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[D-Day and Gun Camera Footage]

Item number (ISN):

52644

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1943/1944

Item number (ISN):

52644

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: STOCK SHOTS

Accession:

1977-0205

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1943/1944

Description:

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This consists of a compilation of film footage pertaining to the D-Day invasion, preparations for it and its aftermath. It includes: street scene in London, England, showing pedestrians, including civilians, soldiers and sailors, as well as vehicles such as cars and a double-decker bus; camera at street centre pans over scene clockwise down various streets; doorway of King's House; number 1016 may be street address; dispatch driver exits; sailor goes in; six bomber aircraft fly in formation; couple on balcony filmed from behind as they look onto Trafalgar Square and Nelson's monument; pan shot up the tall column of the monument; troops loading a ship (carrier) on a beach; landing craft tank (LCT) drives up a ramp off the beach into the hold of the ship; vessel marked N22 885; putting camouflage netting over the deck; soldiers loading shells; small ships moored closely together; D-Day flotilla at sea; clergyman, officers and soldiers on deck of ship, walking underneath a lifeboat suspended from a davit; clergyman wearing dark robe climbs up onto a platform; soldiers file in front; clergyman, with book in hand, leads a prayer service; the clergyman speaks; soldiers filmed from behind as they listen to the service; another shot of the clergyman from a slightly different angle; low angle closer shot of his head and shoulders; cutaway shots to the soldiers who appear to be singing a hymn; pan shot of the soldiers; footage of a different prayer service showing soldiers on a ship's deck with some motorcycles stacked in the foreground; soldiers standing in a circle as a man in uniform (possibly a chaplain) speaks to them; overhead view of soldiers holding small books and then kneeling; soldiers with heads bowed and hands clasped in prayer; more shots of the soldiers crowded on deck during the service, including two men crouched on a ladder; more shots of the men listening to the service; soldier shown in profile on deck, speaking , with water and another ship in the background; a soldier writing a letter; gunners; pan shot down to a man in uniform (possibly a chaplain) standing in front of what appears to be a makeshift altar covered by a cloth; soldiers read from small books during the service; more shots of the man leading the service; soldiers standing; shots of a different ceremony, showing two men standing beside one another, with one of the men reading from a book as the other plays a guitar; soldiers singing; soldiers on deck with heads bowed; flotilla on overcast day; barrage balloons float in sky above ships; soldier with Canada flash on shoulder reads a book entitled “France”; soldiers with backpacks and other gear climb down over side of ship; soldier on lookout; military vehicles on deck of ship; men scaling down into landing craft; soldiers waiting on deck; more shots of flotilla and balloons; barge being loaded; the coast of France as the D-Day landing begins; smoke; buildings on the shore, including the house made famous in the often-used film footage of soldiers landing on shore; tanks and other equipment arriving on the beach; slate which reads “Grant 6/6/44 Roll 28”, identifying at least some of the footage as having been filmed by Bill Grant of the Canadian Army Film Unit on 6 June 1944 on Juno Beach; flag raising; German prisoners of war walking with raised hands; tanks on beach; landing craft at the shore; smouldering building; wounded soldiers being placed on stretchers; soldier throws a German helmet to the ground at Bernières; tanks on beach; ships and landing craft at low tide; trucks and jeeps being loaded onto a barge; crane loading truck with fuel canisters; pan over ships at low tide; barrage balloons overhead; village sign on stone wall; sign on building reading Caen 18 Paris 240; tanks and trucks moving in front of camera; pan up damaged church steeple; Canadian troops posing for the camera with some French women; soldier kisses one of the women on the cheek and she smiles; soldiers ha ving a drink at an outdoor café as a woman sits in an open window in front of them; street scene; tank on street; troops pose with tank; sappers working on the footings of a bridge over a waterway; Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery addresses troops; soldiers cooking eggs; soldiers eating; soldiers cleaning rifles; artillery; radio operator; troops on patrol enter a house; soldiers moving in the dark interior of a building; troops in single file patrolling street; troops in the field, shown eating from mess tins as they sit in and near small trenches. The D-Day footage also shows a seated group of war correspondents and a photographer. The end of the roll consists of the following footage unrelated to D-Day: gun camera footage preceded by slate which reads Combat Film No. ACF 30 F/O Grant 400 SQ 9-4-43 1015 Hrs Mustang Attacking Ground Targets, and showing aircraft diving and attacking, explosions in the countryside and the same slate and sequence repeated.

Language:

Silent

Original number:

1940-WWII-183-DN-1

Notes:

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1. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.~2. There is no on-screen title. The supplied title is based on the contents.~3. The first prayer service begins at 216 feet into the 16mm film roll and ends at 293 feet.~4. Footage of the other prayer services runs to approximately 548 feet.~5. Description may not always be in the precise order of shots on the roll.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

53162

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8504-0037

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

53163

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8504-0038

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8504-0039

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

53164

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8504-0039

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

8504-0037

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

218140

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9308-0080

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9308-0080

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Restrictions on consultation:

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the NFB, is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

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

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