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[Mayerovitch, Harry - Interview]

Item number (ISN):

322812

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1994

Item number (ISN):

322812

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

MAYEROVITCH, Harry

Accession:

2000-0079

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1994

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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Radio interview of Harry Mayerovitch about his career as an artist with the Wartime Information Board during the Second World War. The interview is conducted as part of programming related to the 50th anniversary of D-Day. He talks about: his job; how he came to be hired by John Grierson for the Wartime Information Board; his becoming art director for the Graphic Division of the National Film Board; the posters he did for the Canadian war effort; some of his favourite posters of the era, such as "I Was a Victim of Careless Talk" and a poster about the fall of Italy; the influence of social realism and the Soviet style of political art; the role of the Canadian posters in promoting the war effort; the importance of communicating ideas; the role of wartime art in conveying ideas about the welfare of people; the responsibility of the artist; the relationship of art and propaganda; his also being a cartoonist and architect; the posters and cartoons commissioned by government departments, including the anti-venereal disease campaign of the Department of National Defence; and places where his posters are preserved, including the National Archives of Canada and the National Film Board as well as in his own collection.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. There is no identification on the recording itself of the radio station or program, but the cassette is labelled "CBC Interview on D-Day Anniversary".~3. Interviewer not named on the recording.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

372880

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

2000-0079/1

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

9:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

537105

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

322812-2000-0079-1.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

11:37

Made from:

2000-0079/1

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

545181

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

322812-2000-0079-1.mp3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

11:37

Made from:

2000-0079/1

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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