• CFPU: CINE Personnel
    • Remembering ‘Stormin’ Norman (Norman C. Quick, CSC; 1921-2013)
    • Chuck Ross: Combat Cameraman
    • Brian O’Regan: “Liberator of Dieppe” By James O’Regan
    • In Remembrance: Sgt. Lloyd Millon
    • Andrew Graham “Cam” Campbell
    • My photographer friend was a WW II hero by By JEFF MAGUIRE
  • CFPU: Stills Photographers
    • Meet Sgt. Karen Hermeston.
    • Paul J. Tomelin – 1925-2016
    • W/O Frank Hall RCAF: Canadian Medical Photographer
  • Drivers
    • David Norman King – CFPU Driver
    • Private Lewis Luke Currie was my Grandfather
  • Production Staff
    • The women of the CFPU.
    • Michael D. Spencer – November 9, 1919 – April 20, 2016
  • Newsreels
    • The Canadian Army Newsreel: On the Home Screens
    • War Amps releases Newsreels By Peter Dudley
    • Framing the Past through the lens of the Present By Gillian Evans
  • Books
    • War Through the Lens by Dan Conlin
    • The Accidental Birdwatcher – Book Review
    • Inspired by the CFPU by Josha Sietsma
  • Contact
  • Links
    • The War Amps
    • Combat Camera
    • Legion Magazine
    • Canadian Geographic

Green Fields Beyond – a CFPU – inspired diorama by Colin Sibilleau

June 30, 2022
CINE Personnel/D Day/Films/History/Posts/Stills Photographers

All images credit: Colin Sibilleau The Sherman III « BOMB » of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers was possibly the only Canadian Sherman to roll

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Captain King Whyte: The Voice

April 30, 2022
Biographies/History/Newsreels/Posts/Production Staff

ABOVE: Captain King Whyte poses for a picture at his desk, England, 21 January, 1946. Photo by Sgt. Karen Hermeston. Born James

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‘Sjoerd de Vrij – The Fire of Freedom’

April 5, 2022
Biographies/Books/CINE Personnel/History/Posts

With the anniversary of the Liberation of Holland fast approaching, (May 5th, 2022), I would like to share an interesting graphic novel

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Sgt. Leonard E. Thompson: Combat Cameraman

February 28, 2022
Biographies/CINE Personnel/History/Posts

I want to thank, Angela Faulconer, and Deleyne Wentz both, for making this post possible. Oftentimes I am forced to rely heavily

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FOUND: CFPU Motion Picture Camera

November 10, 2021
CINE Personnel/History/Posts

Just days away from commemorating Remembrance Day on November 11th, I received an exciting email from Chris Graham of Ottawa; "I recently

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In Memory: Nadine Manning

August 31, 2021
Biographies/History/Posts

I first met Nadine at the Department of Public Affairs Learning Centre (DPALC) in Gatineau, when they held a reunion for the

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CFPU and the Dieppe Raid : “not important enough”

August 1, 2021
History/Posts

As we near the 79th anniversary this year of the Dieppe Raid (August 19th, 1942), I wanted to post an update to

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D-Day – JUNE 6, 2021

June 6, 2021
D Day/History/Posts

I thought of marking the anniversary of the D-Day Landing in Normandy, on June 6th, 1944, by revisiting some of the posts

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“Deal with the Devil” by Ben Moogk & Glenn Warner

May 30, 2021
*Ben Moogk*/*Glenn Warner*/History/Posts

One of the most dramatic events in Canada’s history is the Achterveld Conference. Famous and infamous men bargained over the lives of

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“Ortona Christmas” by Ben Moogk

March 29, 2021
*Ben Moogk*/Guest Articles/Posts

The Ortona Christmas dinner is a significant event in the history of the Canadian regiments who fought in Ortona in December 1943

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Valour in Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives by Ben Moogk

February 16, 2021
*Ben Moogk*/Guest Articles/Posts

“Photographer: Lieut.D.I.Grant – Roll 84 and 85 – 19 Aug 44 Location: St.Lambert sur Dives Story: “B” Coy Argyll Sutherlands have a

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Alicia Chambers – RCAF – Leading Aircraft Woman

January 1, 2021
Biographies/Posts

Phone conversation originally recorded, March 8th, 2013. Edited by Dale Gervais, January 1, 2021. Alicia Chambers : I was born in Lethbridge,

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Forever Changed – Stories From the Second World War

December 7, 2020
Biographies/CINE Personnel/Posts

Currently available to the public until September 6, 2021, is a new exhibition entitled : “Forever Changed – Stories From the Second

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The Fate of Sgt. Lloyd Millon – Known Unto God

November 11, 2020
*Ben Moogk*/Biographies/CINE Personnel/Guest Articles/Posts

The following article is written by my good friend and colleague, Ben Moogk, who has been a dedicated researcher of Canada’s involvement

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A father and son remember the Canadians in the Pas-de-Calais in September 1944

September 11, 2020
Guest Articles/History/Posts

I was recently contacted by a visitor to the website seeking information on the Canadian involvement during WWII around the Boulogne and

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Dale Gervais has been actively researching and documenting the history of the Canadian Film & Photo Unit since 2006. Dale recently retired in September, 2018, after over 36 years with Library & Archives Canada. Dale now works as an independent researcher, with experience in audio visual holdings, video production and more recently doing Archival textual document searches, and photographic scanning.

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In Memory: Nadine Manning

August 31, 2021

David Norman King – CFPU Driver

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The women of the CFPU.

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  • CFPU: CINE Personnel
    • Remembering ‘Stormin’ Norman (Norman C. Quick, CSC; 1921-2013)
    • Chuck Ross: Combat Cameraman
    • Brian O’Regan: “Liberator of Dieppe” By James O’Regan
    • In Remembrance: Sgt. Lloyd Millon
    • Andrew Graham “Cam” Campbell
    • My photographer friend was a WW II hero by By JEFF MAGUIRE
  • CFPU: Stills Photographers
    • Meet Sgt. Karen Hermeston.
    • Paul J. Tomelin – 1925-2016
    • W/O Frank Hall RCAF: Canadian Medical Photographer
  • Drivers
    • David Norman King – CFPU Driver
    • Private Lewis Luke Currie was my Grandfather
  • Production Staff
    • The women of the CFPU.
    • Michael D. Spencer – November 9, 1919 – April 20, 2016
  • Newsreels
    • The Canadian Army Newsreel: On the Home Screens
    • War Amps releases Newsreels By Peter Dudley
    • Framing the Past through the lens of the Present By Gillian Evans
  • Books
    • War Through the Lens by Dan Conlin
    • The Accidental Birdwatcher – Book Review
    • Inspired by the CFPU by Josha Sietsma
  • Contact
  • Links
    • The War Amps
    • Combat Camera
    • Legion Magazine
    • Canadian Geographic
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