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Green Fields Beyond

Item number (ISN):

193970

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1945

Item number (ISN):

193970

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE / MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE

Accession:

1982-0246

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1945

Production company:

Canadian Army Film and Photographic Unit

Production credit:

music, Christian Darnton; conductor, Bill Frankel

Description:

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Film about the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment (27th Armoured Regiment) during the Second World War. In England, prior to D-Day, Troopers J.W. "Tiny" Hall of British Columbia; A.W. Alfred Rudolph of Clairsholm, Alberta; "Red" Fletcher of Timmins, Ontario; and Lance Corporal J.G. "Rudy" Moreau of Quebec, all of the Sherbrookes, receive their M4A4 Sherman tank (Serial No. T152656) and christen it "Bomb" at the Sun Inn pub. Sergeant Harold Frutter, the crew commander, takes their picture. "Bomb" is waterproofed. Other scenes show: their mascot (a dog named Fitz); loading equipment and embarking for sea assault; landing craft N1062 2441, 1415 and others; and personal effects (letters, pay books, memorabilia and valuables) collected for security reasons.~The Sherbrooke Fusiliers land at 10.30 on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Intensive activity at JUNO, the Canadian beach, includes film shot by Sergeant Bill Grant of the Canadian Film and Photographic Unit of the first wave landing at Bernieres-sur-Mer and Courseulles-sur-Mer. Footage includes naval activity. The swamped Sherman tanks possibly belong to the First Hussars. Units of the Third Canadian Infantry Division advance, fighting through to the streets of Carpiquet and Caen; Vickers machine gun; Fitz the dog digging a slit trench; a destroyed German 88-millimetre gun; Sherman tanks in action; and Lieutenant Paul Ayriss and Trooper Ken Jeroux joining the crew.~This is followed by footage of the Sherbrookes in the fighting at Falaise between 14 and 21 August 1944, and subsequent action. It shows: Sherman tank interiors; Bren light machine gunner; 5.5-inch gun/howitzer artillery; riflemen; street fighting and house clearing; German prisoners-of-war; and the promotion of Lieutenant J.W. Neill to troop commander. A map showing the Sherbrooke Fusiliers' line of advance through France, Belgium, and in the Netherlands, superimposed over actions and the commanding officer receiving a Distinguished Service Order from Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery.~During a lull in the fighting in the vicinity of Nijmegen, the troopers read and write letters, then continue and prepare for a night attack on Calcar, Germany (part of the fighting in the Hochwald 20 February to 4 March 1945). Footage includes: 25-pounder gun/howitzer night firing; tracer fire; prisoners of war; damaged town; and a Sherman bogged bogies and tracks. Lieutenant Neill receives the Military Cross. The new troop commander, Lieutenant Walter White of Nova Scotia, is wounded on 10 April 1945. A tank whips up swiftly to protect his body. Other footage shows: street fighting; infantry advance in file; Shermans; Bren-gun carriers; and a M5 Stuart tank. The liberated Dutch celebrate with Canadians at "Bomb" carries on to Emden where VE Day is announced in the Maple Leaf newspaper. "Bomb" is turned-in but arrives at the Port of Halifax with the disembarking troops.

Language:

English

Original number:

2090

Notes:

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1. Head missing.~2. CFPU Production Number 2090.~3. Sergeant Frutter was wounded on 8 July 1944.~4. Please credit Department of National Defence and Canadian Army Film and Photographic Unit.~5. Sherman M4A4 tank "Bomb" known as the only tank to have come through all the action from D-Day to VE Day, now stands as a monument on the Sherbrooke Parade Ground.~6. Source of description: viewing; Department of National Defence textual records at DND and National Archives of Canada and the regimental history, The Sherbrooke Regiment (12th Armoured Regiment) by H.M. Jackson.~7. Crown copyright over 50 years - copyright expired.~8. Video copy made by a film print acquired from the Department of National Defence. As per Requisition for Services 751, 17 November 1983, the archivist had the film deaccessioned and returned to the DND Directorate of Armour in Ottawa.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

188943

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8211-0011

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

188944

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8211-0030

Number of items:

1

Made from:

7506-0064
7506-0065
7506-0066
7506-0067

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

410477

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2005-04-0013

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

979834

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2005-04-0040

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

2001-01-0072
7702-0064
V1 8211-0030
7301-8695
7301-8717

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8211-0030
V1 2005-04-0013

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD095

Copyright status:

Copyright expired

Reproduction access:

copyright expired : with credit to the Department of National Defence, Canadian Army Film and Photographic Unit

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