J. Duncan talks about company factories and plans for the future.

Language:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

418928

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-1156
7301-1157

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

418929

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

13-0060-1
13-0060-2

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

63:00

Made from:

7301-1156
7301-1157

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

430238

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

13-0048

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7301-1157
7505-0118

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of donor~Alcan has waived donor restrictions on material produced by ASN. Copyright must be cleared with the copyright owner. (See letter dated 9 February 1998).

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