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Canadians Take Boulogne = Canadians Take Boulogne In Up Channel Coast Sweep

Item number (ISN):

21160

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

21160

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

Release date:

1944 ?

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Production credit:

photography, Jack Hynes; R.H.C. Angelo; H.H.A. Barnett; Leonard Thompson; George Cooper

Description:

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Newsreel report on the capture of Boulogne, France by Canadian troops. Canadian forces swept through the defenses of Boulogne to eliminate one of the three final strongholds of German defense on the Channel coast. Only Calais and Dunkerque remained in the path of the Canadians and Calais has since been captured. With the fall of Boulogne, Canadians captured the German garrison commander, Lieutenant General Heim, while 9,000 German troops were taken prisoner, including a boy scarcely 12 years old. German stronghold positions on Mount Lambert outside Boulogne were silenced by heavy fire. A battery of 15-inch guns, based on the English Channel coast, fired shells weighing about one ton each across the channel on the German positions. Air support attacked the Mount Lambert positions and infantry assaults aided in the attack. When the Canadians entered Boulogne, evidence of the assault was immediately visible. Canadian bulldozers cleared away rubble and wreckage created by the Allied bombardment. With Boulogne in their possession, the Canadains moved to Calais, which fell after a 24-hour armistice was observed by combatant forces to permit evacuation of the civilian population. The footage shows: long shot of several coastal guns; loading scenes; guns firing; air cover; long shot of view down the main street of Boulogne, with fires in background; various shots and different angles, showing extensive damage in Boulogne caused by Allied bombing and the heavy fighting (all these shots were taken from a high angle from the O.P., using 10-inch, 4-inch and 2-inch lenses); long shot of badly battered street in Boulogne; long shot of bomb-damaged street and smoke coming from buildings at end; sign boards; close-up of sign board "Calais" pointing to the right; medium long shot of sign "Boulogne" in foreground; medium shot of bridge across canal destroyed by the Germans; three medium shots of bridge under construction; long shot of two prisoners coming in with white flag; long shot of prisoners of war streaming in from Boulogne; long shot of entire P.W. cage with 900 prisoners; long shot of prisoners coming down road off Mount Lambert; medium shot of prisoners coming down road off Mount Lambert; and more prisoners being marched off.

Language:

Mute with English intertitles

Original number:

53-89

Notes:

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1. Title listed on NFB dope sheet is CANADIANS TAKE BOULOGNE IN UP CHANNEL COAST SWEEP.~2. NFB dope sheet also states: "Please credit Canadian Army Film Unit".~3. 53-89 is a Fox newsreel issue number. Numbers 1143 to 1161 are Canadian Army Film Unit production numbers.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

26990

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-3827

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

28251

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8101-0070

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-3827

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

28273

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8101-0072

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8101-0070

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

28276

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8101-0074

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8101-0070

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

792920

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2016-09-0009

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

4:23

Made from:

8101-0070

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

793360

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

21160-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

4:23

Made from:

8101-0070

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

793362

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

21160.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

4:23

Made from:

8101-0070

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

793365

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

21160.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

4:23

Made from:

8101-0070

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2016-09-0009

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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