LOST Ontario

Filmed as a history project for Sheridan College in November 1977, this was the first and only Black & White open reel video that I have shot. Shot on Sony V-30D Helical Scan Video Tape on a 'Portable' Sony Video Recorder with Battery Pack and separate Camera, it was edited on the same tape. A copy was dubbed to VHS back in Feb 1978, but that copy is likely lost - last at the Sheridan College Library in Oakville. This is the first time I have watched this video since 1978 when it was dubbed. It is cheesy, low quality and reminiscent of an Adam F. Goldberg production. The music is over dramatic, and my narration is equally dramatic, but it's a neat lost piece found again, and the story of Cataract & The Forks of the Credit is interesting. https://vimeo.com/374754330

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The Avalon Theatre on Ottawa Street North, November 13, 1947 The theatre opened in 1941 and was renamed the Avon in 1969. Image from Archives Ontario

Aerial view, Dixon Road and Carlingview showing the nearly complete Constellation Hotel - 1962

A composite image - 1965 when the Constellation Hotel at Dixon & Carlingview was built, and 2011, when it was demolished.