| CANADA'S NATIONAL MEMORIAL Statues for Canada's war memorial - described by the | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5474 |
| Catalog #: | 242867 | |
| Clip Number: | 242867-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 32/70 | |
| Timecode: | 01:33:48 - 01:35:03 | |
| Location: | Kent | |
| Year Shot: | 1932 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ART: Sculpture LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS: Military | |
| Description: | "Farnborough, Kent. Canada's National Memorial - to her 68,000 dead. Colossal group of bronze figures - after 6 years unremitting labour, by the famous 6 March brothers & their sister - completed!" Farnborough, Kent. Three men and a woman (presumably the March family) stand in front of a large bronze statue of soldiers. Various shots of the figures in the statue - a monument (according to the man speaking) to the great response of Canada in 1914. More shots of the family in the midst of various statues of the Canadian war memorial. CU various bits of the sculpture - it will be erected in Hyde Park, London for a short while before being shipped to Canada. Shots of a model showing how the completed memorial will look when fully erected. | |
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