Collection search - No. 1, Battles in France : D-Day Landings

Record information – Brief

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No. 1, Battles in France : D-Day Landings

Item number (ISN):

18403

Series title:

Canadian Paramount News

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1944

Item number (ISN):

18403

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

GUNN, Norman

Accession:

1973-0171

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1944

Production company:

Paramount

Production credit:

narrator, Gregory Abbott

Description:

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The newsreel story of D-Day - filmed under fire. Printed message announces that "These official films were made by cameramen of the Army Signal Corps, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, newsreel staffmen and British and Canadian Army film units....." Shots of battle casualties arriving in England. Cuts to sequences on the invasion fleet in port, being readied, sailing. US bombers fly to the attack. Aerial of the French coast, bombs dropping. Allied paratroopers and glider troops board drop planes and gliders. Warships bombard enemy installations. Gun camera footage shows targets being hit. Sequences on troops landing; Canadians leaving their landing barge, as seen from inside the barge. (This is the shot that was scratched during the filming). Men rush up the beach, dig in, rest a spell. US troops are much in evidence. They meet French civilians, escort German prisoners and advance towards Cherbourg. Generals Eisenhower, Bradley and Montgomery visit the sites. Reinforcements arrive with equipment. A British patrol rest, then move on towards Bayeux. A town is shelled and the church destroyed. Canadians liberate a French town and are welcomed by civilians.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The Canadian Paramount News logo is shown at the beginning, along with "The Eyes and Ears of the World".~2. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

19719

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-2306

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

28785

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-3287

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7301-3288

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

28786

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-3288

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-2306

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

28787

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-3289

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

7301-3288

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

28788

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-3290

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-2306

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

41317

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8309-0106

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

426799

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2006-07-0006

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

980816

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2006-07-0022

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7906-2146
7708-0638
8410-0176
7708-0775
7609-0126
7807-0032
8709-0027
8605-0136
7301-3287

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8309-0106
V1 2006-07-0006

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~As of 10 May 2000, Robert Gunn has lifted all donor restrictions on this material as per correspondence in Collection File.

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