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:
- Russian Soldiers in Training. Russian soldiers train in Newmarket, England, before returning to their country to fight the Bolsheviks. Shots of soldiers trying on gas respirators.
- World's Second Largest Flag Pole. A 214 ft-long, 18-ton Douglas Fir span is shown being hoisted into place in Kew Gardens, England.
- Montreal Jews Protest Ukrainian Pogroms. Shots of military and civilians in procession moving past the camera, bearing placards, protesting the murder of Jews in Ukraine. British and U.S. flags are shown as well as the Star of David.
- Prince of Wales in Halifax. Edward pauses in Halifax before leaving for England. The Prince reviews the officers and men of HMCS Niobe, visits the Sacred Heart Convent with Lieut. Governor Grant. Sequence on the Prince and his entourage on HMS Reknown, anchors being hoisted as ship prepares to sail. LSs of ship steaming away.
- Prince of Wales Visits New York City. Edward arrives and is greeted before taking part in a ticker tape parade. He is met at City Hall and inspects U.S. and British troops on the banks of the Hudson. Seen is a huge crowd on Wall Street and the Prince and entourage arriving. Night views of fireworks on HMS Reknown. At West Point, the Prince inspects cadets and reviews march past.
- Cyclers Practice for 6-Day Race. News clip on cyclers practicing at Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. Static and travelling shots of cyclers speeding on boardwalk.
- Stunt Flying in Phoenix, Arizona. News clip on aerial stunt team. Seen is a man transferring from one plane to another by means of a rope. <7mn 20s>
Language:
- Silent with English intertitles
Subjects:
- BICYCLE RACING
- DEMONSTRATIONS
- ENGLAND
- FIREWORKS
- FLAGS
- JEWS
- MONTREAL
- MONTRÉAL
- NEW YORK
- NEW YORK
- NEWMARKET
- PARADES
- PERSECUTION
- SOLDIERS
- STUNT FLYING
- WARSHIPS
- REKNOWN
- UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
- EDWARD VIII, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN
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: screening report and Archivist's research notes.
- 2. Research notes are available.
- 3. Re-edited newsreel for Canadian theatres made from US and British Pathé news items and Canadian footage.
- 4. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.
Consultation copy:
- V1 9003-0002
- V1 2010-01-0003
