Canadian Army newsreels on YOUTUBE

[Dave Block]

A number of years back someone released a collection of Cdn.army newsreel shorts on video cassette. These were shown in movie theatres before the feature film during the war to show the folks back home how their boys were doing, a sort of pre-TV six o'clock news. If I recall correctly, they were full 4-5 minute segments, not the 5 second clips that turn up in documentaries.
Does anyone know if this is available in a DVD format? I'd love to get ahold of a copy, it hade great shots of Canadians using captured Italian SPG's (repainted green(?) with 'CANADA' in big white letters), buffaloes in Holland, that sort of thing.

Any leads are greatly appreciated. Cheers, Dave

God Bless the Vets

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

HISTORIC ARMY NEWSREELS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC

OTTAWA, Nov. 1 /CNW/ - To commemorate the 65th anniversary of the end of WWII, The War Amps is making the complete set of The Canadian Army Newsreels available to the public for the first time, as part of its Military Heritage Series.

Featuring 20 hours of footage, this 6 DVD set contains 106 newsreels filmed and produced by the Canadian Army Film Unit.

The front-line cameramen were soldiers first and took guns into battle along with their 35 mm movie cameras to record the Canadian Infantry in action. Their heroic efforts enabled them to scoop the international press on the major events in Europe including the invasion of Sicily and the top story of the century - D-Day.

The newsreels also feature the daily routines of the soldiers behind the lines, life on the home front and historic footage of politicians and generals from the Allied and Axis countries. The newsreels were produced by the Army for soldiers serving overseas. Some footage shot by the Film Unit was also shown in home front movie theatres.

A vignette telling the story of the Canadian Army Film Unit, and samples of the newsreels, can be viewed at waramps.ca/military/canr.html and on The War Amps YouTube channel at youtube.com/warampsofcanada.

The War Amps embarked on this special project in cooperation with Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and veterans of the Canadian Army Film Unit. The Canadian Army Newsreels hold an important place in Canada's military history. While researchers have had access to the newsreels housed at LAC, The War Amps DVD set makes them available to a much wider audience.

Like all War Amps productions, The Canadian Army Newsreels DVD set was funded by corporate donations. It is available to the public at a cost-recovery price of $30 (including DVD guide) by calling toll-free 1 800 250-3030 or at waramps.ca.

For further information:

For more information or a broadcast-quality clip of the Newsreels, please contact Communications at 1 877 60MEDIA orcommunications@waramps.ca. Photos can be downloaded atwww.waramps.ca/newsroom/stock_photos/canr.html

[Don Dingwall]

Can't beat that price.
Just ordered mine.

Good on the FYI Alex.

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Don Dingwall

Can't beat that price.
Just ordered mine.

Good on the FYI Alex.

Don..
Are you going to make Gracies at 5 Friday night..??
Your seat is reserved..
Alex

[Don Dingwall]

5 PM Friday?

Didn't know it was that soon. We'll have to see.

[Rob Fast]

I would imagine it would be much like the old VHS Newsreel tape I bought out of the back of our Canadian Legion mag years ago. Looking forward to seeing it though. I swear the same soldier shows up in three different newsreels, that or he has a whole wack of identical brothers. Cheers Rob

[Alex van de Wetering]

It seems Library Archives of Canada has just published a bunch of Canadian Army newsreels on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...iRfipt0O15HlmW


Alex

edit: Posts seem really fresh... it seems most of the newsreels were only posted yesterday!

[rob love]

Reel number 4 around the 6:35 mark:

"Dieppe was a great combined ops proving ground....and remember Gerry, next time we go, we go to stay. "


Thanks for the links Alex. I guess I know what I'll be watching tonight.

[Alex van de Wetering]

You're welcome Rob. Same here....watching some newsreels for the next few hours.

Canadian Army Newsreel, No. 33 (1944) .....12cab at 6:53 (presumably 3 ton) and a 12cab FAT at 7:23

Alex

[Hanno Spoelstra]

"Naais!"

No. 9 show Ram tanks in exercise in England.

H.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Canadian Army Newsreel, No. 106 (1946)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLIU...iRfipt0O15HlmW

"Army vehicles for farmers" at 3:46....nice Cab 11/12's

Alex

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Alex

Many thanks for posting the link to the Canadian Army Newsreels series on YouTube. Started off jumping around looking at them then decided start at the beginning and work my way through.

Watching them in order makes more sense of the history behind what is being shown. It is interesting to watch how the production values and scripting of the films evolves over time.

Any one wanting to find an authentic vehicle number for a particular vehicle which is lacking such history the Newsreels offer a good chance to find a number that would be correct for a particular type of MV.

The episodes listed on Youtube come from two sources with many having both but sometimes only one source posted a particular episode. Youtube search of "Canadian Army Newsreels" seems to find all of them.

Again thanks Alex for point us to these.

Cheers Phil

[Hanno Spoelstra]

All threads on "Canadian Army Newsreels" now merged.

[John McGillivray]

The War Amps have posted Canadian Army Newsreels in Youtube .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Jg...CC43B7CD63C686

[r.morrison]

John....Thanks for posting this. Going to be a few late nights taking all this in. Robert

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally Posted by r.morrison

John....Thanks for posting this. Going to be a few late nights taking all this in. Robert

Indeed! I have the DVDs and there is a whole lot of watching to be done.

[Jordan Baker]

For $30 Cnd you can buy the entier set from the War Amps. The disks come with a small booklet with a synopsis of every disk and reel.

http://www.waramps.ca/military/canr.html