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RYAN, David Patrick

2000-0069

Vidéo

3 of 3

1996/2000

1996/2000

Policy Publishers Inc.

producer, David Patrick Ryan; interviewer, Tommy Gorman; John Frank

Documentary about three lieutenants of the Royal Canadian Navy who recalled, through oral history, their experiences aboard Motor Torpedo Boats during World War II. In part 1, Charles A. Burk and Ross Campbell relate how they came to serve in Motor Torpedo Boats. Burk tells the early days of MTB's in Britain and of the reason for and the strategies behind the many sea battles with the German Eboats. Campbell then tells of the Mediterranean, from El Alamein to the Adriatic and then the post D-Day in the North Sea. In part 2, Burk covers the two Canadian MTB flotillas (29th and 69th) and their post in D-Day operations. He also appraised Canadian sailors in war and concludes with a comparision of British and German fast craft. Part 3 is the record of Thomas E. Ladner. He recalls the memory and experiences of Doug Maitland, Cornelius Burke and himself from the early days of World War II until the victory in the Mediterranean. <2h>

English

Libre

V1 2001-01-0042

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Under copyright.

Copyright owner: David Patrick Ryan.

with written permission of copyright owner : with credit to the David Patrick Ryan Collection, National Archives of Canada