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Proud and Strong

Item number (ISN):

427379

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1989-06-13

Item number (ISN):

427379

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN PACIFIC

Accession:

2006-0131

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1989-06-13

Production company:

Reel Ideas Inc.

Sponsor:

Canadian Pacific

Description:

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Video recording of the inauguration ceremonies held on 4 May 1989 for the new Canadian Pacific line through the Rogers Pass. It shows: crowds waiting for the ceremony to begin; arrival of a CP train; crowd waving; arrival of guests by train; pipe band; speech by Barry Scott, chair and chief executive officer of the Canadian Pacific Railway; aerial views of the site; a blessing of the rail line by Reverend Lloyd Northcott; visuals of trains travelling along the line; speech by Charles J. Mayer, Minister of Western Economic Diversification; speech by T. Neil Vant, British Columbia Minister of Transportation and Highways; unveiling by former CPR executives Fred Burbidge and Russ Allison of plaque commemorating the official inauguration; a shot of the long viaduct, which will be named after John Fox, CPR's senior engineer in charge of the Rogers Pass project; speech by Pieter Van Vliet of the Engineering Institute of Canada and presentation of the Julian C. Smith medal by Van Vliet to Fox; walkie-talkie communications between Bill Stinson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the parent company, Canadian Pacific, acting here as honorary conductor, and CP Rail staff, to inaugurate the line; more aerial views of the viaduct, tracks and other parts of the rail line; the signing of a an official receipt for the rail line; more shots of the crowd and the departure of the train. This video ends with a list of names of participants and guests. <22mn 25s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This version has burned-in timecode throughout.~2. Dub of master (master tape not received from Canadian Pacific).~3. Audio levels fluctuate.~4. Final version without burned-in timecode not received from Canadian Pacific.

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Vault ISN:

526388

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

5523AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

22:25

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

685910

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

5523AV.mxf

Number of items:

1

Made from:

5523AV

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

694036

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

5523AV.mp4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

5523AV

Status:

REF
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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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