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Cold Weather Trials - Clothing and Equipment

Item number (ISN):

312233

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1943/1944

Item number (ISN):

312233

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Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: NON NFB FILMS

Accession:

1979-0210

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1943/1944

Production credit:

photography, No. 7 Photographic Wing, RCAF, photographic section, RCN, and Experimental Section, A-33 CAC

Country of production:

cn

Sponsor:

Canadian Armed Services
Royal Canadian Air Force

Description:

Cold weather testing of clothing and equipment on Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen. Military personnel were subjected to a variety of field tests in dry cold trials in Northern Saskatchewan (near Prince Albert), Ontario, Québec and wet cold trials in Newfoundland. Trials included simulated winter warfare in varied terrain and climate. Some personnel wore experimental clothing, undergarments, footgear, head gear and hand gear, and others wore the standard issued outfits. Scientists and observers compared both for effectiveness and durability. Gear such as sleeping bags and tents, and equipment such as toboggans, snowshoes and skis, were also tested by personnel. Scientifically prepared questionnaires were answered by each person testing the article. Accumulated field data determined how each article had performed. Finally, a cold weather trials report with findings and recommendations was submitted. <47mn 10s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Prepared under the direction of the Canadian Chiefs of Staff Sub-Comittee on Protective Equipment with the cooperation of the Armed Services of Great Britain and the United States, and of the National Research Council of Canada.~2. See also ISN 61394 of same title.~3. Published Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Restrictions on consultation:

open

Donor restrictions:

no donor restrictions

Copyright status:

copyright expired

Copyright owner:

copyright owner: Department of National Defence

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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