Library and Archives Canada
Published on Oct 1, 2015

This film is a heritage item from Library and Archives Canada and is only available in English

The Ontario Board of Censors destroys 9 miles of nitrate film. Members of the Censor Board look on as the Toronto fire chief sets piles of film on fire. The seven men and a woman cringe back in fear as the nitrate film leaps into a blazing inferno. They wrestle each other in a congratulatory fashion at a job well done. Shown left to right are G. Anderson, R. Wilson, and G. Burns, members of the Ontario Censor Board, as they examine the ashes and declare the burning a success.

Source: Library and Archives Canada. William James, Sr. fonds, 1974-0144, IDC 130532.