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Dillon, Charles H. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

336469

Series title:

Seasoned Sailors : Talking with Senior Survivors of Canada's Wartime Navy

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2000-05-02

Item number (ISN):

336469

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

RYAN, David Patrick

Accession:

2002-0081

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2000-05-02

Release date:

2000-05-02

Production company:

Thomas C. Treherne (Interviewer)

Production credit:

director/producer, Pat Ryan; interviewer, Thomas C. Treherne

Description:

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In this extraordinary story, Charles Dillon covers with privileged insight, the entire history of the Royal Canadian Navy from pre-World War II beginnings until it was dissolved into the amalgam called the "Canadian Forces". This record is especially helpful to understanding the way the Navy envolved; particularly with regard to the contribution of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. These pre-war volunteers were considered as "family" by the Regular Force who understood the need to encourage and teach their part time colleagues... as the very best way to build up Canada's navy for the fast approaching war. This was the vision and the legacy of Walter Hose.~Dillon was born in Montreal in 1912 and grew up fluent in French and English. The Dillons moved to Ottawa where young Charles was a Sea Scout and went to Lisgar Collegiate... still and again, in April 2001, rated Ottawa's top Public School! His story starts at age nine when he toured the ill-fated cruiser HMS Raleigh. He then takes us entertainingly through accounts of prewar training cruises in HMC ships with glimpses of life at sea and of picnics on tropical beaches... and even working under sail on the maiden cruise of HMCS Venture.~Then comes the expected war which he introduces with factual but comic-opera scenarios which sometimes occured before we learned to react with purpose. His wartime exploits are covered briefly, a stint in HMS Royal Sovereign then in HMCS Prince Henry and the Aleutian Campaign and finally in the carrier HMS Nabob from commissioning to action in "Operation Goodwood" and her miraculous return from Norway after being torpedoed.~Dillon stayed on in the Regular Force after the war and the remaining narrative exposes us to these years... ending as he and his colleagues become the concluding members of Canada's last Naval Board.~Much of the flavour of this documentary comes from Dillon's old photos and also from personal movies taken by Admiral H.G. DeWolf. An unexpected find was discovery of Nelson Lay's colour movies in HMS Nabob included with permission of Mrs. Beth Lay. And finally, movies taken aloft in HMCS Venture and contributed by Captain R.L. Lane, another Seasoned Sailor whose story is recorded, but not as yet released. <58mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

Set 5, no. 4

Notes:

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1. Recorded in Victoria, British Columbia.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

375453

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 2002-08-0148

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

58:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

375454

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2002-08-0003

Number of items:

1

Duration:

58:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

838678

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

336469.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2002-08-0148

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

838679

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

336469.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2002-08-0148

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

977879

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2002-08-0027

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V7 2002-08-0148
V7 2002-08-0150

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2002-08-0003

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~The permission of the donor was required to reproduce this material until his death.

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