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Donoghue, Jack - Interview

Item number (ISN):

378419

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

378419

Type of material:

Moving images

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

O'REGAN, Jean

Accession:

2006-0174

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

2000-06-14

Production company:

Department of National Defence

Production credit:

producer/interviewer, James O’Regan

Description:

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Unedited video interview of Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Donoghue, who served as a public relations officer with the Canadian Army, about army public relations during the Second World War, the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit, and his work in army public relations in the postwar period. Subjects discussed include: Dick Malone and the changes he brought about in army public relations; the situation with army public relations at the time of the Normandy invasion; Donoghue’s joining the army and not knowing anything about the army or public relations at the time; undergoing basic training and being sent to the public relations office; Dick Malone; a committee set up by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King about how to organize military public relations; Malone’s trip across Canada to set up public relations functions for various commands across the country; Donoghue’s career; the procedure for getting correspondents’ copy from the early stages of the Normandy invasion onto the landing craft that had brought the troops and back to England; the public relations officers' involvement in the planning for the invasion of Sicily; a presentation by Malone at that time; J.L. Ralston’s visit to Italy; the dissatisfaction of Canadian correspondents about Canadian Army public relations in Italy; Malone’s appointment as head of Canadian Army public relations; Malone’s army background and his acquaintance with Major General Guy Simmonds and other senior officers in the field; H.D.G. Crerar; the principle of requiring commanders to give information first to the army public relations officers; the handling of stories; the emphasis on getting the story out and giving it to the Canadian correspondents first; Malone’s instructions on how to handle unpleasant stories accurately and give them to the Canadian media quickly; Donoghue’s involvement in the Normandy invasion; Malone’s work on the public relations aspect of the Normandy invasion; the scoops by the Canadian forces in gettingthe first motion pictures and sound recordings of the invasion; Canadian correspondents getting the first six invasion stories out; instructions by Dwight D. Eisenhower’s headquarters restricting each correspondent to only 50 words transmitted on the day of the invasion; Malone’s success in getting a high-speed Creed teletype machine wired to an army wireless set to boost the amount of words that could be transmitted; the use of such equipment by the Canadian correspondents to get the invasion reports out quickly; letting the Americans use the equipment, because their own equipment failed, but only after the Canadian copy had been sent; the success of the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit; censorship; the operation of No. 3 PR Group, comprised of the film and photo unit, the public relations section and the censorship group; the role of the public relations section to help the war correspondents; his work as a conducting officer for correspondents; typewriters set up in tents for use by the correspondents; the skills of various correspondents such as Ralph Allen, Lionel Shapiro and Charles Lynch; Donoghue’s work for the Canadian Army newspaper The Maple Leaf; Bing Coughlin and J. Douglas MacFarlane of The Maple Leaf; Donoghue’s decision to remain in the army after the war; his work for the army in Winnipeg; his service in Germany with the 27th Brigade; the work of the public relations staff to maintain good community relations between the army and the German population; Donoghue’s appointment as director of public relations for the Canadian army; Brian O’Regan’s work with Donoghue in army public relations; the help provided by the army during the Winnipeg flood of 1950; the role of Dick Malone in investigating the case of Canadian prisoners of war who were mistreated by their own officers while they were incarcerated; and a book written by Donoghue about public relations. <1h 44mn 38s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Intermittent audio hum and low audio level.~2. The camera goes to close-ups of Donoghue’s hands at approximately 18 minutes into the tape and returns to his face at approximately 23 minutes.~3. There is some video breakup at 37mn 55s.~4. Jack Donoghue retired from the Canadian military in 1965 and went onto a career in public relations for the federal government and as a author of two books on public relations.~5. Jack Donoghue died in Calgary, Alberta on 26 January 2001 at age 84.~6. The interviewee's questions are difficult to hear.~7. There is some ambient sound, such as the sound of a telephone and sounds of traffic.~8. Interview took place at Vimy House.

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Vault ISN:

434827

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 2007-01-0002

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

104:38

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

434866

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2007-01-0013

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

104:38

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

981162

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2007-01-0037

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V7 2007-01-0002

Status:

MASTER
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Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2007-01-0013

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