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Canada At War

Item number (ISN):

464294

Series title:

Canada On Record

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

464294

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: ON THE RECORD

Accession:

1981-0092

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1979-09-07

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

producer, Ken Pagniez; announcer, Bob Knapp; research, Helen Frayne; tecnical operations, Gilles Tessier

Description:

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This is the fifth program in the series and is the second program of three about Canada in the Second World War, using excerpts of archival audio from the collections of the Public Archives of Canada and the CBC. This covers events from D-Day to VE Day. Subjects include: plans for the D-Day landing; D-Day; Field Marshal Erwin Rommel wounded on 17 July 1944; Canadian troops in northwest Europe; experiences of older soldiers who had also served in the First World War; the contribution of the Royal Canadian Air Force; the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; precision bombing; the surrender of the German army; VE Day celebrations; the long wait by Canadian military personnel overseas to get back to Canada; war brides; and the Canadian Army Occupation Force. Archival audio clips include: interview by war correspondent Don Fairbairn of Warrant Officer Al Sugden and Pilot Officer Pete Langille about the attack that wounded Erwin Rommel; Captain Stewart about a church service at the front in Normany; interview by Jack Scott of three soldiers, Toronto actor Bob Christie, Jack Munroe of Montreal and Walter Hall of Bowmanville, about ideas for Christmas gifts they’d like from the folks back in Canada; an interview by Bill Herbert of Canadian troops in Italy in 1945; an interview by Matthew Halton of Snowy Macdonald, a First World War veteran; a report by Don Fairbairn about precision bombing; a report by Matthew Halton on May 5, 1945 when the German army surrendered at Reims, France; an interview by Staff Sergeant Wilf Davidson of Corporal Russ Barker in London, England on VE Day and a report by Bill Herbert about VE Day celebrations in London, England. <30mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Audio distortion originates from master.

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Vault ISN:

629242

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1981-0092/05

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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