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[Canadians Capture Buzz Bomb Sites]

Item number (ISN):

21112

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1944 ?

Item number (ISN):

21112

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

Accession:

1980-0175

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1944 ?

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Production credit:

photography, Leonard Thompson

Description:

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Newsreel footage of V1-rocket sites along the coast of France, captured by Canadian forces. Many bomb platforms were wrecked by Allied air bombardment, the location of the platforms being revealed by French underground agents who reported to London. The Canadians captured more than 300 sites when they moved up the coast of France in pursuit of the German Army. The sequence, north of Rouen, France, is as follows: long shot of view down concrete alleyway towards the south (possibly an assembly area); medium shot of above, with concrete block houses in background; medium shot of concrete block house possibly used for bomb storage; shot of another block house; map of British Isles; long shot of launching alley showing rails, looking south; medium shot (tilt shot) showing rail; two robot launching bearers (heavy timber and metal clamps, and small railway wheels); close-up of wheel and grappling clamp; long shot of French boy sitting by pile of parts of robot bomb, apparently ready for assembling; pile of tail ends of bombs; close-up of what appear to be wing struts; parts that appear to be clamping rings; approximately 30 bombs in a field, apparently having fallen off the ramp during launch attempts; and a bomb in foreground which fell almost undamaged about one-half mile from the end of the ramp. The ramp had been in use only since May and the Germans abandoned it only two weeks before the footage was shot.

Language:

Mute with English intertitles

Original number:

53-112

Notes:

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1. Subject description is from NFB dope sheet which gives title as CANADIANS TAKE 300 ENEMY BUZZ BOMB SITES ON FRENCH CHANNEL COAST and also says "Please credit Canadian Army Film Unit".

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Vault ISN:

26942

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-3831

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

28188

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8101-0017

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-3831

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

28189

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8101-0021

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8101-0017

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

28191

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8101-0025

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8101-0017

Status:

MASTER
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