Film Record: In the Daytime

Stanley Park sequence from In the Daytime. Royal BC Museum, YouTube

Identifier:

• AAAA1518 (Source: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/in-daytime-1986-restored-version)

Date produced: 1950

Filmmaker(s):

Stanley Fox

Peter Varley

Production credits:

• Stanley Fox, Director, Photographer
• Peter Varley, Director, Photographer, Editor
• Norman Newton, Commentary Written By
• Roy Daniells, Commentary Read By
• Arthur Lourie, Producer

Languages:

English

Length:

1950 original version: 782 ft (29 minutes) @ 18 frames/second. 1986 restored version: 790 ft (22 minutes) @ 24 frames/second.

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Optical

Sound:

Soundtrack was originally on a wire recording (narration) & published audio discs (music); later mixed onto 1/4-inch tape. In 1986 the track was edited & remixed to make a 16mm optical track (at 24 fps) for contact printing with the new internegative.

Awards/Recognition:

BC Archives list of titled amateur films
Second Annual Canadian Film Awards, 1950 - Honourable Mention, Amateur Category.

Description:

"An impressionistic portrait of city life during a day off in the summertime, with poetic narration set opposite some very observant and intimate views of Vancouver and its inhabitants. These include numerous street scenes; departure of the passenger ferry 'Hollyburn'; shots of and from Interurban railway and streetcars; sequences on Chinatown, Kitsilano Beach, Stanley Park, Victory Square, and the downtown waterfront; and a glimpse inside a typical beer parlour. The film received honourable mention in the amateur category at the 1950 Canadian Film Awards." (BC Archives)

Opening credit reads: "The Vancouver Branch of the National Film Society presents..."

Additional credits (on 1986 restored version): "Restored 1986 by Dennis J. Duffy for National Film Week '86 in co-operation with Canadian Filmmakers Distribution West and the Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Restoration funded by BC Heritage Trust."

Resources:

"Item AAAA1518 - In the daytime : [1986 restored version]." Stanley Fox fonds, British Columbia Archives.
"UBC Man Crashes Bright Lights with New Film," The Ubyssey, February 16, 1950, p. 1.

Locations:

• Chinatown, Vancouver, BC (Filming)
• Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC (Filming)
• Vancouver, BC (Filming)

Relevant Locations

Club Affiliation:

National Film Society of Canada (Vancouver Branch)

Subjects:

• Beaches
• Boats and Boating
• Bodies of Water
• Cities and towns
• Summer

Genre:

• Documentary
• Experimental

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

BC Archives, Royal BC Museum

Screenings:

• February 12, 1950: "World premiere" at The Manhattan ballroom, 1727 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC
• March 25,1986: Restored version premiered at National Film Week '86, the inaugural event at the Pacific Cine Centre/Cinematheque, and part of the celebrations of Vancouver's Centennial, Vancouver, BC
• February 1, 1999: Included in the program "Creative Filmmakers in 1940s Vancouver" at the Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival, Victoria, BC

Screenings Map

Viewing Notes:

Article in The Ubyssey, February 16, 1950, p. 1

Video Link:

• Excerpt via Royal BC Museum, YouTube

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