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[Canadian War Veteran - Interview]

Item number (ISN):

273016

Series title:

[World War One : soundtrack]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1963 ?

Item number (ISN):

273016

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTO

Accession:

1986-0810

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1963 ?

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

Roll 21, Scene 6C, Take 1 of a series of interviews about the First World War. This consists of an interview of an unidentified Canadian war veteran who was a member of the 43rd Battalion. He talks about: events of August 1918; the Battle of Amiens; being taken by General Lipsett to the line held by the French; deployment of battalions and tanks; description of tanks; dangerous roads; taking the top of [Delville Wood]; weak German resistance and August 8th, 1918, the "Black Day" for the German army.~The version of this interview on 16mm magnetic track also includes comments on the August 1918 movement from north to the [Amiens] front, the movement forward to take over from the French, the secrecy of the mission, the 43rd Battalion, the lack of help from the French, the hope by the French that the allied attack would fail, the usefulness of tanks and the role of the 52nd and 116th Battalions.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. One of a series of interviews done for a television documentary series about the First World War.~2. These were probably done for the 1964 British Broadcasting Corporation series The Great War, produced in association with the Imperial War Museum, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.~3. CBC kinescopes labelled World War One.~4. Soundtrack recorded on 8614-3824.~5. Sound tape not full.~6. Soundtrack recorded at 15 ips speed.~7. Quarter-inch track matches 16mm magnetic track on 11870, renumbered 8614-3410, roll 14, second item, 700 feet.

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Vault ISN:

245070

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8614-3410

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

245401

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8614-3824

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

351718

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2000-11-0001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

51:50

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1000730

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2000-11-0001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

8614-3824
1984-0164/1701

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2000-11-0001

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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