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Wide is the Field
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1944Item number (ISN):11275Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:ASSOCIATED SCREEN NEWS LTD.Accession:1973-0127Media:FilmOriginal title:Wide is the FieldPart:1 of 1Production date:1944Production credit:scenario, Roy L. King; narrator, Lawrence Thor; editing, A.W. EdwardDescription:This film details the contributions made by the women of the Canadian Red Cross during the Second World War. Shots include: newsreel footage of the bombing of London; buildings on fire; civilians taking refuge in a bomb shelter and being helped by Red Cross nurses; a portrait of Winston Churchill being taken out of a bombed out art gallery; Canadian Red Cross volunteers making clothing for English air raid victims; filling cardboard boxes full of canned goods and tobacco to be shipped overseas for Canadian prisoners of war; Queen Elizabeth touring Red Cross Headquarters and inspecting the clothes made by Canadian women; Canadian troops landing at Normandy; Red Cross hospital tent near the Italian front which was staffed by Quebec women from the Red Cross corps overseas detachment. <7mn 30s>Language:EnglishOriginal number:J-1043-XNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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