SCENES IN CANADA, NORTHERN IRELAND AND MALTA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SCENES IN CANADA, NORTHERN IRELAND AND MALTA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6916
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY COMMANDER "PAT" STRINGER [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film, with some titles, shot by Commander "Pat" George Stringer DFC, while serving in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA), records flying and relaxation scenes in Canada during his service with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, and Northern Ireland, where after service on HMS Ark Royal he was posted to train FAA pilots.
  • Description: Reel 1: Landward view of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), and shore scenes. "Kingston" [RCAF Station Kingston, Ontario - No 31 Service Flying Training School for advanced training on Battles and Harvards]. Yellow Harvards on airfield, in flight, landing and taxiying. Inspection on airfield, with females in uniform. Country scenes. Pilot climbs into cockpit of Blackburn Shark III (L2340) seaplane, and aerial views. Parade by Fleet Air Arm officer and sailor trainees in summer whites. Semaphore practice. Lush vegetation and Mississippi paddleboat suggest journey to southern states of USA. Officers pose for group photo, presumably at end of course. "Toronto" Aerial views of the city and railway marshalling yards; ground views of summer park and skyscraper and another distinctive tall building. Victory Loan Procession through Toronto by boy sailors, girls in uniform, Sherman tank and kilted regiment of Canadian Army. (15 mins) Reel 2: Seasonal landscape scenes in Canada. Harvard trainers on snow-covered airfeld. Roadsign indicates locality is Gananoque [relief landing field for RAF No 31 Service Flying Training School, 1940-45]. "Thousand Island Bridge to USA" [over St Lawrence River] Aerial and ground views. "Ottawa. Houses of Parliament" Panning shot over the buildings, with snow in foreground. Sign outside Château Laurier Hotel in Quebec - "Rooms $3 up". "The Freeze-Up begins" Winter landscapes. "Kingston, Ontario, 1942 But when it snows, oh boy!" Airmen trudge through blizzard on airfield with windsock. (Colour) Wintry road scenes, with RAF airman beside a car. (15 mins) Reel 3: Parade on snow-covered airfield. About one hundred Battle trainers parked in groups of four on airfield. "Moving House" (B&W) Sailing on ice. "Launching a corvette" Small ship is launched into iced-over water; Kingston Elevator Company Ltd building visible. "Dartmouth, N.S. to Aylmer, Ont 975 miles" [Aylmer - No 14 Service Flying Training School, till August 1944] Aerial views during flight. US flag flying on airfield; Blackburn Shark III. Sign of No 14 SFTS. Pan over snow-covered airfield buildings. Battle or Harvard trainers on airfield and in flight; pilot steps down from plane. FAA officers relax in Canadian springtime. Pasing out parade. Sunset. "Eglinton, N.I." Red flag with white cross flies at RAF Eglinton, Northern Ireland [used for North Atlantic flights]. "Corsair makes a belly landing" "Ballyhalbert, N.I." [RAF airfield for protection of Belfast] Odd military ferry across harbour. "V-J Day Belfast" Brief shot of parade. Sign indicates Captain's Quarters. Victory bonfire at night. (16 mins) Reel 4: "MAC ships and an Escort Carrier" Fairey Swordfish lands on deck of a MAC (Merchant Aircraft Carrier). At sea in line astern, signalling to aircraft. Aircraft 802 takes off and another lands. Cruiser in dazzle camouflage. Swordfish takes off loaded with four small bombs. Four Corsairs take off. Tilt up to bridge. Battle fleet in line ahead. HMS Victory in dry dock. Jets land and take off from aircraft carrier; filming helicopter lands and takes off. Positioning Seafire on deck. Escort carrier HMS Thane (D83) [Nov 1943 - Jan 1945] refuelling at sea. Jets perform at post-war air show. Destroyers at sea. Helicopter lands on deck and takes off. Miscellany of views of planes taking off and landing. Sailors parade on airfield, accompanied by Royal Marine band. (16 mins)
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY COMMANDER "PAT" STRINGER [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: MGH 6916
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 1942
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  • Production Details: Stringer, George N P ()
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  • Technical Details: Format: Std 8mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 4
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