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Canada's Fighting Forces

Item number (ISN):

85784

Series title:

Canada's Fighting Forces

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

85784

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: MAIN CATALOGUE

Accession:

1984-0164

Media:

Sound

Part:

3 of 3

Release date:

1942-11-30

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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Messages from assorted, unnamed Canadian servicemen and women. There is no intro. It begins with comments by a navy nurse who expresses pride in nursing sailors back to life. Next is a Canadian soldier who went overseas with one of the first contingents of Canadian troops, has been overseas for three years, and describes his training in England, mentions participating in the Dieppe Raid and thanks Canadians for their contribution on the home front. Another man describes the Canadians in Ceylon. Another man describes Canadians serving in Gibraltar, including tunnelers. A Canadian soldier from Quebec, on guard somewhere along the Alaska Highway, reads a text. Another Canadian serviceman talks about coastal patrol work and says he did does not know when he will be back in Canada. He says that it will be nice to see lights and buildings that are still standing, and looks forward to apple pie, but that the homecoming will have to wait until they "lick Hitler". Another man talks about the campaign in Africa and the role of Canadians in the RAF and RCAF. A Canadian pilot in Ferry Command talks about sighting convoys; Another serviceman, speaking French, talks about Bomber Command. A sailor talks about his job on a destroyer, a vital part of Canada's war effort. He says that it is no fun and he won't be sorry when the mess is over, but that the Canadians are determined to do their bit and are proud of the work done by the Canadian Navy. A man describes the heroics of a Hurricane pilot protecting convoy ships on the Murmansk Run. He states that home front production backs up Canadian fighting forces. The last speaker is a fighter pilot in Malta. <45mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. For reference tape see 1982-0043/126, cut 1.~2. Some of the comments are muffled or otherwise difficult to understand.

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Vault ISN:

210983

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1984-0164/0783

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

DISC

Technical description:

ALUM

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

214170

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1984-0164/0781

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

DISC

Technical description:

ALUM

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

214314

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1984-0164/0782

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

DISC

Technical description:

ALUM

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

920477

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

85784-1984-0164-0781.WAV
85784-1984-0164-0782.WAV
85784-1984-0164-0783.WAV

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1984-0164/0781
1984-0164/0782
1984-0164/0783

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

920480

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

85784-1984-0164-0781.MP3
85784-1984-0164-0782.MP3
85784-1984-0164-0783.MP3

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1984-0164/0781
1984-0164/0782
1984-0164/0783

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~To be Determined / À déterminer

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

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