Great work Dale! Am I wrong in thinking the colour film attachment to the “25th Brigade in Korea” film, the one you say probably comes from the RCN, was used in the recent CBC bit about DDay? If so, I was thinking that the film’s description of attributing it to DDay is wrong. To me the scenes look like they were taken during Operation Fabius, the practice landing, that occurred in May 44. They are very reminiscent of the photos that Gilbert Milne took for Fabius, but it looks like they were taken from a different LCI so it can’t be him. All in all another excellent production Dale!
Hi @mithridateseupator3492, thanks for the comment - I believe you are correct regarding the 'DDay' footage - another colleague has also indicated it must be a practice landing. I will be collecting all these comments and submitting these to Library & Archives Canada to possibly have this information added to the database. Like myself, CBC used the same material because well, you just never know, and makes for good TV ; )
Great work Dale! Am I wrong in thinking the colour film attachment to the “25th Brigade in Korea” film, the one you say probably comes from the RCN, was used in the recent CBC bit about DDay? If so, I was thinking that the film’s description of attributing it to DDay is wrong. To me the scenes look like they were taken during Operation Fabius, the practice landing, that occurred in May 44. They are very reminiscent of the photos that Gilbert Milne took for Fabius, but it looks like they were taken from a different LCI so it can’t be him. All in all another excellent production Dale!
Hi @mithridateseupator3492, thanks for the comment - I believe you are correct regarding the 'DDay' footage - another colleague has also indicated it must be a practice landing. I will be collecting all these comments and submitting these to Library & Archives Canada to possibly have this information added to the database. Like myself, CBC used the same material because well, you just never know, and makes for good TV ; )