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Glory of the Innocents: Dieppe Decoded by Richard Tomkies

August 19, 2022
Guest Articles/History/Posts

In honour of the 80th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid, I am reposting this article by Richard Tomkies, initially published on: Nov

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

June 30, 2022

‘Sjoerd de Vrij – The Fire of Freedom’

April 5, 2022

Found footage: Lew Currie, Canadian Army Film Unit, Driver – update

July 26, 2018

History in the Taking by Jon Farrell

June 1, 1945

In Search of D-Day

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War Through the Lens trailer

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70th Anniversary D Day, JUNE 6th, 2014

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    • CANADIAN ARMY FILM & PHOTO UNIT
    • ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE FILM UNIT
    • ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY FILM UNIT
    • ARMY PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN (POST WAR)
    • RCAF PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN (POST-WAR)
    • RCN PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN (POST WAR)
  • Posts
  • 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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