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[Carpiquet Assault]

Item number (ISN):

21196

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1944-07-02

Item number (ISN):

21196

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Type of material:

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Fonds/collection:

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

Accession:

1980-0175

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1944-07-02

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Description:

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Footage of Canadian soldiers of the Third Division during the assault on German forces in the area of Carpiquet, France in July 1944. Roll 1, which is preceded by a slate which reads McDougall, July 2, Roll 39, shows: soldiers marching with German prisoners and passing a damaged wagon which is on the side of the road; hangars and mortar fire in the distance; longshot of smoke rising from the assault in the distance (at this point there is a slate written on the back of a 100-foot film can, reading Gray 32); machine gunners firing at the defences; machine gunner firing while holding a cigarette in his mouth; three soldiers moving some equipment in the foreground; machine gun platoon at the side of the road; one soldiers using a pick to dig at the side of the road; anti-tank gun going into position in a wheat field. Slate which reads Roll 33 Gray, identified on the dope sheet as Roll 2, shows: damaged buildings in distance; German prisoners captured at Carpiquet, holding hands above their heads, followed by guards (this shot is from a different angle but is similar to the opening shot of prisoners on Roll 1); jeep with Red Cross marking on back drives off in background; tanks in foreground and mortar fire smoke from battle. Roll 3 shows: Captain M.A. Cardinal with a young German sniper who has been captured; ladder leaning against a tree in the background; two soldiers walk along, one holding a pistol in the direction of a German prisoner and the other smiling at the camera; more shots of German prisoners, whose ages are 17, 18, 19 and 24; building in background with small sign on it which reads “Route to Caen”; dispatch rider's motorcycle lying by side of road; armoured vehicle driving by; and a Bren gun carrier by the side of the road, on fire, having taken a direct hit from a German shell. The dope sheet explains that this was quite a hot spot because the carrier was loaded with ammunition and mortar bombs. The ammunition and bombs are exploding because of the fire. Roll 4 shows: armoured bulldozers moving along road and infantry marching in single file along the road. <5mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

52-406

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1. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired (note that Fox donor restriction applies, however).~2. Fox story number listed on LAC nitrate index card as 52-406, rather than 52-0393.~3. Source of description is viewing and the British Movietone News cameraman's dope sheet for story number 52-406. It identifies the footage as production number SC 865, Carpiquet Assault, which may be a Canadian Army Film Unit production number. The dope sheet title implies that this was shot by British Movietone News, but handwritten annotation on the sheet indicates it was not, and slates written on a door and a film can, in the field, confirm that this footage was shot by members of the Canadian Army Film Unit (McDougall may refers to Colin McDougall or J.E.R. "Jack" McDougall, and Gray may be short for Alan Grayston).~4. In the dope sheet a cameraman explains that the medium close-ups were taken before he was aware that the mortar bombs were on board the carrier.~5. Dope sheet also lists contents of Roll 5, which is not actually on this reel. According to the dope sheet, Roll 5 contained German prisoners being brought in at the front line (they are snipers in special camouflage suits and two are ages 17 and 19); German shells bursting around tank and the smoke of the battlefield.~6. Some of the Canadian soldiers may be from La Régiment de la Chaudiére.
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9305-0028

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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