Item F1984:11/004.03 - Bridge River stage two (dam) : part 1 : Soletanche

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Bridge River stage two (dam) : part 1 : Soletanche

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  • moving images

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Parry Films Ltd.

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  • Variations in title: Soletanche [working title]

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F1984:11/004.03

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  • 1956-1960 (Creation)

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1 film reel (00:26:00 ; 940 ft) : workprint, b&w ; 16 mm and additional film elements

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The item is an industrial film on a black and white workprint made between 1956 and 1960. It contains footage of the construction of the Mission Dam on the Bridge River project Soletanche and shows special operations (1958-59) required to seal the foundations and substrata under the site to prevent seepage. Depicts work to remove sections of old steel pilings (cut loose by divers with torches working in mud-filled pits); driving a wall of sheet pilings; manufacturing a clay/cement grout mixture and forcing it into the substrata under pressure to form an impervious curtain. This film is likely very similar to the French-language film produced for the French engineering firm (Soletanche Ltd.) which carried out the work.

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A VHS reference copy is available for this item, V2002:04/001.02
U-Matic video master, V2002:04/001.01

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Copyright British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority.

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General note

"A BC Electric documentary record of [title] design and supervision of construction by BC Engineering Co. Ltd." The two parts are physically distinguished from one another by their length and by the labels "part 1" and "part 2," which appear on the leaders and the original film cans, though not in the films themselves.

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References: Listed in Duffy, "Camera West", entry #B/39.

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Accession number(s): F1984:11

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Previously described as AAAA0413

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Parry production no. 208.

Credits note

sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producer: Lew M. Parry; producing agency/company: Parry Films Ltd.

Accompanying material

Other elements include:
F1984:11/004.01 - original A-roll picture
F1984:11/004.02 - B-wind negative track
F1992:05/001.01 - composite (test) print
F1984:11/004.09 - dub narration track

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