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No. 25

Item number (ISN):

33094

Series title:

Canadian Army Newsreel

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1943

Item number (ISN):

33094

Link to related resource:

1943

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:

1943

Production company:

Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit

Description:

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1. The Chief Steps Down: General A.G.L. McNaughton's activities during wartime are reviewed; December 1939, he disembarks at a British port; talking to troops casually in several locations; Sicily 1943, talking to officers and men; he says goodbye to the men along the road.~2. Italian Pot-Pourri: a) The production of the Red Patch Army newspaper, the 1st Division's newspaper in Italy; writing, typesetting in mobile press units. b)The arrival of an air mail plane; it is unloaded. c) Colonel W.G. [Able] and Mr. J.W.G. [Clark], public relations chiefs; meet with commanders and watch the battle of San Vitale. d) A drumhead service in San Vitale is attended by the Canadian Infantry Corps band and Italian civilians.~3. Farewell to the Eighth: General Bernard Montgomery says goodbye to a group of men at his headquarters before taking up duty as the commander of the British Invasion Force; he talks to reporters; a gathering outside an opera house; Lieutenant General Oliver Leese succeeds him; he meets the troops and makes plans.~4. Invasion Chiefs Hold Conference: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, and Air Marshal Arthur Tedder at meeting at Supreme Allied Invasion Headquarters; they look at a large map.~5. Lieutenant General Crerar Visits Battlefront: H.D.G. Crerar speaks to the Ortona Cross veterans in Italy; he meets Lieutenant Colonel [Creighton] of the Seaforth Regiment; tours the ruins of Ortona.~6. Seaforths Honour their Dead: Funerals at an Ortona cemetery; Lieutenant Colonel [Creighton] reads a sermon.

Language:

English

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1. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8607-0032

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

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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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