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Defence Minister Ralston with Troops

Item number (ISN):

21413

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1944 ?

Item number (ISN):

21413

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

Accession:

1980-0197

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1944 ?

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Production credit:

photography, Quick, Tunwell; Lionel Clarke; Leonard Thompson

Description:

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Newsreel footage of part of a tour of inspection of the major Canadian war fronts in Italy, England and Belgium by J.L. Ralston, Minister of National Defence. It shows: Ralston speaking to soldiers of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada; Ralston speaking to Major W.J. Bright of London, Ontario; Ralston standing on the steps of the canal at Cattolica while speaking to the Seaforth Highlanders; speaking to the boys of the PPCLI in a building near Cattolica; Ralston speaking to a group of officers of the WNSR and Ralston speaking to Private W.H. Thornton of Woodstock, Nova Scotia, a member of a 4.5 medium gun crew. His tour of Canadian fronts in Italy completed, Colonel Ralston arrives in England in a Dakota plane, disembarks at Hendon airport and is welcomed by Vincent Massey, High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. Also in the welcoming party at the airport are Lieutenant General Stuart, Major General Montague and Group Captain Pearce. Before leaving the field Ralston shakes hands with the pilot and navigator, Lieutenant J.O. Brice and Flight Lieutenant M.M. Young who piloted the plane to Engand. Next, Colonel Ralston arrives in Belgium. The footage shows: Ralston greeted by Colonel Malone; Ralston and Malone talking; Ralston, war correspondent Charles Lynch and Colonel Malone talking; Ralston with crew of aircraft in which he arrived; General Guy Simmonds and Colonel Ralston; Ralston talking to Trooper A.C. Pascal of Sault Ste. Marie at the Canadian Hospital; Ralston talking to another patient, Private H.L. Methan of Halifax, as Colonel W.E. Hume of the Hospital stands nearby; Ralston speaking to Private N. Coté of Gaspé and Sister M.E. Gleadow of Dauphin Manitoba in the background; Ralston and Colonel Hume talk to Private J. Waterworth, a Royal Marine from Lisburn, Ireland, and Sergeant J.S. Anderson of Winnipeg who is in the background in the next bed; Ralston talks to Sergeant C.E. Stewart of Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island; Sergeant C.R. Stewart of a Recce in his hospital bed; Colonel Hume of General Hospital and Colonel Ralston; Hume in background as Ralston stands in entrance of the hospital building saying goodbye; also shown are Colonel Parker, Principal Matron Major M.M. MacLaren of Ottawa, Ontario and Matron Captain D. Machan of New Lowell; Ralston says goodbye to the Matrons and shakes hands with other members of the staff; Private W.J.\~Chapman of Toronto talks to Ralston during inspection; Captain J. Fransissyn of Calgary, who is in charge of the parade, escorts Ralston along the ranks; Ralston stops to talk to Sapper H. Luicier of Winnipeg; Ralston talking to Sergeant R.S. Diamond of Verdun, Quebec; and soldiers gathered around a car on which the Minister is standing and speaking after he finished the inspection.

Language:

Mute with English intertitles

Original number:

53-294

Notes:

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1. Subject description is from NFB dope sheet which states "Please credit Canadian Army Film Unit".

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

19949

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-3923

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

19950

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8104-0322

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-3923

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

19951

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8104-0323

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8104-0322

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

19952

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8104-0324

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8104-0322

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

556411

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2011-08-0005

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

120:00

Made from:

9501-0295
8208-0128
8208-0132
8208-0133
8208-0134
8208-0136
8208-0222
8208-0224
8208-0248
8104-0513
8104-0308
8104-0311
8104-0314
8104-0317
8104-0320
8104-0323

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

556810

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2011-08-0019

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

120:00

Made from:

V4 2011-08-0005

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2011-08-0019

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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