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The Way of the Lord

Item number (ISN):

374770

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1925

Item number (ISN):

374770

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

GRAPHIC CONSULTANTS LTD.

Accession:

1972-0105

Media:

Film

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1925

Production company:

British Instructional Films Ltd.

Description:

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Travelogue of the Holy Land with intertitles providing commentary from related biblical texts. The contents of reel 2 are as follows: long view of the ruins of the town of Capernaum, a town northeast of Palestine on the Sea of Galilee, showing decorative detail on some of the stones; medium shot of country road that leads to Cana from Nazareth, showing Arabs with donkeys travelling along the road; long view of the town of Cana from a distance and medium shot of church built on the spot where Jesus turned the water into wine; long view of Sychar, where Jesus stopped to drink from Jacob's well and spoke to the Samaritan women; extreme close-up of old map of Palestine, showing the River Jordan and the Dead Sea; medium shot of two Arabs travelling on donkeys in mountainous country, and the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus preached and fed 5,000 people; long view of an Arab shepherd with his herd in the fields; and medium shot of Arab farmer using two donkeys to plough a field and another farmer ploughing in the background.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. The 1931 catalogue of the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau lists this as a 4-reel production, numbered 5001-5004.~2. The Graphic Consultants stock shot library card index describes part 2 and this card is the source of the 1925 production date.~3. The film appears to be complete as a three reeler. CMS indicates nothing in vaults after GC-5003 until GC-5058.~4. Head title reads, BRITISH INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS LTD., SURBITON, SURREY.~5. Reel GC-5001/C does not appear to be related to this title. Short excerpt with a quote from the Bible that starts, "And When They Could Not Come Nigh..." Possibly part of "FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS".~6. Given the 90-year rule, this title is under copyright until 31 December 2015.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

426256

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-5001/A
GC-5001/B
GC-5001/C
GC-5001/D
GC-5002/E
GC-5002/F
GC-5002/G
GC-5003/I
GC-5003/J
GC-5003/K

Number of items:

10

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

617263

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-5002

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

617264

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-5002/H

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

905381

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2018-08-0002

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

GC-5001/D
GC-5001/B
GC-5002/E
GC-5003/J
GC-5003/K

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

1020822

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-5001/A
GC-5002/F
GC-5003/I

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1020823

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-5001/B
GC-5002/G
GC-5003/K

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1020824

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-5001/C

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

The permission of Library and Archives Canada is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 31 December 2015.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: British Instructional Films.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Library and Archives Canada

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