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RCAF War Artist-Photographer

November 26, 2022
Biographies/Military Photographers/Posts

I wanted to share an amazing story I recently read on the Globe & Mail website, written by Roy MacGregor. The article

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NEW! Military Photographer Profiles

November 10, 2022
Biographies/Military Photographers/Posts

To celebrate Remembrance Day this year, I wanted to introduce a new feature on the website now easily accessed via the dropdown

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The Fate of Sgt. Lloyd Millon – Known Unto God

November 1, 2022
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Reposted here to commemorate the missing in action of Sgt. Lloyd Millon, CFPU cameraman, 78 years ago today. Sgt. Millon was engaged

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Milfoto Reunion 2022

August 26, 2022
Guest Articles/History/Posts

by: Shawn M. Kent (CPO 1 Ret’d) Since the 1960s serving and retired military photographers have come together for an informal reunion.

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Glory of the Innocents: Dieppe Decoded by Richard Tomkies

August 19, 2022
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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
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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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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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Charmian Odette Sansom – Canadian Publicity Officer

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In Remembrance: Sgt. Lloyd Millon

November 10, 2016

Fred G. Spear: Photographer – PR Darkroom Technician

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David Norman King – CFPU Driver

July 26, 2014

Remembering ‘Stormin’ Norman (Norman C. Quick, CSC; 1921-2013)

September 14, 2013

Lew Currie

May 14, 2018

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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  • Military Photographers
    • 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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