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No. 62

Item number (ISN):

33239

Series title:

Canadian Army Newsreel

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1945

Item number (ISN):

33239

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. Navy Show Takes London by Storm: Crowds gather to see a revue musical at the Hippodrome Theatre of London entitled "Meet the Navy", a production of the Canadian Navy; present are the First Lord of the Admiralty and Deborah Kerr, who are interviewed by Gerry Wilmot, impresario Jack Hilton, Vincent Massey and Mrs. Massey, Noel Coward, Dame [Laughton Matthews], critic Beverly Baxter, ex-film star Colonel [Ben Lyons]; the Mayor of London gives an interview; dance routines; Commissioner Robertson, the commanding officer of the show; performers meet the audience.~2. Italian Ski Train: At the foot of the Apennines, ski patrols ready themselves with sleighs full of equipment; they leave in a transport truck; they start up the mountain; mortars are fired at the group; some soldiers return the fire; others continue up the mountain and deliver supplies and letters to a tank unit, then leave.~3. The Army Takes to the Ring: A boxing tournament is held at Uplands Training School in Ottawa, Ontario; Joe Lewis referees a fight between heavyweights Private [Garcia] (Army) and Sergeant R. Jones (RCAF); the Uplands C.E.O. gives the winner his prize; in St. [Hogenboz], the Divisional Boxing Finals are held with bouts between light heavyweights Sergeant [Nicolo] and Private [Andrey], and middleweights Sergeant [Nishburgh] and Trooper [Wagner].~4. Canadians Decorated on German Soil: The first investitures on German soil are presented by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and General H.D.G. Crerar by the Reichswald forest.~5. Siegfried Snapshots: Ruins of a base at [Kleins]; the rubble of a cathedral is used by the Royal Canadian Engineers to make roads. The construction of a corduroy road out of wood poles over muddy terrain. Supplies are transferred from trucks to amphibious tanks. German civilians pass by.

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 8607-0035

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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