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:
- London, England. Hold International Horse Show. The historic coach parade is a feature of this famous equine exhibition. A procession of horse-drawn carriages circles the field inside the stadium. Footage also shows a snow sleigh and two horses. The next story, from Boulters Lock, England, is headed "The tragedy of a wet Ascot Sunday! Gaze on this picture taken in 1919 . . . " This shows crowds along a river bank. The river is crowded with small boats full of people. The next sequence shows the same spot in 1920, taking in the pouring rain. It is a panning shot of the almost-deserted lock.
- Halifax, Nova Scotia: Red Cross health caravans leave Halifax for a six-week tour, giving free treatment in all the outlying districts of the province. Footage shows: a woman at the wheel of a truck; a close-up of a poster on the side of the truck, reading "Nova Scotia Provincial Red Cross Health Caravan (Portable Clinic) will stop at One Point Only in this District in July or August . . .". The next intertitle states that Sunbeam, the ambulance presented early in the war by Nova Scotia school children, carried thousands of wounded soldiers from the battlefields in France. There is a longshot of the ambulance, with a sign on the side which reads "Gift of the Children of Nova Scotia". Footage shows the caravan en route. Olympic Games Try-Out. Various shots of swimming race in which swimmers are chosen to represent America at the Antwerp games in 1920. The three men are Bolden, Langer and Kahele. Shot of Duke Kahamoku, the winner of the 100-yd dash. (The 1920 Games were slated for Antwerp but were cancelled).
- Chicago, Illinois: Two firefighters are seriously injured in $40,000 blaze -- a fire of unknown origin wrecks building in the city's loop. Panning shot shows firemen fighting the blaze. Another shot shows burned-out roof section. Close-up of a fireman aiming a hose down from a roof position. A fireman adjusts hoses amidst a torrent of water coming out of the building.
- Nikko, Japan. Nippon holds religious festival -- Japanes worshippers carry Mikoski, or portable shrines, to Shinto temple. Sequence on procession, men carrying two large shrines, two girls watching the procession, more shots of the procession, women doing a ritual dance in honour of Sun Goddess Amaterasu, panning shot down front of a pagoda, medium shot of two people doing a ritual dance and medium shot of two people wearing masks. The festival is in honour of the great Japanese general Iyeyasu, whose spirit is believed to be enclosed in the shrines. There are more shots of the procession.
- New York City: Second race for America's Cup called off with Resolute in the lead -- the Shamrock and Resolute start, but cannot finish owing to lack of breeze. There is a long shot of the two yachts, with a third boat between them. Shot of an official writing something down. Another long shot of the becalmed yachts. <3mn 53s>
Language:
- Silent with English intertitles
Subjects:
- AMBULANCES
- AQUATIC SPORTS
- ASCOT
- ATHLETIC ABILITY
- CAMPS
- CANOE RACING
- CHICAGO
- CHILDREN
- FIRES
- HALIFAX
- HORSE SHOWS
- ILLINOIS
- JAPAN
- MANITOBA
- NOVA SCOTIA
- OLYMPICS
- OUTDOOR RECREATION FOR CHILDREN
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- QUEBEC
- RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS
- SAILBOAT RACING
- SUFFRAGETTES
- SWIMMING
- WASHINGTON
- WATER SKIING
- WINNIPEG
- CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY
- COX, JAMES M.
- WILSON, WOODROW
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: Archivist's research notes.
- 2. Shotlist in Dawson finding aid lists the following stories after the Halifax health caravan story, but the stories are not listed in the catalogue cards: Winnipeg Canoe Club Regatta, Baby Welfare Camp in Montreal, Governor Cox with Woodrow Wilson, and Olympic Games swim trials in Chicago.
- 3. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.
- 4. Re-edited Newsreel for Canadian Theatres made from U.S. and British Pathe News items as well as Canadian footage.
- 5. Description of Winnipeg Canoe Club annual regatta story: footage shows the double fours racing, two shots of the individual canoe race, long shot of two canoes in the middle of the water, each team trying to dump the other team in the water, the water sport of aquaplaning (a large motor boat pulls a man skiing on a board) and the club house at the water's edge.
- 6. Description of story from Montreal of Baby Welfare Camp outing for children. Footage shows children getting out of the back of a van, children running toward the camp gate, a nurse holding a baby beneath the welcome sign, a man handing out food to the children who sit on the ground, a nurse distributing milk, a man handing out bananas and two children eating. Six children swing on a swing.
- 7. Descripton of Cox story, from Washington, D.C.: Cox pledges to uphold Wilson policy. Democratic presidential nominee arrives at Washington to confer with President. Two men (Cox and Wilson?) stand up in the back of an open car. Long shot as the procession of cars pulls out. Licence plat 13-752 D.C. 1920) . At Columbus, Governor Cox receives suffragists. They urge him to influence Tennessee to be the 36th state to ratify suffrange. Long shot of Cox shaking hands with a woman, in front of a large group of women. Medium shot of him speaking to the woman.
- Description of Olympic trials story: Chicago, Illinois: Swimmers are chosen at finals to represent America at Olympic Games -- Bolden, Langer and Kahele win the mile race. Shot of the start of the race, and several shots as they do lengths. Medium shot of the three chosen swimmers. The 200-metre breast stroke race won by M.J. McDermott. Shot of the start of the race and of the race in progress. Close shot of the winner. Duke Kahamoku is the winner of the 100-yard dash. Footage shows longshot and then closer shot of the race in progress and close-up of the winner.
