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- 1904-1970 (Creation)
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This series contains the following cinefilms:
Detective and Hypnotist – 16 mm., b&w silent, 150 ft. (n.d.)
Newsreel – “Lest We Forget” (Selected World War I footage) – 35 mm b&w positive, silent, 950 ft. (1914-1918)
Newsreel – Selected Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry footage – 35 mm b&w negative, silent, 175 ft.(1914-1919)
- Memorial structure
- Woman’s profile
- Troop ships in a harbour
Newsreel – Depression-Era footage – 35 mm., b&w negative silent, 150 ft. (1930-1939)
- Red Cross Relief
- Flop-House
- Parcels, Clothes, and Shoes
Newsreel Mute #1 – 16 mm., b&w silent, 400 ft. (1919-1924)
- Prince of Wales visiting Canada, 1919
- Car Painting, 1924
- Police Van
- Seaplane
- Strike at Toronto
- Chinese Market
- McKenzie King at Mont Tremblant
- Buffalo herds
- Destroying Lathes
- Log-sleigh road grading
- Lumberjacks dancing
- Car and tire manufacturing, 1924
- Curtis Jenny seaplane
Newsreel Mute #2 – 16 mm., b&w silent, 400 ft. (1904-1921)
- Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls
- Fire Brigade (1904 Toronto fire?)
- Ice Boat
- Governor General Lord Byng, 1921
- Soldiers Marching (WWI)
- Lady Cyclists
- Racing cars
- Royal Parade, London
- Royal Durbar, Delhi (King George V), 1910
- Plowing Match [Brantford, 1917]
Newsreel #7 – “Farewell to Yesterday” – 35 mm. b&w positive, opt. sound, 850 ft. (n.d.)
Newsreel #8 – 35 mm., b&w positive, opt. sound, 650 ft. (1930s)
- Opening of Trans-Canada Highway
- Point Racing
- Kurusuku in Berlin
- Hitler & Mussolini in Brenner
- Gian Ciano (Italian Foreign Minister) & King Victor Emmanuel in Rome
- General Motors Oshawa Strike, April 1937
- Chinese Crowd Running from Japanese Soldiers
Newsreel “Fox #9” – 35 mm. b&w duplicate negative, 509 ft. (1930s)
- Winston Churchill and Gen. Montgomery
- Mussolini & Hitler
- Matsuoka Visits Berlin
- Formation of Home Guard
- Mussolini & Hitler Brenner Pass
- Hitler/Mussolini/King & King Victor Emmanuel in Rome
Newsreel #10 – “Farewell to Yesterday” – 35 mm. b&w positive, opt. sound, 1200 ft. (n.d.)
Newsreel Footage “15 Selected Takes” - 35 mm. b&w positive, opt. sound, 450 ft. (1933-1945)
- Kurusuku Visits Berlin
- Mussolini Reviews Troops
- Hitler Meets Mussolini at Armoured Train
- ? giving a Speech
- Nazi Riots
- Hitler and Mussolini Inspect Guard
- Mussolini Inspects African Guard
- “Burning of the Books” - Goebbels Giving Speech at Night Rally, 10 May 1933
- Japanese Infantry Charge
- Mussolini Inspects Guard
- Women Read V-E Day Newspapers, 8 May 1945
- “Burning of the Books” – Close-up of Goebbels, 10 May 1933
- Antisemitic Campaign 1933
- Hitler giving Speech
- Hitler Dancing
Newsreel Footage – 35 mm. b&w workprint, 450 ft. (1930s-1940s)
- Building Lancaster bombers in Malton
- Dutch settlers at Arsnoveld
- Grey Cup Hi-jinks, Toronto
- Hitler/Kurusu, Ciano, Ribbentrop
- Wasaga air strip
Newsreel Footage – 35 mm. b&w workprint, 200 ft. (1930s)
- German troops, WW2
Newsreel Clip - “Bleriot’s Channel Flight” - 35 mm. b&w negative, silent, 50 ft. (25 July 1909)
“Explosions – Historical Footage” - 35 mm. b&w workprint, 450 ft. (n.d.)
Newsreel Clips – “Hitler-Mussolini-Hirohito – Rallies/Manoeuvres/Reviews Sherman Grindberg/Pathe, 35 mm, b&w workprint, 500 ft. (1920-1940)
“The Construction of a Concrete Highway” (Government of Ontario – Department of Public Highways) – 16 mm., b&w silent, 242 ft. (1917)
- shows the building of a portion of the Toronto to Hamilton Highway where it passes through Oakville, official opening of highway
Fox Newsreel - “Canada News” – 16 mm. b&w positive, silent, 700ft. (n.d.)
- Two way conversation from a speeding train
Newsreel Items – 35 mm. b&w silent, 1500 ft. (1917-1968)
- 1917 Royal Navy Seaplane Trials
- 1919 Royal Navy Seaplane Trials
- 1968 Historic Air Review
“Riots in Hungary and Paris” – 35 mm. b&w positive, silent, 450 ft. (n.d.)
“Operating a 28 mm. Printer” – 16 mm. b&w silent, approx. 100 ft. (ca. 1970)
Recorded Sound Effects – 35 mm. magnetic soundtrack, 600 ft. (1930s)
- Heil Hitler
- Bells – Street Cars
- Automobile horns
- Crowds