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- 1991 - 2001 (Creation)
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6 m textual records
1875 audio recordings
4 open reels : 1 in. ; audio (5 hr., 11 min.)
17 open reels : 2 in. ; audio (4 hr., 34 min.)
401 open reels : ¼ in. ; audio (14 hr., 24 min.)
62 reels : full coat magnetic soundtrack ; 35mm (54,950 ft.)
187 reels : full coat magnetic soundtrack ; 16mm (104,679 ft.)
659 audio cassette ; DAT (1093 hr., 14 min.)
6 audio cassette : D2 (4 hr., 44 min.)
1 audio cassette : DA88 (2 hr.)
8 audio cassette : DA8 (8 hr., 39 min.)
1 audio cassette : micro cassette (1 hr.)
52 optical disc : CD ; audio (41 hr., 38 min.)
477 audio cassettes (605 hr., 10 min.)
16,150 video records
568 video cassettes : ¾ in. U-Matic (447 hr., 15 min.)
1359 video cassettes : Digital Betacam (731 hr.)
121 video cassettes : Betacam (84 hr., 15 min.)
2635 video cassettes : BetacamSP (1418 hr., 39 min.)
9 video cassettes : Betacam SX (4 hr., 30 min.)
267 video cassettes : Hi8 (275 hr., 2 min.)
676 video cassettes : HDCam (388 hr., 23 min.)
8 video cassettes : Digital Video Cassette (11 hr., 46 min.)
222 video cassettes : DVCam (228 hr., 35 min.)
235 video cassettes : DVCam Pro (162 hr., 36 min.)
4 video cassettes : DLT tape (2 hr., 48 min.)
49 video cassettes : Mini DV (36 hr., 54 min.)
57 video cassettes : video 8 cassettes (90 hr., 3 min.)
2767 video cassettes : VHS (2556 hr., 23 min.)
32 video cassettes : SVHS (38 hr., 32 min.)
4 video cassettes : 8mm data cartridges (5 hr., 43 min.)
3 video cassettes : 4mm data cartridges (3 hr.)
1 digital data storage (1 hr.)
678 cinefilms
70 reels : workprint ; 35mm (35,443 ft.)
7 reels : internegative ; 35mm (2,069 ft.)
9 reels : interpositive ; 35mm (5, 463 ft.)
48 reels : negative ; 35mm (36,663 ft.)
199 reels : colour negative , colour ; 35mm (159, 060 ft.)
9 reels : optical colour negative , colour ; 35mm (1,600 ft.)
1 reels : positive ; 35mm (450 ft.)
269 reels : workprint ; 16mm (152,964 ft.)
1 reel : internegative ; 16mm (100 ft.)
31 reels : negative ; 16mm (23, 619 ft.)
1 reel : dupe negative ; 16mm (50 ft.)
33 reels : negative ; Super16mm (30,800 ft.)
42 electronic materials
12 computer disks : magnetic ; 3.5 in. floppy (bearing textual material)
29 optical discs : CDR ; data (bearing 37 QuickTime videos and 91 digital photos)
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This accession is divided into 4 series according to format: ‘Textual’, ‘Audio’, ‘Video’, and ‘Cinefilms’.
The first series, ‘Textual’, includes a small amount of documents relating to various Galafilm productions. Much of the material (on floppy disks) consists of production and other records pertaining to the various films and Galafilm’s business activities.
The second series, ‘Audio’, includes audio elements in several formats for productions. Of particular interest are recorded testimonies of veterans who were interviewed for The Valour and the Horror.
The third series, ‘Video’, includes video elements in several formats for productions such as Fire & Ice and The Voyage of the St. Louis. The vast majority of the videos represent unused material from documentaries like The Valour and the Horror. There are also final masters for each of the episodes in the various television productions.
The fourth series, ‘Cinefilms’, includes 16mm, Super16mm and 35mm negative and positive cinefilms from a number of productions, including The Hanging Garden, Two Thousand and None, and Lilies. There are also film materials from documentary films Ted Allan and Fire & Ice.
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:
The Valour and the Horror (Television, 1991)
Voodoo Taxi (Television, ca.1991)
The Last Train: Across Canada Journey (Television, 1991)
Americas 500 (Television, 1992)
Web of War (Television, 1995)
Icebreaker to the North Pole (Television, 1995)
War at Sea (Television, 1995)
Voyage of StLouis (Television, 1995)
Lilies (Film, 1996)
The Hanging Garden (Film, 1997)
Ladies of the 9th Floor (Film, 1998)
Worst Witch (Television, 1998)
Tale of Teeka (Television, 1998)
War of 1812 (Television, 1999)
After Darwin (Television, 1999)
Castro’s Gold (Film, 1999)
Road Stories for the Flesh Eating Future (Television, 1999)
2000 and None (Television, 2000)
Polar Bear Safari (Television, 2000)
Fire and Ice (Television, 2000)
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20 th Century (Television, 2001)
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- English
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Created on April 28, 2015
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- English