Canada’s Big Project

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1490A
Date Released
26 Dec 1957
Date submitted
13 Dec 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Prince on Tyneside
  2. 2Canada’s Big Project
  3. 3A Lull in Cyprus
  4. 4A Diplomatic Occasion
  5. 5The End of an Era
  6. 6End Title

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: St Lawrence Seaway. DESCRIPTION: The great project of the St Lawrence Seaway has many aspects, one of which is the deepening of the existing channels and canals. The plan is to provide a navigational passage twenty seven feet deep the whole length of the seaway:- from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Canada looks ahead to the time when ships four times the size of the present St Lawrence cargo-carriers, will take grain to the sea-ports and return with coal and iron. SHOTLIST: Shot of barge on river. Shot of pulley wheel. GS shovel plunges into water. GS shovel picking up mud. GV machinery & workmen. GV lock gates. GS house being transported down road on lorry. CU lorry wheel. GV ships on the St Lawrence river.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Environment; Engineering
Locations
Canada; St Lawrence River
Footage sources
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
72364
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
164
Story extras:
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