Tour of OPTIC (Operational and Technical Imagery Centre)
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Canadian Forces Operational and Technical Imagery Centre (OPTIC) located at building M-23 on the…
Library & Archives Canada: “Army Numerical” Series (110 Albums) Now Available Online
For the first time, all 110 photographic albums, known as the “Army numerical” series at Library & Archives Canada, are now available…
D-Day Discoveries: 75 Years After
75 years ago, in the early morning of June 6th, 1944, Sgt. Bill Grant, Canadian combat cameraman of the Canadian Army Film…
Óscar Galansky – Living History Re-enactor
UPDATE: Oscar Galansky has been extremely busy digging into the history of the Canadian Army Film & Photo Unit. Oscar recently contacted…
Lew Currie
Film has the unique magic of giving the dead a semblance of life that is not captured in the still photograph. This…
Fred G. Spear: Photographer – PR Darkroom Technician
So much time has passed since the end of the war, that it has made locating information about some of the veterans…
