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Eye witness

Title
Eye witness no. 28 [videorecording] / directed by Gordon Burwash, Allen Stark, Ronald Weyman.
Publication
Canada : National Film Board of Canada, 1951.

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZIA 4-5747Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Hill, Joyce
  • Volkoff, Boris
  • Burwash, Gordon.
  • Weyman, Ronald C., 1915-
  • National Film Board of Canada.
Description
1 videocassette (11 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Newsreel in three parts.
Subject
  • Hill, Joyce
  • Volkoff, Boris
  • Diesel locomotives > Canada
  • Ballet > Canada > 1950-1954
  • Ballet > Ontario > Toronto
  • Dance schools > Ontario > Toronto
  • Folk dancing > Canada
  • Trappers
  • Fur trade > Canada
  • Sled dog racing
  • Newsreels
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  • Video.
Note
  • Full title, date, and direction credits from wrapper.
Contents
  • Transportation: new look on rails (ca. 3 min.) / photography, Lorne Batchelor ; visit to Montréal Locomotive Works, a diesel engine factory.
  • Career girl: dedication to the dance (ca. 4 min.) / photography, Walter Sutton ; news story about Joyce Hill, an aspiring dancer in Toronto, who studies and performs with ballet master Boris Volkoff. Includes footage of ballet classes and rehearsals at Volkoff's school, as well as performance excerpts of one of his ballets.
  • North of '53: fun in fur land (ca. 3 min.) / photography, Jean-Marie Couture ; report on the annual trappers' festival at The Pas, Manitoba. Participants are seen in various competitions, among them a dogsled race, and dancing a reel.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5747
OCLC
NYPY02-F326
Title
Eye witness no. 28 [videorecording] / directed by Gordon Burwash, Allen Stark, Ronald Weyman.
Imprint
Canada : National Film Board of Canada, 1951.
Country of Producing Entity
Canada.
Added Author
Hill, Joyce, dancer.
Volkoff, Boris, choreographer.
Burwash, Gordon. Director
Weyman, Ronald C., 1915- Director
National Film Board of Canada.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5747
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