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Canada in London

Item number (ISN):

383060

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1941

Item number (ISN):

383060

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

WILLIAMS, Ginette

Accession:

2007-0125

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1941

Production company:

Realist Film Unit

Production credit:

director, H. Nieter; producer, Muir Mathieson; photography, A.E. Jeakins; commentary, Gerry Wilmot; sound, William Bland

Description:

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Film about Canada House, the headquarters of Canadian High Commissioner Vincent Massey and his staff in London, England. It shows: Vincent Massey arriving by car and going into Canada House; staff talking to him; a Canadian sailor picking up mail; documents delivered in special dispatch boxes; official secretary getting the boxes; staff looking at some photos; Massey and a group of Canadian reporters seated as he holds a news conference; the immigration office at Canada House; people waiting to speak with Canadian immigration officials to ask about moving to Canada; Canadian Pacific poster on wall; excerpts of applicants in conversation with officials; a little girl meeting with an official as the narration states that arrangements are still being made for some children to join their relatives in Canada; an office at Canada House with an outside wall destroyed in an attack; the role of the Department of Munitions and Supply coordinating flow of war materials produced by Canadian industry; cargoes being unloaded as the narration describes the flow of goods sent from Canada; the accounts department; an official in the accounts department asking about the number of raisins used in the navy; a Canadian woman running a mobile canteen funded by Canada to feed demolition workers and others in London; clothing and other supplies sent by Canada to British women and children; Mrs. Vincent Massey helping to distribute donations of clothing, helped by a staff of voluntary workers; volunteers putting clothes on a baby and a little boy; Canadian Red Cross nurses and drivers among the rubble; a London Fire Brigade truck as the narrator states that there are many Canadians in the wartime fire auxiliary service; Canadians flying planes between factories and airfields for the air transport auxiliary; pilots leaving a plane as the narrator explains that Canadians are bringing bomber planes across the Atlantic to help the Royal Air Force; close-up of a sack of grain sent from Canada and an official pouring it out on a desk as the narrator mentions that Canada’s trade commissioners stationed at various locations in Britain help to distribute food sent by Canada; a man planting seeds in a garden on the roof of Canada House; official mail from Canada as the narrator explains the special handling procedures for secret government documents; staff putting on helmets and grabbing equipment as the narrator states that some staff help work on civil defence such as air raid precautions; Canadian broadcasters at work in a studio which in peacetime is a famous West End theatre; two men shown arranging last minute details of a broadcast with Canadian soldiers as participants; Canadian man at the microphone in the theatre, announcing “This is London Calling of the North American Service of the BBC”; a group of Canadian soldiers gathered around a microphone on the stage of the theatre as an announcer introduces the next number in the broadcast; the soldiers singing "The Chisholm Trail" from the stage of the theatre; engineer in booth; a Canada House staffer being called out of bed as the narrator explains that someone is on call at Canada House to receive and decode cables; more scenes of the broadcast in progress, back at the theatre; soldiers on guard at Canada House and the first announcer signing off the broadcast at the theatre. The film ends with the Realist Film Unit (RFU) logo. <11mn 22s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The film opens with the word "1941", then "Canada in London" and then "1941" superimposed over the title.~2. Gerry Wilmot was a Canadian broadcaster who was sent to England in 1940 by the CBC Overseas Unit.~3. Compare to ISN 313619.~4. 290 feet.~5. Shrinkage 1.2 percent.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

451088

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2008-03-0306

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

1.2%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1184963

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

2008-03-0306-DPX

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

11:22

Made from:

2008-03-0306

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1184964

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

2008-03-0306.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

11:22

Made from:

2008-03-0306

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1185887

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

383060.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

11:22

Made from:

2008-03-0306

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1185890

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

383060.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

11:22

Made from:

2008-03-0306

Status:

REF
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