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One dollar bills being burnt at the Bank of Cannada in Ottawa, Cannada

At the Bank of Cannada in Ottawa staff members put one dollar bills in bales of five hundred bills so as to take them out of circulation. These bales of one dollar bills are put in sacks and are burnt in a furnace. Since one dollar bills have a life span of one or two years they are destroyed.

Date: 1946, November
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037423
Fire at home for mutes in Montreal in Quebec

A film titled '740 escape unhurt as flames sweep home for mutes' shows a home for mutes on fire as fire fighters spray water to extinguish the fire in Montreal in Quebec. People stand by the road side as fire fighters perform rescue work. Wrecked furniture is seen. (World War II period).

Date: 1941
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037923
Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson arrives at Caledon for 11th World Ploughing Contest.

Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson arrives at Caledon in a Canadian Air Force helicopter. He has come to attend 11th World Ploughing Contest. He inspects a two ton globe which is a symbol of agriculture's part in making a peaceful society. Prime Minister and others walking and inspecting latest farm machinery. Many views farmers from different countries driving tractors and ploughing field. People and VIPs watching. as Championship awards are given to winners. The silver Canadian plowing trophy goes to Stan Willis of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island. The overall gold plowing trophy goes to a contestant from Sweden.

Date: 1963, October 14
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039176
Fabrication of Avrocar at a factory in Toronto.

Fabrication of the Avrocar at a factory in Toronto, Ontario. Crane hoists Avrocar machine part and workers work on Avrocar.

Date: 1960, February 3
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039678
Avrocar taken outside the factory after fabrication process.

Fabrication process of the Avrocar at a factory in Toronto, Ontario. Men work at the central section of the Avrocar. Tractor crane hoists the Avrocar out of the factory.

Date: 1960, February 3
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039679
Engine installation of Avrocar in a factory at Toronto.

Engine installation of the Avrocar at a factory in Toronto, Ontario. Engine of Avrocar is removed. Worker installs the engine. Engineer working beneath Avrocar.

Date: 1960, February 3
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039680