On-line searching CNA
Dave,
The problem with distance research, especially with the Cdn National Archives, is that the good stuff hasn't been found yet.
The Nat'l Film Board stills can all be viewed as contact prints gklued to a caption card. This is the way they were catalogued by the NFB. When the turned over their collection to the Archives it remained so. Only when a researcher requests that one of these old stills is reproduced by the Archives is it then given a "PA" number. Six to 12 months later it may make it onto the on-line data-base.
This means that only photos which may already have appeared in print can be found on their web-site and the 95% which has never been seen by the public remains dormant.
I'm serious, jump onto a plane and come over. Rations & quarters are taken care of, all you need is some drinking money. Plan on a week.
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Those who live by the sword will be shot by those of us who have progressed.
- M38A1, 67-07800, ex LETE
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