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No. 53, 1944 in Review

Item number (ISN):

33230

Series title:

Canadian Army Newsreel

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1944

Item number (ISN):

33230

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

RIGBY, J.P.

Accession:

1973-0162

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1944

Production company:

Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit

Description:

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1. 1944 IN REVIEW: Highlights of Historic Year for Canadian Army Overseas. It shows: Italy: the ruins of a church at Ortona, destruction, and a crippled man in the street. January 1944: General Bernard Montgomery relinquishes command of the 8th Army and returns to England. The new commander, General Sir Oliver Leese, is met by Canadian Army Staff officers in Italy. Major Paul Triquet, Victoria Cross Winner, visits graves in a Canadian military cemetery. England: General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the newly-named Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in the Western Theatre, holds a conference. General Andrew McNaughton says goodbye to the First Canadian Army. General H.D.G. Crerar arrives to assume command. April 1944: Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King arriving at airport in England for the Dominion Prime Minister's conference and is met by Vincent Massey and General H.D.G. Crerar. Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth visit Canadian paraptroopers, watch a demonstration mass drop by them and then review the paratroopers. May 1944: Dress rehearsal for invasion, with troops wading up on beaches as flail tanks clear the way. General Eisenhower addresses the 2nd Canadian Corps. King George inspects the 3rd Canadian Division. Italy: 1st Canadian Corps advance on the German line near Ceprano. England. June 6, 1944: Troops are readied and supplies are loaded for the assault; D-Day, shelling, beach landing, advance begins. Rome falls. Romans celebrate the liberation of the city. Large crowd in a square. Normandy: 1st Canadian Army battles near Caen, fighting at Carpiquet Airfield; move through the ruins of Caen. July 1944: King George visits Canadian troops in Italy and presents Major John Mahoney with the Victoria Cross. In France: Allied troops open the second front on the coast of Normandy; classic footage of Allied and Canadian troops landing on French soil; elements of the 1st Canadian army blasting Carpiquet Airfield~Caen; troops being acclaimed as they liberate the city; troops in battle for the Falaise Gap, July 1944; prisoners from the German 7th Army; Canadian reinforcements arrive via prefabricated Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches; General H.D.G. Crerar chats with Major David Currie, VC, of the South Alberta Regiment; Canadian troops clean up Channel ports, liberate Rouen in August 1944 and crowd there greets the Canadians, Bruges and Boulogne; 2nd division parade through Dieppe; ruins of flying bomb sites on Channel coast; and Boulogne being blasted from the air by Allied aircraft. Italy: The German line is attacked by artillery; Allies advance. Belgium: Crossing the border. 1st Canadian Army moves into the Antwerp area. In Holland: Canadian troops cross into Holland, clean up the Scheldt Estuary and the Breskens Pocket, assault from landing amphibians on Walcheren Island; view of Antwerp; Ernest A. Smokey Smith of the Canadian Seaforth Highlanders, Victoria Cross winner, get his picture taken by a CWAC photographer. Canadian tanks cross into Germany at Beek. Canadian flag is raised.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Content description does not follow continuity of film.~2. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

16978

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8010-0087

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

39839

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8607-0034

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

84332

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8305-0091

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

84557

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-1396

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

1.1%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

84558

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7506-0033

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7301-1396

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

84559

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7506-0034

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7506-0056

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

84560

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

7506-0056

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

7301-1396

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

84561

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7506-0070

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.3%

Made from:

7506-0033
7506-0034

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

84562

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

13-0110

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7301-1396

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

84563

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8110-0254

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

7506-0033

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

87350

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8808-0175

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7301-1396

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

189810

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 9204-0004

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

50:00

Made from:

V4 8607-0022(18)
V4 8607-0022(17)
V4 8607-0024(1)
V4 8607-0024(2)
V4 8607-0022(16)

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

254303

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7506-0035

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.2%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

281128

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V3 9605-0001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

11:20

Made from:

7506-0070

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

443975

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-05-0076

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7301-1396

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

954513

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

7301-1396-DPX

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

11:22

Made from:

7301-1396

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

954514

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

7301-1396.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

11:22

Made from:

7301-1396

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

954515

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

33230-001.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

11:22

Made from:

7301-1396

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

954516

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

33230-001.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

11:22

Made from:

7301-1396

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

976148

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2000-09-0036

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V4 8607-0022

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

976215

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2000-10-0027

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V4 2000-09-0035
V4 2000-09-0036

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

986808

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 8607-0022

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7301-1376
7301-1377
7301-1378
7301-1380
7301-1381
7301-1383
7301-1385
8404-0075
7506-0052
8404-0077
7301-1387
8109-0345
8109-0347
8203-0293
7301-1388
7301-1389
7301-1390
7301-1392
8401-0185
7301-1393
8202-0044
7506-0020
7506-0070

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1184900

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_2000-09-0036.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2000-09-0036

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1184901

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_2000-09-0036.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2000-09-0036

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1185260

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_2000-10-0027.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2000-10-0027

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1185261

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_2000-10-0027.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2000-10-0027

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8010-0087
V1 8607-0034
V1 8305-0091

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~The CAFU material is Crown copyright, expired as of 1996, and now in the public domain.

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