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An Adventure in Taste

Accession number: 
1960.0058

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Production Years: 
1960 to 1969

Languages:

  • English
Film Properties: 
  • 16mm
  • Colour
  • Sound
Length (feet): 
672 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
19

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Library and Archives Canada: 16mm.
"Film about the invention of ginger ale, with a look at the harvesting of the ingredients used to make the soft drink and contribute to its taste. Examination of the processing and bottling of the drink. John J. McLaughlin, the inventor of ginger ale, is profiled. There are sequences on laboratory experimentation, a ginger ale plant where processing, bottling and quality control are exercised, and of ginger and sugar cane plantation operations."

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Crawley Films, Free Films: Sources of Free 16mm Sponsored Films in Canada Compiled and Published by Crawley Films (Ottawa: Crawley Films, April 1969): 9.
"The romantic history of Canada Dry Ginger Ale."