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Temple, W.H. -- Interview

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

379723

Titre de la série :

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Pièce (Niveau acquisition)

Date :

1974-07-04

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

379723

Genre de documents :

Documents sonores

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Films, vidéos et enregistrements sonores

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Fonds/collection :

THE GREAT WAR AND CANADIAN SOCIETY PROJECT

No d'acquisition :

1975-0098

Support :

Enregistrement sonore

Partie :

2 of 2

Date de production :

1974-07-04

Compagnie de production :

Opportunities for Youth

Générique (équipe de production) :

interviewer, Pauline Pytka

Description :

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Interview of W.H. Temple, who was born in Montreal in 1898. He talks about: his parents; his wife; living in Regina until he moved to Kitchener in the middle of the depression and then to Toronto; working for the Grand Trunk Railway in 1912 where his father was a conductor; moving from Montreal in 1910 to go to Toronto; going to school in Toronto; working as an office boy; his father’s salary as a conductor at 60 dollars a month; difficult living conditions; people coming to the door asking for meals or assistance; how the outbreak of the First World War gave a boost to manufacturing; going to work as an office boy for Clute, Peabody and Co., a manufacturer of men’s collars and shirts; enlisting in 1917; feelings of patriotism for the British Empire; being taught British history in school; the patriotic response by the Canadian people when war broke out; joining the air force; going to a flying school in Toronto to learn to be a pilot; then went to the Royal Naval College in Britain in late 1917 where he took courses in the theory of flight and then learned practical aspects of flying; the creation of the Royal Air Force in 1918 out of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps; training with an instructor for 2 to 3 hours and then being sent on a solo flight; training on scout planes; learning to fly Camel aircraft; the nerve-wracking experience of taking off and landing; doing stunts such as loops, spins and turns; the high rate of casualties among pilots; being sent as a pilot to France; Allied dominance in the air and on the ground by the time he got there; going on patrol; living in tents near the canvas hangars for the aircraft; the open cockpits of fighter aircraft; pilot gear such as fur-lined boots, helmets, leather coats and goggles; Baron Von Richtofen; the improvement in fighter aircraft as the war went on; flying in V-shaped formation; pilots signalling by waving their wings; shrapnel from ground fire hitting planes; repairing holes with canvas; recruiting pilots in Canada; Billy Bishop and Raymond Collishaw; the role of Canadian women in munitions factories and as nurses during the war; feelings of patriotism; his fond memory of arriving in London, England and feeling patriotic; seeing uniforms of people from various places such as Africa, the Carribean, New Zealand, Australia and India; the class barrier to becoming an officer; being told that because he was an officer he could not meet publicly with a friend who was a private; changes in European politics after the First World War; social activities while in France such as playing bridge; alcohol consumption among soldiers; his postwar career as a salesman; hearing speeches by J.S. Woodsworth and labour leaders; the organization of western wheat pools against the Grain Exchange; meeting Caldwell and J.S. Woodsworth; labour unions; patriotism and the acceptance of propaganda during the war; commercial rivalry between Germany and Britain as an underlying cause of the war; flag waving and bands playing; the depression in 1914 and long line-ups of people looking for jobs at the train station, loading rail cars, and how the unemployed got jobs in the army and this prevented opposition.

Langue :

English

Remarques :

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1. The interviews took place in 1974 and resulted in the publication of a book entitled "The Great War and Canadian Society" edited by Daphne Read - copyright 1978 - New Hogtown Press, Toronto.~2. Release forms, data sheets, and summary analysis/transcripts are available in binders labelled Opportunities for Youth - War and Canadian Society in VSA's audio-visual section.~3. Part of a series of recorded interviews with elderly citizens who lived in Canada during the period of World War I. The interview material consists of their opinions and observations about the war, the war years, and the effect on Canadian society during and after WWI.~4. The interviewee signed an agreement giving consent for a recording of this interview to be placed in the Public Archives of Canada for the purposes of historical research and also signed a publication agreement allowing any transcribed portions of the interview to be used in the book under the condition that no full names, addresses or phone numbers would be published.~5. Subject description is based on information found in the fact sheet, deposit agreement, publication agreement and summary analysis.

Détails de l'inventaire :

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No. de voûte (ISN) :

436938

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

C01435

Entrepôt :

GAT

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

R/R

Description technique :

POLY

Tiré de :

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Statut :

MASTER

No. de voûte (ISN) :

436939

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

C01446

Entrepôt :

GAT

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

R/R

Description technique :

POLY

Tiré de :

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Statut :

MASTER

No. de voûte (ISN) :

737117

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

1975-0098/160
1975-0098/161

Entrepôt :

GAT

Nombre de pièces :

2

Type de son :

CASSETTE

Tiré de :

DEPOSIT

Statut :

ORIG
Pour réserver ou commander des documents

Conditions d'accès :

Libre

Restrictions sur la consultation :

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction :

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

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