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Record information – Brief Norwegian Airmen Train in Canada
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1940Item number (ISN):23612Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATIONAccession:1975-0212Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1940Production company:Fox Movietone NewsProduction credit:photographer, Roy TashDescription:Hundreds of Norwegians are guests of the RCAF as they train in "Little Norway" behind Maple Leaf Stadium in Toronto. Officials arrive for an inspection. Present are A/V/M Breadner; Lt. Tuffe Johnston, O.C. of the camp; General W. Steffens, O.C. of Norwegian troops in Canada. Bernt Balchen, head of the Norwegian Air Mission to the U.S. to purchase aircraft, is shown in close up. A/V/M Breadner, Capt. H. Riiser Larsen, O.C. of the R.N.A.F., Air Commodore G.E. Brookes, etc. inspect the airmen, watch as pilots train in signals, map reading, etc. Sequence on Northrop A17A trainers, Fairchild Cornells, taxiing past the camera. <1mn 28s>Language:SilentNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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