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No. 67

Item number (ISN):

33253

Series title:

Canadian Army Newsreel

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1945

Item number (ISN):

33253

Link to related resource:

1945

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. Canada Gets a New Voice: The CBC's new short wave transmitter at Sackville, New Brunswick beams programs to Europe; tour of transmitting station; CBC Montreal studios; Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King opens the new service; soldiers listen in; mobile army communications stations; soldiers and civilians gather around the radio to listen to music.~2. Baby Flat-Tops Protect Convoys: At a Canadian port, merchant ships are turned into aircraft carriers; a plane lands and the crew runs out to fold up its wings; British flyers; a man in an asbestos suit.~3. Highlights of the Week's News: Jewish troops have an outdoor ceremony in German soil, lead by Padre Samuel [Kant]. CWACs depart on Dakota plane for leave in England. Air Commodore Russell presides over the graduation of artillery officers as pilots.~4. Signs of Victory: Sign painters make advertisements for the 8th Victory Loan i the Reichswald Forest area of Germany.~5. Rhine Crossing: The Highlanders Light Infantry move equipment across the Rhine on amphibious tanks; the 1st Canadian Parachute Regiment fly to Germany and jump, joining U.S. and British forces; a medic at work; planes land in the field; fighting; dead Germans and prisoners; the Royal Scots and the paratroopers greet one another.~6. Emmerich: A pontoon bridge over the Rhine; tank barrage; the 3rd Canadian Division enters Emmerich; prisoners; Coesfeld Railway Station in ruins.

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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