Collection search - British Empire News. Canadian Bomber Crew Home After Raid on Germany
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Record information – Brief British Empire News. Canadian Bomber Crew Home After Raid on Germany
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1942-09-04Item number (ISN):20862Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATIONAccession:1978-0203Media:FilmProduction date:1942-09-04Production company:Fox Movietone NewsDescription:Newsreel clip footage. A successful Canadian bomber crew whose job was to bomb Sarrbrucken, Germany, flies back to Canada to be greeted by Prime Minister King and his Air Defense Staff (Ralston, Power, and Air Marshall Sully) and are to be taken on tour of Canada where they are greeted by thousands of admirers. In this clip, Pilot Officer John Higham, captain of the crew, Sgt. Dan Morrison, rear gunner, Sgt. Lee, wireless air gunner, Sgt. Art Loach, bomb aimer, and Sgt. Karl Sveinson, wireless operator, pose in front of their aircraft while they are greeted by the Ministers and praised. The Captain introduces his men and lets them say a few words to the camera. Then, there are scenes of a tumultuous welcome by Montrealers as heroes motorcade down by Champs de Mars Street sandwiched between Armed Forces processions. M.L.S. of Capt. Higham making a speech thanking Air Minister Power and expressing his pride in the R.C.A.F. <5mn 4s>Language:Silent with English intertitlesOriginal number:47-459Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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