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Alaska Highway Transfer

Item number (ISN):

20275

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1946-04-09

Item number (ISN):

20275

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

Accession:

1980-0199

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1946-04-09

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Production credit:

photography, Ross Beesley

Description:

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Newsreel footage of ceremony at Whitehorse, Yukon to mark the transfer of control of defence projects in northern Canada, including the Alaska Highway. Ray Atherton, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, is in attendance, as is General Andrew McNaughton, senior Canadian member of the Joint Defence Board. McNaughton accepts control on behalf of Canada. The guard of honour is composed of a U.S. Army detachment and members of the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force. Footage shows: Whitehorse; the Alaska Highway in the vicinity of Whitehorse; flags of Canada and the United States flying side by side; arrival of Guard of Honour; U.S. military police on guard; group shot of the U.S. commander who is relinquishing control and the Canadians who will take over, from left to right -- Colonel C.M. Clifford, U.S. Commanding Officer Northwest District Command, Group Captain Patriarche of the RCAF, representing Air Vice Marshal Lawrence of the RCAF, who will control the signal system and airport; and Brigadier G. Walsh, Canadian Army, Commanding Officer Northwest Highway System; close-up of Brigadier Walsh, tne new commander of the Alaska Highway; close-up of Group Captain Patriarche of the RCAF, in control of signals and airports; an inspection of the Guard of Honour by Ray Atherton and General McNaugton and party; longshot of ceremony underway; crowd; snowcapped mountains in background as the ceremony proceeds; close-up of U.S. Army General Hoge, who was in charge of operations when the highway was started; medium shot of official stand with guests and high-ranking officers; close-up of Atherton speaking at microphone (he has hat on); platform shots of guests and officials attending the ceremony; symbolic handover of the projects; air installations; General Gaffney, U.S. Army Air Force, shaking hands with Group Captain Patriarche; various shots of Canadians taking over highway equipment from the U.S. Army and driving past the official stand; crowd shot; piper; ceremonial hand-over of land lines; close-up of Major Van Nort of U.S. Army Signal Corps shaking hands with Squadron Leader Creegan of the RCAF who will be directly in charge of communications; Major Zohn of the U.S. Army shaking hands with Lieutenant-Colonel Jones of the Canadian Army, in symbolic hand-over of the highway; various shots of highway maintenance equipment passed from U.S. troops to Canadians; parade through grounds and past reviewing stand; General McNaughton expresses thanks and makes policy statement about future uses of the road; close-up of McNaughton at the microphone; crowd applauding; Guard of Honour marches past after ceremony; at one of the repeater stations along the highway, Major Van Nort of the U.S. Army Signal Corps leads his men out as Squadron Leader Creegan, RCAF, takes over with RCAF personnel; and close-up of Canadian driver at the wheel of a truck as a U.S. driver wishes him luck.

Language:

Silent

Original number:

57-774

Notes:

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1. Source of subject description is Associated Screen News Ltd. caption sheet for 580 feet of silent footage sent by ASN on 9 April 1946 to the newsreel companies. Since the length is slightly longer than the footage actually held, some sequences described in the shotlist may not actually be present on the reel.~2. Shotlist annotation indicates that some of this footage was used in the Canadian Edition of Fox Movietone News, Volume 28, No. 65.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

26248

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-4691

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

26767

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8205-0322

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-4691

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

26768

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8205-0323

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8205-0322

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

26769

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8205-0324

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8205-0322

Status:

MASTER
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