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No. 45

Item number (ISN):

33155

Series title:

Canadian Army Newsreel

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1944

Item number (ISN):

33155

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

MONTREAL MILITARY & MARITIME MUSEUM / MUSÉE MILITAIRE ET MARITIME DE MONTRÉAL

Accession:

1977-0220

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1944

Production company:

Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit

Description:

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Colonel J.L. Ralston Tours Battlefronts: Vincent Massey, General P.J. Montague, General Kenneth Stuart and public relations officers greet Defence Minister James L. Ralston in an English airfield; in Belgium, Ralston chats with wounded soldiers at the Canadian General Hospital; Commanding Officer Colonel [Hume] and Principal Matron Major M.M. McLaren see the General off; Ralston inspcets troops in Belgium.~The King Honours Front Line Canadians: King George is greeted by Lieutenant Guy Simonds at a Belgian airfield; ceremony on a parade square; Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery attends; General Simonds and Major General D.C. Spry, Brigadier H.P.E. [Lang], Brigadier J.A.W. [Bennett], Brigadier W.G. [Rope], Brigadier J.T. [Sprague] receive awards; Montgomery congratulates them; inspection of the guard of honour; Prince Charles, the regent of Belgium, in attendance.~Pulp Logging: High-power chain saws are used to fell huge trees on the Pacific Coast of Canada; the trees are pulled out of the forest and placed on trucks; the logs are dumped into the water and poled into place; tug boats push the log rafts to the mill; the logs move by conveyor to the mill; they are stripped and made into boards and newsprint.~Italy - Onward from Rimini: Light tanks and vehicles gather near Rimini and move across a valley; gun fire; a flooded river; a motorcycle moves through heavy mud; a tank is towed out of the mud; the ruins of a village; destroyed German guns; Italians examine German equipment left behind.~Belgium - Closing the Scheldt Pocket: Troop trucks move across the canal; citizens wave at them; destroyed enemy armoured transport abandoned in the retreat; pontoon bridge construction; smoke screens created by British Pioneer Corps; flooded areas; Typhoon plane attacks the enemy by dive bombing the area with machine guns after dropping its payload; troops advance to the Dutch frontier; crowds wave at the soldiers.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

39719

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8607-0033

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

84326

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8502-0119

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

84493

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8002-0318

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

84494

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8002-0319

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

84495

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0347

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8002-0318
8002-0319

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

84496

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0348

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8002-0318

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

85302

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8010-0086

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

976147

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2000-09-0035

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V4 8607-0022

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

976214

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2000-10-0026

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V4 2000-09-0030
V4 2000-09-0035
V4 2000-09-0054

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

986808

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 8607-0022

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7301-1376
7301-1377
7301-1378
7301-1380
7301-1381
7301-1383
7301-1385
8404-0075
7506-0052
8404-0077
7301-1387
8109-0345
8109-0347
8203-0293
7301-1388
7301-1389
7301-1390
7301-1392
8401-0185
7301-1393
8202-0044
7506-0020
7506-0070

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1184898

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_2000-09-0035.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2000-09-0035

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1184899

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_2000-09-0035.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2000-09-0035

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1185256

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_2000-10-0026.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2000-10-0026

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1185259

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_2000-10-0026.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2000-10-0026

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8607-0033
V1 8502-0119
V1 8010-0086

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner ~Copyright on all of the Crown material in this accession, the Canadian Army Newsreels, has expired.

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