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Episode 17, Morning : June - August 1944

Item number (ISN):

436627

Series title:

The World at War

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974

Item number (ISN):

436627

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: OFF-AIR

Accession:

1977-0304

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1974

Release date:

1977 ?

Production company:

Thames Production

Production credit:

director/producer, John Pett; executive producer, Jeremy Isaacs; scenario, John Williams; editing, Jeff Harvey; narrator, Lawrence Olivier

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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The seventeenth episode in this television documentary series tells the story of D-Day and the Allied invasion of the continent up to the Battle of Caen.~The topics and events covered are the following: the Dieppe Raid and the build-up of American troops in Great Britain; the military careers of Field Marshall Montgomery and Dwight Eisenhower; the invention of superior ground combat technology; the role of weather forecasting; the use of deception; aerial bombardment of German transport facilities; the preparation of the troops; the loading of the boats and troopships and navigating the Channel; the landing; logistical combat problems; the Battle of the Bridgehead; the capture of Cherbourg; the fighting and carnage at the Batlle of Falaise; the French Resistance's Battle of Paris; and aerial operations against Caen.~The following shots, scenes and sounds are shown and heard: a BBC speech to the French made by Churchill; the Quebec Conference of 1943; a comic routine by Bob Hope; Von Runstedt and Rommel at a meeting; the Atlantic Wall; specialized armoured vehicles; the Swiss Roll, the carpet layer; artificial harbours; General DeGaulle's tour of Bayeux; the bullying of a German captive by an American soldier; and the weeping of a French woman at the capture of her German soldier boyfriend.~Comments are made by: G. Reese, Major in COSSAC staff; Lord Louis Mountbatten, Chief of Combined Operations, 1942-1943; J.M. Stagg, Chief of Meteorological Services; D-Day American and British soldiers; a Normandy villager; Major-General David Belchem of Montgomery's Staff; and Major-General J. Lawton Collins, VII Corps. <60mn>

Language:

English

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1. Source of description: viewing of document.~2. Anacin Headache Tablets Commercial. <1mn>~3. Promos for: diabetes control; CBC program ROLAND MICHENER, SUNSPOTS, THE MAN AND THE OFFICE; the 10th British Commonwealth Games.

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Vault ISN:

563732

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 8007-0174

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

827434

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8007-0174.mxf

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8007-0174

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

834796

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8007-0174.mp4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8007-0174

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~To be Determined / À déterminer

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the CBC, is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Thames Productions.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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