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Title: Designed for Living
Date(s): 1955
Description: The film opens with a married couple picking new household goods while the narrator explains industrial design and the process of designing new products. It describes how the Industrial Design Council of Canada works with businesses to influence new designs. The Council receives common consumer complaints about household goods and then disseminates the complaints to designers. The film concludes with how other governments influence design in other countries. Camera: John Spotton, editing:...
Show moreThe film opens with a married couple picking new household goods while the narrator explains industrial design and the process of designing new products. It describes how the Industrial Design Council of Canada works with businesses to influence new designs. The Council receives common consumer complaints about household goods and then disseminates the complaints to designers. The film concludes with how other governments influence design in other countries. Camera: John Spotton, editing: Dennis Sawyer, music: Eldon Rathburn, Commentary: Lois Edwards. Produced by Guy Glover.
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Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC271
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: On the Critical Path
Date(s): 1971
Description: Film demonstrating some of the processes used in the manufacture of components for Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and other nuclear power stations of Canadian design. Producer: Dennis Sawyer. Writer: Ken McCready.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC323
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: They Called It "Fireproof"
Date(s): 1963
Description: The fictional story of a deadly fire at rural Freeburg Hospital, intended to education viewers on the importance of implementing and following proper fire codes and standards.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC324
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection