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Back in '14

Accession number: 
1934.0022

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1934
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Length (feet): 
368 (16mm), 305 (35mm)
Length (minutes): 
11
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Library and Archives Canada: 16mm, 35mm, VHS, digibeta.
"A look at the events 1914, the year World War I started. Shots include: street scenes in Toronto at Bloor and Yonge streets; "daring women" paddling and bathing (resuscitation methods are shown); the construction of the first concrete highway in Canada (now called Queen Elizabeth Highway); cars using the highway for the first time along with horses and carriages; the interior of a department store; people coming out of church; a horse parade; the Orangemen parade of July 12; the construction of the Welland Canal; the announcement of war; soldiers parading and recruiting; female ambulance drivers; the Toronto Women's Patriotic League; Sam Hughes; soldiers at camp; and marching to embark."