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[The Canadian Army in Post-War Germany]

Item number (ISN):

119588

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1954 ?

Item number (ISN):

119588

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

ASSOCIATED SCREEN NEWS LTD.

Accession:

1973-0127

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1954 ?

Production credit:

director, Gordon Sparling; photography, MacDonald; Roy Tash

Description:

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Unedited footage of Canadian troops in Germany as follows: Canadian soldiers on training exercises; soldiers riding on a tank; and soldiers with rifles.~Scene A1, Take 3: more scenes of small tanks; soldiers; trucks covered in branches for camouflage.~Scene A5: buses on highway; sign for [Hamburg]; city; buses arriving in city; building; streets.~Scene A6: old buildings; soldiers walking along, looking at the sites in the city; soldier getting out of bus; soldiers sightseeing; soldier with still camera; soldier photographs another soldier; buses; buildings; back to scenes of soldiers training in the countryside; truck with roll of barbed wire; close-up of trucks; a camp; soldiers checking equipment.~Scene A8: soldier with children beside vehicle; sign, "Dehnsen Landkreis Lunenburg Reg. Bez. Lunenberg"; another dusty road; banks of river; sailboats; army truck unloading sacks of mail for soldiers; women and children getting off a ship; some soldiers are with them; the new arrivals going through customs; soldiers leaving dockside building that bears sign "Canadian R.T.O."; soldiers walking down road in single file; man driving horse-drawn cart in background; soldiers going into barns.~Aerial shot of port city. Building; excavation; bridge over river; traffic on bridge.~Scene A11: soldiers at open-air church service in a field; chaplain using hood of jeep as an altar; flag used as altar cloth.~Scene A12: soldiers at open-air briefing; officers; officer at front with map; men taking notes; vehicles covered with branches and netting; tank in watery ditch; officer looks on; soldiers crossing deep water in creek.~Scene A15: tents; blurry, badly-exposed scenes of soldiers taking showers.~Scene A17: jeep covered with branches for camouflage; plane in sky.~Scene A18: jeep coming up hill as soldier looks on; troops in an armoured personnel carrier with treads.~Scene A19: tanks in distance.~Scene A20: soldiers running along dusty road in wooded area; marching; more tanks; aircraft with markings VR287; leaflets dropped from plane; more trucks and soldiers; soldier picks up leaflet and shows it to another soldier; they laugh as they read it; close-up of leaflet "Pack it up mate. Use this for safe conduct to Greenland lines."~Scene A22?: three soldiers outdoors, two lying on ground, reading leaflets dropped from plane; two more soldiers shown reading leaflet; close-up of leaflet which reads "Use this pass for safe conduct to Greenland lines."~Scene A23: more leaflets falling to the ground; soldiers reading them; plane; building; jeep; truck.~Scene A25: jeep; officers at briefing in a forest; daschund wearing a coat with insignia and stripes; officer scratches dog's chin; dog (without coat) climbs on truck; soldier puts dog (now wearing the coat) on vehicle; soldiers sit in circle and pet two small deer; feeding deer. Soldiers walking along road and take up positions in field.~Scene A31: man walks along road; bulldozers and other heavy equipment unloaded from flatbed trucks; soldiers digging; putting planks in a pile; building a bridge; using a small crane; plane flying overhead.~Scene A35: more footage of bridge being built in countryside. Gun being camouflaged; half-timbered town; damaged buildings; rubble; cyclists and pedestrians; more damaged buildings; sign on a truck that reads "Dortmund"; more scenes of damaged buildings.~Scene A39: scenes of exterior of the Beaver Club; sign for entrance for corporals and men; club operated NAAFT; Volkswagen car parked outside; tourists at a wall or fortification, possibly on the banks of the Rhine river; tourist boat on river.~Scene A40: soldier holds slate; more scenes of the fortifications; stone walls; tourists; soldiers sightseeing.~Scene A42: soldier on telephone; another soldier writing on a board; children on train platform; train cars with the words "Hook of Holland", Hanover written on them.~Scene A44: train; women and children on train; shot of countryside taken from window of moving train.~Scene A45: more shots through train window of countryside, including ruins of buildings; people inside train; fields; more train shots; scenes of an old town (probably Hamlin), where an outdoor re-enactment of the story of the Pied Piper of Hamlin is taking place; children dressed in mice costumes follow piper; other people dressed in medieval costume.~Scene A48: more scenes of the re-enactment; including scenes of the piper leading the children (mice); street scenes; old buildings; soldiers in audience.~Scene A52: children dressed as mice creep along; close-up of pied piper; more old buildings along river; boats.~Scene A54: more shots of old buildings; spires; swan in foreground.~Scene A55: train in countryside; town; inspection of troops; marching; building (possibly now in France); checkpoint at base; more tourism scenes. Plaque in honour of the landing of the Allied troops at Bernières-sur-mer, with Canadian troops under the command of Colonel Paul Mathieu (text of sign in French); view from the Eiffel Tower in Paris; traffic; slate reading "Prod. 5000 Sc. B. Tash"; overhead view of the river Seine.~Scene A57: sign "Headquarters First Canadian Infantry Brigade Group"; street scene of half-timbered buildings.~Scene A58: stone structure (possibly house, gate or wall); woman walks through the gate; cyclist; walled garden; half-timbered house with date on it - 1585; children going into a school.~Scene A59: children coming out of school; children in playground (footage over-exposed).~Scene A61: construction site where new houses are being built; row houses; construction workers.~Scene A62: soldiers at attention on parade ground; soldiers being inspected; marching.~Scene A63: more parade-ground drills; soldiers with rifles; soldiers being inspected; marching band; changing of the guard at gates.~Scene A68: soldiers in mess tent; marching in; getting into lineup for food; eating.~Scene A69: more scenes of soldiers eating; close-up of food; bugler; flag in camp being lowered; officer salutes.~Scene A71: officers dance with women.~Scene A72: more dancing; some soldiers wearing kilts.~Scene A73: slate out of focus. More scenes of the party and dancing.~Scene A76: people walking along in Paris; street vendors; Notre-Dame church; sign that reads "Dominion Day 1867-1954"; soldiers firing guns in park; ceremony; soldiers seated in stands, watching military tattoo or parade; soldiers pulling gun carriages and competing in track and field events; man fiddling while another man saws a log (poor quality, possibly due to lost registration in camera); track events; soldiers touring German city with half-timbered houses; looking at goods in shop windows; soldiers in a café; looking at postcards; soldiers of royal Canadian Infantry Corps; plane on tarmac; soldiers disembarking at Dusseldorf airport; soldiers changing foreign currency; soldiers getting onto bus; talk; church service; men in civilian clothes; soldier. <1hr 6mn 57s>

