Nitschky, George

October 2, 2022

George Nitschky was born in August, 1928, and enrolled in the School of Photography Course No. 8, at CFB Rockliffe, Ottawa, in January, 1948.

George initially planned on training as an Air Lines Mechanic, but opted to attend a four-month long course in the Photo Trade.

Topics covered included, optics, lighting, chemistry, processing, exposures, along with practical exercises.

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DUTIES: PHOTOGRAPHER

LOCATION: CFB ROCKLIFFE

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BRANCH: RCAF

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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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