Fonds/collection:
DAWSON CITY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
General access conditions for collection
Reproduction access:
- No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Remarks:
- 1. Material was received from Dawson City in 2 shipments - 506 reels in 1978 and 26 reels in 1980. Of these 389 reels, primarily of American fiction, were transferred to Library of Congress for conversion. Reference copies of some of these reels were returned to NFTSA.
Accession number:
1979-0191
Series title:
British Canadian Pathé News
Production company:
- Canadian version
- Specialty Film Import Ltd.
Country of production:
cn
Name of distributor:
Specialty Film Import Ltd.
Description:
- Harrow, England. [Soccer Game at Harrow]. Boys of the famous "School-on-the-Hill" celebrate Founders' Day at this 169-year-old school. Boys in school uniforms flock down exterior staircase of a building nd walk past the camera. Cuts to the soccer field where a game is in progress and then to a posed shot of a large number of students seated and standing on the grass, wearing straw hats. Close-up of two students, one in a straw hat and one wearing a cap, grinning at the camera.
- Toronto, Ontario: [Toronto Hunt Club Horse Show]. The Toronto Hunt Club marks the opennig of new stables with a horse show. A large gallery watches the riding and jumping events. There are various views of horses performing, horses jumping, horses missing jumps and horses refusing to take jumps, and of the edge of the track. The final shot shows the crowd near a building.
- Montreal: McGill University Wins Intercollegiate Rugby Title]. McGill defeats Toronto Varsiety 7-3. Pan shot shows players of McGill team, and then of Toronto Varsity. The University of Toronto logo is visible on some of the team's sweaters. Shots of the game, taken from field level, showing three plays from the game. An intertitle reads: "the rooters were there -- 10,000 strong!". A pan shot shows a huge crowd in the bleachers. BAck on the field, there is a shot of another play. At half time, McGill students advertise the McGill Reunion for October 1921. An intertitle mentions their $5,000,000 campaign. There is a shot of a parade on the field. At the head is a banner which reads "McGill Reunion, October 12-13-14-15, 1921." There is a second banner but it is illegible. The next intertitle reads "A living "V" and then an "M" in compliment to the two seats of learning". There is a high angle shot of the field, showing people grouped to form a V, then a panning shot of the M created in the same way. Also shown is the crowd racing off the field and back into the stands. There is footage of a play begining the second half of the game and then the crowd doing a cheer, with hand movements, in unison. An intertitle says "Principal Sir Arthur Currie, (with cane) is an enthusiastic supporter of the team." There is a shot of the crowd, with a brief shot of McGill Principal, Sir Arthur Currie, former Officer Commanding of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, among the spectators.
- Montreal: Celebrated British Actors Tour Canada]. Noted playwright, H.V. Esmond, actress Eva Moore and director of the tour George Driscoll are shown in Montreal. They head a company which will perform in cities throughout Canada. There is a medium shot of Esmond and Moore talking. Driscoll shakes hands with both of them. The company is composed entirely of English players. There is a posed group shot of the company, with Esmond and Moore in the centre.
- Here and There. Cincinnati, Ohio: [American Legion Members Greet New American Legion Commander]. Colonel F. Galbraith shakes hands with Legionnaires in Cincinnati. There is a close-up of Colonel Galbraith.
- Everybody -- eat Apples! The United States observes National Apple Week to help farrmers move huge apple crop. Footage shows people crowded around cases of apples, which are being handed out, and thrown. A manan throws apples to a gaggle of giggling girls. A woman, sporting a necklace of apples, is seen biting into an apple.
- New Orleans, Louisiana: Mexican gun-boat enters dry-dock. Three shots of the Mexcian navy ship Zaragoza being prepared and raised, to go into dry-dock in New Orleans. The action is speeded up. There is a low-angle longshot of the ship in dry-dock and a panning shot of the hull.
- London, England. Reach agreement on British mine strike -- as officials arrive to interview the Premier, an impatient mob of workers outside clashes with the police. There are several shots of a cordon of London police trying to hold back the surging crowd. An intertitle explains that one of the rioters charges the police on horseback, but is immediately arrested. Footage shows the striker on horseback. Police pull him off the horse, but a column obscures the camera's view. Both civilians and police are among the injured. Footage shows two police officers bandaging the head of a striker. Two police officers carry a third officer. Also shown is a bandaged policeman, at the station.
- Admiral Rodman reviews 10,000 men (Jackies) of the Pacific Fleet in a navy parade in San Pedro, California. There are three angles of the parade of sailors, one showing Admiral Rodman saluting from a dais.
Language:
- Silent with English intertitles
Subjects:
- APPLE MARKETING
- BRITISH ACTORS & ACTRESSES
- CINCINNATI
- COLLEGE SPORTS
- DRY DOCKS
- ENGLAND
- HARROW
- HARVEST FESTIVALS
- HORSE SHOWS
- LONDON
- MILITARY PARADES
- MINERS
- MONTRÉAL
- NEW ORLEANS
- OHIO
- ONTARIO
- QUEBEC
- RIOTS
- RUGBY FOOTBALL
- SAN PEDRO
- SCHOOLS
- SOCCER
- TORONTO
- UNITED STATES
- WARSHIPS
- AMERICAN LEGION
- MCGILL UNIVERSITY
- UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
- CURRIE, ARTHUR
- DRISCOLL, GEORGE
- ESMOND, H.V.
- GALBRAITH, F.
- MOORE, EVA
- RODMAN, HUGH
Copyright Status:
Copyright expired.
Restrictions on Consultation:
~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Donor Restrictions:
Use requires credit be given to the Dawson City Museum and Historical Society Collection, National Archives of Canada.
Notes:
- 1. Source of description: Viewing report and CDS research notes.
- 2. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.
- 3. Re-edited newsreel for Canadian theatres made from British and American Pathe news items with Canadian stories added.
- 4. [Toronto Hunt Club Horse Show] - damage to original printing source is showing.
- 5. Dating of this reel is tenuous because no stories match the list of items in PATHÉ NEWS, No. 88, from 1921.
Consultation copy:
- V1 9003-0002
- V1 8112-0089
- V1 2012-07-0006
