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No. 75

Item number (ISN):

33281

Series title:

Canadian Army Newsreel

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1945

Item number (ISN):

33281

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

Production date:

1945

Production company:

Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit

Description:

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1. D-Day Anniversary: A service on Normandy Beach by Canadian servicemen; flashback to 3rd Division's landing at Bernières-sur-Mer on D-Day; the church steeple then and now; the city's tribute in the town square; French veterans at the Bernière-sur-Mer Cemetery for Canadian soldiers.~2. CMHQ Blastwalls Blitzed: The walls that surround Canadian Military Headquarters in Trafalgar Square, London, are taken down by Royal Canadian Engineers; the left-over brick is collected; headquarters without its blastwalls.~3. RCN Medicos Open Baby Clinic: The Halifax Royal Navy Strathcona Well Baby Clinic; women and their young children; bearded sailors bring their tots in for a checkup; children playing at the nursery school.~4. Army Corrals Displaced Persons: Ex-slave workers and other displaced persons are dealt with by members of 4th Division Army Military Government Section at Kusten Canal, Germany; the civilians are deloused; Ukrainian people are brought to the camp; 3rd Division members sort people out; R.C.S.C. bring people to the camps; a Russian officer attached to the Canadian Section explains camp rules to his countrymen; German women are made to do clean up work at the camp; the ex-slaves rest in the sun; Canadian medical officers help out; the people in the camp sing and dance.~5. Major Tilston, V.C.: Frederick Albert Tilston of the Essex Scottish Regiment wins a Victoria Cross; he is interviewed by the CBC; a nurse lights his cigarette; Tilston, in a wheelchair, is brought outside where other patients visit with him. Tilston won the Victoria Cross for bravery in action on March 1, 1945.~6. Zutphen's Twin Bridges Opened: Royal Canadian Engineers complete the construction of two giant bailey bridges across the Ijssel River; General H.D.G. Crerar officially opens the bridges, which are named "Harry" and "Crerar" in his honour; Crerar drives over them; the crowd cheers.~7. Last Rotational Leavemen Canada-Bound: At the Aldershot Repatriation Area, trains take soldiers and former prisoners of war at the Southampton port; they board the Pasteur; dignitaries and a band bid them farewell; men rest on board.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

39846

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8607-0036

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

63558

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8709-0083

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

7301-1426

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

63559

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8709-0082

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

8709-0083

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

63562

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8709-0084

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7301-1426

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

63564

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8709-0085

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8709-0084

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

63568

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8709-0086

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8709-0084
8709-0082

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

84706

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-1425

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

1.0%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

84707

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

13-0129

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7301-1425
7301-1426

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

673572

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

33281.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

10:00

Made from:

7301-1425

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

673573

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

33281.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

10:00

Made from:

7301-1425

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

969624

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-1426

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

1.0%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

976149

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2000-09-0037

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V4 8607-0024

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

976217

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2000-10-0029

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V4 2000-09-0060
V4 2000-09-0037

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

986810

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 8607-0024

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7301-1417
7301-1418
7301-1420
7301-1421
7301-1424
7301-1426
7301-1428
7301-1430
7301-1433
7301-1434
7301-1435
7301-1436
7301-1440
7301-1441
7301-1442
7301-1443
8202-0040

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1020837

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

7301-1426-DPX

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

10:20

Made from:

7301-1426

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1020838

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

7301-1426.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

10:20

Made from:

7301-1426

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8607-0036

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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