Caption
The fabric and fashion choice offered Canadian women are the envy of many women in Europe. Above, an exhibition of Canadian textiles and women's wear at La Foire Nationale de Lausanne, in Switzerland.
Release Date
June 4, 1957
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
To provide Canada's textile industry with the skilled labour it requires, the Province of Quebec established a modern textile school at St. Hyacinthe. Courses in textiles and the chemistry of dyeing comprise the curriculum.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79738
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176488
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The Canadian textile industry, which had its beginning in the homes of the early settlers nearly 300 years ago, has been steadily expanding until today its annual production is about $800 million -- more than the Canadian wheat crop. Above, student at textile school checks cotton, which has been cleaned and freed of foreign matter, being condensed into a soft rope known to the trade as a "sliver".
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79739
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176489
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Student learns how to change broken needle on a sweater-knitting machine, which has an intricate 1200 needles. All equipment at the Quebec school is of the latest design.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79742
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176490
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Modern technology creates not only fibres but fabrics. To produce materials which meet the exacting standards of Canadian consumers, textile technicians devote many years to training and research.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79744
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176491
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Canadian fabric producers are today blending man-made fibres with each other and with natural fibres, such as cotton and wool, to create a wider variety of cloths than ever before. While Canada still depends wholly on imports for its supply of raw materials, 75% of the man-made fibre fabrics used in Canada are produced here.
Date
April 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80142
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176558
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #108: Canada Creates Fashion Fabrics
Photographers
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Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
June 4, 1957
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
The fabric and fashion choice offered Canadian women are the envy of many women in Europe. Above, an exhibition of Canadian textiles and women's wear at La Foire Nationale de Lausanne, in Switzerland.
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