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:
Canada's Kinograms : The Visual News of All the World
Production company:
- Kinogram Publishing Corporation
Country of production:
cn
Name of distributor:
World Pictures / Regal Films Ltd.
Description:
- CANADA'S KINOGRAMS : THE VISUAL NEWS OF ALL THE WORLD including:
- "Put Biggest Sign On Highest Hotel New York": Upon top of the Hotel Pennsylvania where the nervy steel workers frolic with danger; shot of a workman sliding down a cable in a building still under construction.
- "From Up On Top": Shot straight down to the street, from quite high.
- "Going Down": Shot of another man sliding down a cable, arriving on the ground; shot of a man high up on the scaffolding, giving hand signals.
- "See It Up Yonder": Landscape shot of the city, from a high vantage point.
- "Admiral Jellicoe Here For A Visit In Washington": Hero of Jutland, Viscount of Scappa, is welcomed to the United States by naval officers; shot of Admiral Jellicoe getting out of car; he is accompanied by several men, most in military uniform; one of the cars carries both a New York, and a Washington, D.C. licence plate (date on the plate is 1920).
- "Admiral Jellicoe": Close shot of the Admiral.
- "New England Reds Held In Prison Camp Boston": Radicals gathered in jail by government are taken to dock on way to Deer Island detention station; shot of a group of men, outside.
- "They Come In Cabs And Motors": Shots of men getting out of cars.
- "Boarding The Prison Boat Monitor": High angle shot of men, apparently boarding the boat.
- "Deputy U.S. Marchals Who Conducted Raid": Panning shot of the marshals, lined up on the dock, posing.
- "On An Errand Of World Finance": Sir George Paish, comes from England to see about a big loan; freeze-frame and close-up of Sir George Paish.
- "The Fate Of Europe Depends On The American People": Even tighter shot of his face, again freeze-framed.
- "Field Marshal Wood Buried With Honours Aldershot, England": Famous veteran laid to rest with ceremony attended by all British Army chiefs; shot of the funeral procession; the Union Jack-draped coffin moving past.
- "A Procession Two Miles Long": Short shot of soldiers marching in procession.
- "At The Grave": Panning shot of the mourners, from behind.
- "The Cameron Pipers": Shot of the pipers playing, and of the 21-gun salute.
- "In The Wilds Of A Great City": Our camera hunter stalks big game in the heart of San Francisco and finds it; shot of deer grazing.
- "Just As They Were a Hundred Years Ago": More of the deer; two close shots.
- "Now They're In Golden Gate Park": More shots of the deer.
- "Mexico's Candidate Washington": Ambassador Ygnacio Bonillas, who is slated for Carranza's place; close shot of Mr. Bonillas.
- "Staff Of The Mexican Embassy": Posed shot of Bonillas, with men around him.
- "Swedish Warship Visits Uncle Sam New York": Cruiser Fylgia, first Scandinavian nation's navy here in years, drops anchor in the Hudson; long shot of the ship.
- "Captain Gunnar Unger": Close shot of Captain Unger.
- "Consul General Olof H. Lamm Visits Fylgia": Shot of three men standing on the dock.
- "Sailors Play Queer Games": Shot of a group of Swedish sailors sitting on the deck in a circle. One stands in the middle; cut to a shot of a sailor on watch, holding a rifle (last shot is freeze-framed).
- "Maeterlinck Meets First Blue Bird Star in New York": Belgium's famous philosopher and poet greets actress who was first to play the role of "Mytyl" in Maeterlinck's play The Blue Bird; man walks down a few steps, and walks in front of the camera.
- "Miss Sindelar Presents Clarabel Campbell The Original Mytyl": The older man, obviously Maeterlinck, shakes hands with a young woman; he sits down to sign the paper she has given him.
- "Autographing That First Program - a Ritual of the Blue Bird for Happiness Campaign": He signs the program and returns it; medium shot of Clarabel Campbell, holding a bird cage.
- "Mummers March In First Peace Frolic Philadelphia": In gay costumes throng of revelers help Quaker City officially usher in poor little 1920; shot of the Mummers' parade.
- "Striving For City's $15,000 In Prizes": More shots of floats, and people in costumes.
- "Baron Shibusawa Holds Reception In Tokyo": They call him the "J.P. Morgan of Japan" - famous as the Orient's foremost financier; freeze-frame and medium shot of the Baron.
- "He's Small But Powerful".
Language:
- Silent with English intertitles
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. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.
- 2. Full series title: CANADA KINOGRAMS THE VISUAL NEWS OF ALL THE WORLD.
