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[RCAF in Bermuda 1941]

Item number (ISN):

248783

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1941

Item number (ISN):

248783

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

PEARCE, Arthur Douglas

Accession:

1996-0098

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1941

Production company:

Doug Pearce (Photography)

Description:

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Amateur film which chronicles the voyage of the Lady Drake (Canadian Pacific) from Halifax to Bermuda in February 1941. Stop offs include:~Boston - shot of harbour pilot coming on board ship, a tugboat in harbour, and Boston skyline from water.~Hamilton Harbour - shots of the harbour, RN Destroyer, merchant ship, and a ferry.~Downtown Hamilton - shots of Hotel El Morocco with Flight Sergeant Pearce leaving the hotel.~Bermuda - the Princess Hotel (censorship headquarters), American Navy launch, and men diving off dock.~US ocean liner with large American flag painted onto side.~Horse-drawn taxis. There were only three cars in Bermuda at this time: the governors car, the garbage truck, and a taxi.~Shots of a local train (diesel electric). This train apparently ran the length of the island (Hamilton to St. Georges).~The local aquarium/zoo with shots of fish, parrots, and giant tortoises feeding.~A Sikorsky, a four-engine flying boat taxiing from the dock.~A Boeing Pan-Am Clipper is seen taking off.

Language:

Silent

Notes:

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1. Amateur footage shot by Doug Pearce while with RCAF.

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Vault ISN:

285224

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9607-0174

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

291674

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9609-0032

Number of items:

1

Duration:

105:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

394007

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2004-04-0064

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

INTERNEG

Made from:

9607-0174

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

394008

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2004-04-0065

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2004-04-0064

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

996086

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9609-0101

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Made from:

9607-0172
9607-0173
9607-0174
9607-0175
9607-0176
9607-0195

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9609-0032

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictionsArthur Douglas Pearce died 17 January 2000.Copyright owner: Marion Pearce

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