Wartime work for the National Film Board of Canada
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 131 black & white negatives of various military training operations, mostly around Ottawa [?] taken by Ron Duke while working for the National Film Board during World War II. Includes landscapes, airplanes, truck convoys, military bases and camps, parades, and group shots in …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940-1945]
- Reference Code
- V180 / I / B / iii / NA - 01 to 19
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M16 / V180
- Series
- I. Early material
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- 5772
- Reference Code
- V180 / I / B / iii / NA - 01 to 19
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940-1945]
- Physical Description
- 131 photographs : b&w nitrate negatives ; 10 x 12.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 131 black & white negatives of various military training operations, mostly around Ottawa [?] taken by Ron Duke while working for the National Film Board during World War II. Includes landscapes, airplanes, truck convoys, military bases and camps, parades, and group shots in various settings - includes multiple negatives per envelope. [1] - [Group of people holding a “Welcome West” sign] [2] - [Military gun manufacture] [3] - [Military plane in flight] [4] - [Military trucks on road – one rolled over in ditch] [5] - [Truck convoy] [6] - [Forest training camp] [7] - [Military plane in flight – dropping bombs?] [8] - [Portraits of men in safety equipment] [9] - [Machinery] [10] - [Men at work in workshops] [11] - [Skiing?] [12] - [Aerial view of forest] [13] - [Deep snow on steps and car] [14] - [People looking out train windows at station] [15] - [Collection of buildings – military base?] [16] - [Group shots of people – mostly men in military uniforms] [17] - [People on military base] [18] - [Military parade] [19] - [Prairie landscape]
- Subject Access
- Airplanes
- Automobiles
- Buildings
- Camps
- Military
- War
- Winter
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Ontario
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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