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CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: OFF-AIR

1977-0304

Vidéo

1 of 1

1974

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

director/producer, Frank Williams; editing, Melanie Gilman

CBOT-TV

Television documentary on the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force from its inception to present day activities. The following topics are examined: World War I warfare; the creation of the RCAF; the training of pilots; the first duties of the Service; the budget cut of 1932; the personal narratives of RCAF pilots involved in World War II fighter and bomber combat; the Commonwealth Air Training Program; air pilots in the Korean War; NATO air pilots; NORAD and the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment system (SAGE), with emphasis on nuclear capability. Interviews are held with: Canadian Air Marshal C. Roy Slenon; Group Captain Ernie McNabb; Ken Brown; George Keefer; Leonard Birchall; Gordon Webb; George Bova; Pat Brophy, Omer Levesque; Bruce Fleming; Captain Tom Henry; Major-General William Carr; Major Peter Zinkan; Major Mike Nabor. Also, the Sabre, Vampire and CF 101 aircraft are shown. <60mn>

English

libre

V1 2008-01-0007

GAD 0FD547

~To be Determined / À déterminer

Under copyright.

Copyright owner: CBC.

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