Collection search - This is My Invention = Ceci est Mon Invention : [out-takes]

CRAWLEY FILMS LIMITED

1983-0373

Film

Patents (working title), The Public Secrets (working title), A Fence of Words (suggested title)

3 of 3

1965/1967

1967

Crawley Films Limited

director, Herb Taylor; producer, James Turpie; script, David Mayerovitch; photography, Stanley Brebe CSC, Robert Ennis; film editor, Margaret Chandler; sound, David Cochrane, Robert Leclair; animation, Victor Atkinson; narrators, Tommy Tweed (English), Francois Bertrand (French)

Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada
L'Institut des Brevets et Marques de Commerce (French Sponsor)

Out-takes from the production of THIS IS MY INVENTION = CECI EST MON INVENTION. The purpose of this film is to give the Canadian public a basic understanding of their patent system and to demonstrate the importance of patents and inventions to the Canadian industry and economy. An interesting description is given as to why patents are necessary and how the system evolved. The film illustrates how an inventor would go about getting a patent in Canada. Three detailed and several cursory examinations of patented inventions are made, from an electronic device for levelling and aligning railway tracks to the mother's helper, the "Jolly Jumper" for babies. Inventions are often humorous, sometimes beatiful, others bring power and profit. <1hr 45min>

English Français

open

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Under Copyright

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur