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Schley Ride to Canada (1953)

1953 · Feature film · 40 min

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(1953) is a color travelog film by filmmaker Norman E. Schley which documents a father-son road trip across Canada to Ottawa, Ontario, Montreal, Toronto and finally across New England with stops in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Northern New York. Schley was an accomplished filmmaker from Wisconsin who presented films like this one in front of audiences while providing live narration. Some of his films also appeared on television. Road trip opens with root beer floats at Wisconsin roadside drive through (0:09). Smoke stack of industrial paper mill - perhaps Rothschild or Marathon Mill (0:50). Canadian Algoma Steel Mill along St. Mary’s River (2:13). Michigan College of Mining and Technology; former Fort Brady base (2:27). King’s Highway Number 17 through Ontario, forest and creeks (3:35). Peace Tower, Ottawa Parliament Building, red-coated “Royal Mounties” (4:18). Ottawa River, city skyline: Château Laurier, Central Post Office (5:24). Pedestrian bridge over Rideau Canal; men use hand-operated canal locks to usher through leisure boat (6:11). Port of Montreal along St. Lawrence River; international container port - Canadian steam ships that transport grain docked along port (7:51). Post-war model II ship the Anne Marie pulls into port, cargo transferred from ship to warehouse for transfer to smaller boats before continuing journey on Lachine Canal into Lake Ontario and then Detroit and Chicago; close-up of wood crates with “made in Germany” label (8:14). Outdoor farmers…

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Running time
40 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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