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Philpott, E. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

273006

Series title:

[World War One]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1963 ?

Item number (ISN):

273006

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTO

Accession:

1986-0810

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1963 ?

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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Narrative (rather than response to interview questions) by Mr. E. Philpott, an artillery officer with the 33rd Battery, 3rd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, about his experiences in the First World War. He enlisted with the University of Toronto Battery in March 1915 and trained in Ottawa.~Take 1: Philpott talks about: his involvement in several battles, notably the Ypres Salient, the 1916 Battle of the Somme, Courcelette, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele and Amiens 1918; Vimy Ridge as a turning point; the plan of action at Vimy; the thrill of reaching the ridge; reporting to headquarters that the Germans were gone; the "Promised Land"; mutiny in the French army; celebrating his 21st birthday in a shell hole. Footage shows him talking and a photograph of wagon-mounted cannon.~Take 2: the attack at Amiens with Australian troops; meeting General L.J. Lipsett; regimented march of the French army.~Take 3: the growth of Canadian nationalism; its benefits and drawbacks; respect for General Sir Arthur W. Currie.~Take 4: Receiving three medals; wounded three times; meeting German prisoners, including one who had worked for the Bell Telephone Company in Toronto; walking among corpses before Courcelette; turning over one corpse and discovering that the man had the same last name; a mule lost in a shell hole. The visuals show Philpott talking. A photograph of guns on wagons is in the background.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. One of a series of interviews done for a television documentary series about the First World War.~2. These were probably done for the 1964 British Broadcasting Corporation series The Great War, produced in association with the Imperial War Museum, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.~3. CBC kinescopes labelled World War One.~4. Soundtrack recorded on reel 11915, renumbered 8614-4137.~5. Soundtrack recorded at 3 3/4 ips speed.~6. Screening required to determine if soundtrack matches silent negative on reel 11903, renumbered 8614-3826, 1200 feet, which is mislabelled Roll 31, Scene 10, Takes 1-4, Mr. Opperman, but which actually contains visuals of E. Philpott, Scene 10, Takes 1-4.~7. Negative labelled BBC/CBC WW1 Mr. E. Philpott.~8. Possibly Elmore Philpott.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

245414

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8614-3826

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

334025

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8614-4137

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

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