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The Long Silence = Le Long silence : [out-takes]

Item number (ISN):

519949

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1955

Item number (ISN):

519949

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CRAWLEY FILMS LIMITED

Accession:

1983-0373

Media:

Film

Part:

4 of 4

Production date:

1955

Production company:

Crawley Films Limited

Sponsor:

Canadian Legion
Department of Veterans' Affairs

Description:

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ROLL ONE: WWII stockshot footage used in the film "The Long Silence": b&w footage of Canadians landing on Juno beach on D-Day; ships at sea firing; anti-aircraft guns; shot of a Canadian trooper staging being shot; night-time artillery fire. Film slate of the Canadian Film Unit reads "COOP 64" identifies combat cameraman George Cooper of the CFPU, roll 64. Shot of artillery gun crew; tanks; Canadian troops on foot; tanks pass the camera, identified with the names "ADAM" and "AJAX"; troops hiding in the long grass; gunner firing a machine gun; Normandy shoreline engulfed in smoke; tank crew inspecting a German tank; Canadian trooper with French civilians; footage of Canadian troops posing in front of camera, one kisses pretty French girl on the cheek; female civilians sit in an open window while Canadian troops drink glasses of wine with them; shots of wounded laid out behind awaiting ambulances (possibly shots of wounded arriving back from the invasion of Normandy); tanks and troops patroling along a road; shell fire from tanks; an abandoned German tank emplacement; POW's; a mortar crew launching shells; shot of a wounded German soldier with a bullet hole in his back; CFPU slate: "MILLON 40 / AUG44" belonging to Lloyd Millon of the Canadian Film Unit, roll 40; brief clip of German wounded atop Jeep (below windshield it reads "PAULETTE"); Canadian troops crossing an unidentified road, despatch drivers and traffic behind them (some identified with letters "LST"); Film slate "F-I-YOU / Sc12 / Roll 135"; shot of a Red Cross jeep entering a town street identified as "CORNICHE De ROUEN / VUE SPLENDIDE"; shot of a war torn intersection with civilians milling about, a storefront in background reads, "FRONTBUCHHDLUNG"; shot of French gendarmes escorting German POW's along a street; shot of a large crowd of French civilians mobbing a car (the letters "PSS" etched on front windshield and unidentified flag on the hood of the vehicle); shots of Canadian troops at sea during church service, kneeling and praying; Canadian Film Unit slate: "ROOS ROLL 23", identifies BUD ROOS a Canadian Film Unit combat cameraman who landed with Canadian troops on D-Day; shots of invasion force; shots of troops crowded aboard ocean liner (arring/departing?); camera captures a shot of troopers poking their heads out of four port holes along the ship; artillery; shots of unidentified town on fire, troops walking by; Canadian troops dug in returning mortar fire behind Chateau (possibly footage of when the CFPU were stationed in France when their billets came under fire); shot of Germans submitting papers to a Canadian soldier; church service at sea; tracer fire as a buzz-bomb passes overhead; the roll ends with shots of artillery and the invasion force.~ ROLL TWO: WWI stockshot footage used in the film "The Long Silence"; shots of artillery guns firing; map of the battlefield in France; explosions; Germans holding rags to the faces appear to be releasing mustard gas (possibly staged footage); map of Ypres; the mud and water drenched trenches; troops eating trying to stay; sign reads "PROWSE POINT"; troops and tanks (one identified with the name "BAGGAGE"; artillery fire; wounded; POWs; ambulance; a submarine; a ship exploding, sinking; troops sitting along a road with bayonets drawn awaiting orders; shots of artillery, tanks, and cavalry: map of AMIENS; long guns; soldiers on bicycles; shot of King George meeting with clergy, flowers being presented; entourage entering church, crowds; roll ends with a military parade.~ ROLL THREE: Mixed original Kodachrome and B&W stockshot footage: artillery guns fire; shot of Canadians landing on Juno beach on D-Day; Koda titles from the film The Long Silence/Le long silence; street shot with sign reading CORNICHE De ROUEN VUE SPLENDIDE; Koda footage of volunteers making wreaths; ambulance pulls up to a hospital and driver pulls out young girl on a dolly stretcher; B&W footage of beach head invasion forces landing (Americans); buildings burning; POWs surrendering; shots of landing craft; Canadian troops eating; D-Day preparations; loading soldiers and vehicles on board; POWs being escorted, sign behind them reads BRIAR WHEELS; Koda footage of the Cenotaph in Ottawa; veterans and general public paying respect; close up of a woman in a crowd; making wreaths; assembling poppies; B&W footage of a burning house; Koda shots of the Cenotaph; close up shot of a poppy; people gathered in front of unidentified building; street scene with slate of a volunteer selling poppies on the sidewalk in front of stores; close up of the poppy donation box; Remembrance Day shots of the centotaph from a high angle; shot of flowers and pan to the top of the cenotaph.~ ROLL FOUR: WWI stockshot footage used in the film "The Long Silence"; shot of trenches; artillery guns; Canadian troops going "over the top"; explosions; tanks; trucks full of Canadian troops pass by waving to the camera; shots of the dead on a battlefield. WWII stockshot footage; anti-craft tracers follow a buzz-bomb as it passes overhead; a soldier attaches a bayonet to the end of his rifle; camouflaged troops laying in a field of long grass; close up shots of boots passing along a dirt road; sign, CAEN/PARIS; a camouflaged tank; POW's; artillery; mortar crew firing shells; young German soldier with bullet wound in his back; German troops surrendering; shot of a jeep with the name PAULETTE below the windshield with wounded. Original Kodachrome footage; shot of Centotaph during Remembrance Day; Mounties; parade of veterans; shot of General Montgomery; Governor-General Vincent Massey; interior shots of volunteers assembling Remembrance day wreaths; close-ups of the volunteers; an office scene with two men; close-up shot of a woman attending ceremonies at the Cenotaph; wreaths being packaged into boxes labelled VETCRAFT; an ambulance drives to the entrance of a hospital and retrieves young girl on a gurney; people laying wreaths; RCMP band; crowds assembled around the Cenotaph. The roll ends with a shot of a woman sitting at a table assembling poppies by hand.

Language:

English / Français

Notes:

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1. Additional information on this film may be available on in the production file (Manuscript Division MG 28 III 99, volume 24).~2. See also IDC 231348/378401/378403~3. Stock footage of WWI & WWII appears to have been acquired from the NFB for use in the film.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

792734

Format:

FILM

Location number:

30991AV
30992AV
30993AV
30994AV

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Max. shrinkage:

0.7%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1160177

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

30991AV-DPX
30992AV-DPX
30993AV-DPX
30994AV-DPX

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

91:30

Made from:

30991AV
30992AV
30993AV
30994AV

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1160184

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

519949.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

91:30

Made from:

30991AV
30992AV
30993AV
30994AV

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1160193

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

519949.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

91:30

Made from:

30991AV
30992AV
30993AV
30994AV

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1160212

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2023-12-0003

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

91:30

Made from:

30991AV
30992AV
30993AV
30994AV

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2023-12-0003

Restrictions on consultation:

Open for consultation.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Reproduction access:

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

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