Ontario Motion Picture Bureau

Zone d'identification

Type d'entité

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Forme autorisée du nom

Ontario Motion Picture Bureau

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions

    • Ontario Motion Picture Bureau

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

    • Ontario. Provincial Motion Picture Bureau

    • Ontario. Provincial Moving Picture Bureau

    • Ontario. Provincial Picture Bureau

    • Province of Ontario Picture Bureau

    • Ontario Government Motion Picture Bureau

    Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités

    Zone de description

    Dates d’existence

    1917-1934

    Historique

    The Ontario Motion Picture Bureau was founded in 1917 within the Treasury Department.

    From 1917 to 1923, the Bureau was responsible for determining its own motion picture film content, but private companies were contracted to produce and distribute the Bureau's films.

    In 1920, under the new United Farmers of Ontario government, several of the province's film activities including the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau, were centralized under the Amusements Branch in the Treasury Department. In 1922, an administrative change resulted in a new Bureau director and a separation of the Bureau from the Amusements Branch.

    In 1923, under the new Conservative government, the Bureau began to produce its own films.

    In 1934, under the new Liberal government's platform to reduce government expenses, the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau was disbanded.

    From 1917 to 1921, Pathescope of Canada produced the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau's films using 28 mm safety film. From 1919 to 1923, the Canadian Aero Film Company (later Filmcraft Industries) produced Bureau films. Regal Films and then Canadian Universal were contracted to distribute the films to theatres. In 1923, the Bureau began producing its own films instead of contracting out to private companies.

    Film production facilities were initially established in the Bureau's Toronto offices before being moved to Adanac Films' former studio in Trenton.

    Lieux

    Statut légal

    Fonctions et activités

    The principal purpose of the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau was to carry out educational work, particularly for farmers, school children, and factory workers. The Bureau maintained a library of motion picture films and lantern slides, which were used to advertise Ontario, to encourage the building of highways and other public works, and to supplement lectures on agricultural topics.

    Adresse

    The Ontario Motion Picture Bureau was established in 1917 as part of the provincial Treasury Department. Two Orders in Council dated May 15, 1917 and approved and ordered May 17, 1917 resulted in S.C. Johnston being appointed temporary Director of the Provincial Moving Picture Bureau and a special warrant being issued for the payment of salaries and expenses for the Bureau. In 1934, the Bureau closed down. Order in Council 211/472 (October 23, 1934) dispensed with the services of the Motion Picture Bureau employees.

    Organisation interne/Généalogie

    Contexte général

    Zone des relations

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Treasury Dept. (1867-1968)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA19

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Treasury Dept. contrôles Ontario Motion Picture Bureau

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Zone des points d'accès

    Mots-clés - Sujets

    Mots-clés - Lieux

    Epithet

    Zone du contrôle

    Identifiant de notice d'autorité

    BA723

    Identifiant du service d'archives

    Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Statut

    Approved

    Niveau de détail

    Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Langue(s)

      Écriture(s)

        Sources

        Archives of Ontario. RG 75-57. Orders in Council. 20 Oct.-30 Oct. 1934. B265030.

        Archives of Ontario. RG 75-58-0-82. Executive Council Office Journal [Orders-In-Council book copies]. Volume 82. 10 May 1917-3 Aug. 1917. D300294.

        Mick Mitchell. The films of the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau : a preliminary catalogue. 1993.

        Peter Morris. Embattled shadows : a history of Canadian cinema 1895-1939. 1992.

        Hazel I. MacTaggart. Publications of the Government of Ontario 1901-1955 : a checklist compliled for the Ontario Library Association. 1964.

        Notes de maintenance

        Archivist(s):
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