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Record information – Brief Vigil in the North
Series title:Canada Carries OnHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1954Item number (ISN):224011Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: 1976-1979Accession:1977-0207Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1954Release date:1954Production company:National Film BoardProduction credit:director/editing, Fergus McDonell; producer, Nicholas Balla; scenario, Ian MacNeill; photography, Jean Roy; sound, Clarke Daprato; sound editing, Dino Di Campo; narrator, Elwood Glover; music, Robert FlemingCountry of production:cnDescription:Canada's arctic frontier presents a frigid challenge to defense. The film shows Canadian soldiers training in Fort Churchill to overcome the enemies of fear and fatigue - the initial response to the arctic environment. At the Defence Research Board's northern laboratories scientists test the effects of cold on the human body, looking for answers to help inure soldiers to the arctic rigors as they acquire the necessary new methods of travel and survival. <11mn>Language:EnglishOriginal number:4-2640Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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