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Building and opening the Digney Speedway
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (10 min., 47sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 16. The film footage shows land being cleared to make way for the Digney Speedway located near the corner of Irmin Street and MacPherson Avenue, one of the men seen in this footage clearing the land is named Lucky Fordham. The film continue…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (10 min., 47sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-003-16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 16. The film footage shows land being cleared to make way for the Digney Speedway located near the corner of Irmin Street and MacPherson Avenue, one of the men seen in this footage clearing the land is named Lucky Fordham. The film continues with footage of a press dinner in the garden of Andy Digney's home on Bonsor Avenue in Burnaby and is followed with footage of the Digney Speedway in operation for the grand opening on July 8, 1948. Midget cars and jalopies (stock cars) can be seen racing on the speedway. Some of the footage of the raceway pit and races switches to black and white.The film closes with colour footage of a truck moving Lucky Fordham's house from Bonsor Ave to the speedway.
- Subjects
- Sports - Automobile Racing
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Geographic Access
- Bonsor Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Maywood Area
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Building and opening the Digney Speedway, [between 1948 and 1949]
Building and opening the Digney Speedway, [between 1948 and 1949]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-16.m4v5621 Imperial St
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93754
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 10, 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 18 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the commercial property located at 5621 Imperial Street and surrounding area, including along Sellers Avenue. Stores visible in the photographs include Flamingo Carpets, Galaxie, Dominelli College, Mr. Ho, and Decorama.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 10, 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Physical Description
- 18 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 622-039
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2017-39
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the commercial property located at 5621 Imperial Street and surrounding area, including along Sellers Avenue. Stores visible in the photographs include Flamingo Carpets, Galaxie, Dominelli College, Mr. Ho, and Decorama.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in
- File no. 92-163-B
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 5621 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area