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Winter Flying at Camp Borden

Item number (ISN):

61369

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1920

Item number (ISN):

61369

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: STOCK SHOTS

Accession:

1977-0205

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1920

Production company:

Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau

Sponsor:

Canadian Air Force

Description:

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Flight training by Royal Canadian Air Force pilots in winter conditions at Camp Borden, Canada, in the early 1920s.~The film starts with some of the available aircraft, including one SE5a and one de Havilland DH9 with a US Liberty engine. Most of the DH9s, to help them land on the snowbound airfield, have skis rather than wheels. View of the snowbound airfield. View over the tail of a camera plane as it takes off. The plane flies over the base several times, giving a good aerial view of the airfield's layout. Then comes lower, so that the view changes from vertical to oblique, and finally comes past the aircraft sheds at hedge height, the marks of its skids occasionally showing in the snow beneath it as they touch the ground. Trainee pilots in Avro 504s start up and take off in a line, five of them flying "circuits and bumps", coming around and just touching the ground on landing before taking off again. They fly, very low, wing-tip to wing-tip over the camera in two passes. The view from the camera plane over the airfield again shows one of the pilots flying close enough to wave. Three of the Avros, in formation, close in on the camera plane. A ground view of the Avros overflying a flagpole with the RCAF ensign on it, dipping in salute as they do so. <12mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

1920-DN-86

Notes:

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1. Description from the Imperial War Museum Catalogue, Volume 1, IWM 860.~2. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.

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Vault ISN:

32190

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8501-0020

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

78976

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7704-0375

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

78977

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7704-0376

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

78978

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8405-0010

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7704-0376

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

79404

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8402-0060

Number of items:

1

Made from:

7703-0354

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8501-0020
V1 8402-0060

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Restrictions on consultation:

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the NFB, is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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