Item F1989:06/004-005 - May Day parade, Vancouver and The 2nd World War! : Bowdery footage

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May Day parade, Vancouver and The 2nd World War! : Bowdery footage

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  • moving images

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  • Variations in title: Vancouver marches
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F1989:06/004-005

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  • 1938-1939 (Creation)

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2 film reels : workprint and internegative (incomplete), b&w, silent ; 16 mm

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The item consists of two film reels; a workprint and an internegative, containing special event footage. "Parade marching along Hasting Street. American band (?). Highland band. Shriners. Pageant in Stanley Park (colour): ladies in crinolines. This may have been a PNE parade, but is not identified. MAY DAY PARADE: This is quite exciting, and contains groups of men and women marching under several different banners. The banners read, in order: "Stop Hitler -- Save Peace"; "[?] Support Democracy"; "Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion"; "White Lunch - Eden - Waldorf - On Unfair List"; "Communist Party of Canada -- B.C. District - Jobs - Recovery - Democracy and Peace"; "Relief Project Workers Union Workers Demanding Jobs"; "Spain Vets - Welcome Home"; "We Are Against Militarisation -- The Youth"; "Demand Hands Off Yugoslavia -- Yugoslavian Progressive Movement"; "Down With Imperialist War"; and "Bread Not Bullets". The film also shows a newsboy selling the "People's Advocate" newspaper, and a group from the baker's union, as well as several bands." Also includes "This is a film Mr. Bowdery shot and edited into a form of home newsreel called The Second World War--The Hand of Tyranny. It is captioned with headlines from the "People's Advocate" newspaper. The footage contains scenes of the exterior of the Vancouver Post Office at Hastings and Granville. Employees being checked at the entrance. Interior of building, protestors in sit-down strike. [Close-up of] trio of protestors, other good [close-ups]. Protestors singing "The Red Flag", [with] banjo and accordion accompaniment. Unemployed march."(Colin Browne)

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BC Teachers' Federation, Labour History Association.

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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
A VHS reference copy is available for this item, V2011:04/022.02
Betacam SP video master, V2011:04/022.01.

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References: Listed in Browne, "Motion Picture Production in B.C.", entry #0550; Vancouver Sun, 1938-05-02 p. 20.

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Accession number(s): F1989:06

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Previously described as AAAA2322 and AAAA3019.

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Optical blow-up from 8 mm original (which shows signs of water damage and overexposure). Footage has been removed from this copy for use in the documentary "For Twenty Cents a Day".

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producing agency/company: John W. Bowdery; photography: John W. Bowdery

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