Item V1985:04/001.01 - Across Canada by the CPR

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Across Canada by the CPR

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  • moving images

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Associated Screen News Ltd.

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  • Source of title proper: Title is based on similarities to BFI catalogue description.

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V1985:04/001.01

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  • 1985 (originally created ca. 1927) (Creation)

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Physical description

1 video reel (00:10:30) : video master, b&w (tinted), Type C, silent with inter-titles ; 26 mm

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Scope and content

The item is a video copy of a travelogue film. Depicts highlights of Canada encountered on a trans-Canada journey from east to west on the CPR. B.C. footage includes: the Spiral Tunnels at Field (with train passing through); Field; open-topped railway observation car with sightseeing passengers; Glacier; Mt. Sir Donald; Albert Canyon; train en route in Fraser Canyon; fruit pickers; Vancouver (street scenes, Hotel Vancouver, Stanley Park, English Bay bathers); CPR steamers en route to Victoria.

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Location of originals

Original film F1982:10/001 de-accessioned and sent to the National Archives of Canada.

Availability of other formats

A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
A VHS reference copy is available for this item, V1985:04/001.03.
U-Matic sub-master, V1985:04/001.02.
Betacam SP sub-master, V1985:04/001.05.
Betacam SP sub-sub-master, V1985:04/001.04.

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Copyright expired.

Finding aids

Shot list in file V1985:04/001.

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General note

Head credits and tail missing on NAC copy, the only known print. The film ACROSS CANADA IN FIFTEEN MINUTES appears to be a revised and updated version of this picture, re-edited for distribution by the National Parks Branch.

General note

References: Listed in Duffy, "Camera West", entry #Br/0004.

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Accession number(s): F1982:10

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Previously described as AAAA0023.

Credits note

producing agency/company: Associated Screen News Ltd.; sponsored/presented by: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

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