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No. 106

Item number (ISN):

28241

Series title:

Canadian Army Newsreel

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1945 ?

Item number (ISN):

28241

Link to related resource:

1945 ?

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

RIGBY, J.P.

Accession:

1973-0162

Media:

Film

Production date:

1945 ?

Production company:

Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit

Description:

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1. Khaki University Hosts Future Governor General: Lieutenant General G.G. Simonds greets Field Marshal Alexander and Lady Margaret Alexander with the school's proxy Brigadier [Beaman] in [Leevenston], Hertfordshire for the opening of second term; Lieutenant Francis [Hupton] studies; in London's Royal College of Nursing, Nursing Sister Mary Combe studies to be a hospital administrator; Lieutenant [Sandbrooke] takes a refresher course at the Architecture Association School in London; Private [Eanacomb] attends an extension course in copper work at the T. Russell Company; Corporal [Jolicoeur] studies to become an x-ray technician at the Illford Radiographic School.~2. Nelson Gets Once Over: Soon-to-be-repatriated soldiers gather in Trafalgar Square in London to see steeplejack William Larkin climb to the top of Nelson's Column to perform a check on its post-war condition.~3. Army Vehicle for Farmers: The War Assets Corporation and the Farmers' Organization hold a draw in Montreal to allocate army trucks; a farmer picks up his "new" vehicle in the truck yard; a jeep pulls a plough in Ottawa.~4. Eisenhower Visits Canada: Dwight D. Eisenhower lays a wreath on Ottawa's War Memorial; he gives an address at the University of Toronto (actuality sound).~5. Glengarrians Invent Broomball: A special duty platoon of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry Highlanders plays broom hockey; slipping and sliding on the ice in their boots.~6. Fashion Show: Servicewomen and civilians with nylons in Halifax; models on the runway in Canadian designed clothing.~7. Aluminum Houses Relieve Shortage: The Shipshaw Dam in the province of Quebec produces hydroelectricity; bauxite tanks; aluminum is heated and cast into ingots; alloys are made in Kingston and made into sheets; prefabricated aluminum housing under construction in the shop; a house is folded up; full scale packed up, little house on site.~The newsreel closes with "Goodbye from the staff of the newsreel", signifying the end of the series.

Language:

English

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1. Proper names may not be spelled correctly when drawn solely from the audio track of the newsreel and are enclosed in square brackets; e.g.: [name].~2. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8607-0039

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~The CAFU material is Crown copyright, expired as of 1996, and now in the public domain.

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