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[World War II - News Items]

Item number (ISN):

86212

Series title:

Canadian Calendar

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

86212

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

RONALD, George

Accession:

1988-0167

Media:

Sound

Part:

part 2 of 2

Release date:

1942-08-22

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

announcer, Jack Peach

Description:

This is the second part of a broadcast entitled Canadian Calendar, consisting of news items about World War II read by Flying Officer Jack Peach. 1. Excerpt from feature story THE AIR GUNNER from the program, THE GENTLEMEN WITH WINGS written by Sgt. Jack Luce explaining the responsibilities of a rear gunner in defending this aircraft against an attack from enemy craft. 2. News item concerning Warrant Officer Norman W. Peat of Woodstock, Ontario, who shot down one of two more powerful German aircraft while flying an obsolete Lysander plane. 3. News item regarding a Lancaster aircraft pilot who barely escaped being shot down after straying off course. 4. Flying instructors are the subject of this news item. 5. Item on the shooting down of a Messerschmitt 108 piloted by an ace German pilot who earned the Iron Cross for sinking a considerable amount of Allied shipping. 6. Item from London, England, on the war effort from the "home front".

Subjects:

AERIAL GUNNERY~AIR WARFARE~ENGLAND~MILITARY AIR PILOTS~MILITARY AIRPLANES~WAR WORK~WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 ~PEACH, JACK

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This is the fourth item on the original tape.

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Vault ISN:

77143

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1988-0167/1

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

177567

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C09767

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1988-0061/6
1988-0167/1
1988-0167/3
1988-0167/5
1988-0167/6
1986-0659/01

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1015557

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

86212-1988-0167-1.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

07:57

Made from:

1988-0167/1

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 15327

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Date modified:: 2024-07-24