Language:

Silent

Original number:

J-3209

Notes:

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1. No on-screen title.~2. Production credits taken from slates.~3. Description listed in order of scenes rather than the order on video copy.~4. Probably shot by Associated Screen News given the involvement of Gordon Sparling and Roy Tash.~5. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

113359

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-8154
7301-8155
7301-8156
7301-8157
7301-8158
7301-8159
7301-8160
7301-8161
7301-8162
7301-8163
7301-8164
7301-8165

Number of items:

12

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.9%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

115658

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8905-0250
8905-0251
8905-0252
8905-0253
8905-0254
8905-0255
8905-0256
8905-0257
8905-0258
8905-0259
8905-0260
8905-0261

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

12

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7301-8154
7301-8155
7301-8156
7301-8157
7301-8158
7301-8159
7301-8160
7301-8161
7301-8162
7301-8163
7301-8164
7301-8165

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

117365

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8906-0121
8906-0122
8906-0123
8906-0124
8906-0125
8906-0126
8906-0127
8906-0128
8906-0129
8906-0130
8906-0131
8906-0132

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

12

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

7301-8154
7301-8155
7301-8156
7301-8157
7301-8158
7301-8159
7301-8160
7301-8161
7301-8162
7301-8163
7301-8164
7301-8165

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

173542

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8903-0012

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8903-0012

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

To be Determined / À déterminer

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