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Search for survivors

The item is a video copy of a documentary film showing the work of Canadian Armed Forces 442 Search and Rescue Squadron, based at Comox, and in particular, the search for downed pilot Rudy Bauer. Commanding officer Lt. Col. Demers is interviewed. The Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria is also shown.

George R. Pearkes interview : [Burg, 1974]

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1974-04-19 SUMMARY: Background information. Service in World War I. Won Victoria Cross at the battle of Passchendaele, 1917. Comments on various duties in the interwar period, and type of training provided to soldiers (i;ncluding Kingston Military College). Service as Commanding General, Canadian Pacific Command: cooperation with the American armed forces; use of volunteers in the Canadian militia; training the soldiers; operations against Kiska. Conscription controversy. Service as M.P. for Nanaimo (later Esquimalt-Saanich) and as Canadian Minister of Defence: establishment of NORAD; use of Canadian troops in NATO; cooperation with officials of the Eisenhower Administration.;

H.F.G. Letson interview

CALL NUMBER: T0248:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Canadian Officers' Training Corps - cadet, officer, and C.O., 1914-1936 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: General H.F.G. Letson (born 1896) discusses his family background. High school cadets. Formation of COTC, WWI. President Wesbrook. 196th Battalion. Overseas in France and at Vimy Ridge. Returns to UBC in 1918. Disbandment. Views on anti-miltary feeling on campus. TRACK 2: B.C. Regiment 1920s. Co-operation of militia with COTC. Becomes Commanding Officer of COTC. Gallipoli lectures. Musketry. "My foreign legion". Philosophy of COTC. Personal feelings. Interest in history.;

CALL NUMBER: T0248:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Canadian Officers' Training Corps - cadet, officer, and C.O., 1914-1936 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: General H.F.G. Letson discusses incidents in 1919 of student opposition. 1941 military attacks in Washington. 1942 Assistant General in charge of recruitment. Problems of recruitment WWII. Story by Sam Hughes. Explanation of WWII policy of dividing Canadian army. TRACK 2: General McNaughton and autonomy issue. Post-WWII committee for militia policy. Views on disbandment of Canadian Officers' Training Corps. Views on integration. Support of COTC.;

Dr. Lawrence E. Ranta interview : [Specht, 1973]

CALL NUMBER: T0247:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dr. Lawrence E. Ranta : Canadian Officers' Training Corps, 1944-1968 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Lawrence E. Ranta discusses his family background and medical career. Missisauga Horse Guard. Finnish background. International developments of the 1930s. Wartime research at UBC. TRACK 2: Wartime research at UBC. Field craft instruction, COTC. Views on benefits of COTC. CALL NUMBER: T0247:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dr. Lawrence E. Ranta : Canadian Officers' Training Corps 1944-1968 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Lawrence E. Ranta discusses the administrative ability of Dr. Shrum. P.M.C. duties. Mess events. Humorous incident regarding painting displayed in mess. Emily Carr paintings. TRACK 2: Emily Carr paintings. Mess furniture. Miss Davies and Mess dinners. R.O.T.P. and Canadian Officers' Training Corps (COTC). Quotas issue. Views on COTC and citizenship. Resistance to quota reductions. Col;. McLean. CALL NUMBER: T0247:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dr. Lawrence E. Ranta : Canadian Officers' Training Corps 1944-1968 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Lawrence E. Ranta discusses COTC relations with local units. Annual Commanding Officers' meetings. Integration. Comparison of Liberal and Conservative policy. Gen. George Pearkes. Becomes a Commanding Officer. UNTD. Implementing integration. TRACK 2: Financial reasons for disbandment. Campus mood 1960s. Canadian forces and Defence Policy. Nuclear age. Peace keeping. COTC training in the 1960s. Distinguished visitors. Arrival dinners. Praise for naval unit.

John F. McLean interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Canadian Officers' Training Corps, UBC, 1953-1957 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: John F. McLean was born in 1911 and discusses his personal background and education. Recalls formation of the Canadian Officers' Training Corps (COTC) in 1928 and UBC campus reaction. His attitude to the COTC when he was a student and student opposition. International developments of the 1930s and the advent of war and military training as a cadet in the COTC 1939. Seaforth Highlanders. Experiences in Sicily and Italy. Post-WWII life. TRACK 2: Joins the COTC as a Commanding Officer in 1953. Significance of the Reserve Officer Training Program (ROTP). Purpose of annual meetings of Canadian COTC Commanding Officers. Discussion of quotas issue. Resistance to phasing out of units. Individuals who fought to save units.

Correspondence

  • GR-1318
  • Series
  • 1951-1975

This series contains general correspondence between the Deputy Minister and Agents-General for British Columbia in London. The series includes a confidential report from the Fire Marshall on a fire that occurred at Government House in 1957. There is also general correspondence with the B.C. Commissioner for Trade and Tourism, San Francisco (1962-1974) and general inquiries to the Hon. the Premier (1953-1969). Letters includes notes and petitions from Vancouver City Archivist (Major Matthews) to HM the Queen, praying that the Westminster Regiment be allowed to bear the suffix "Royal." There are also three photographs of BC House in London, England, taken in 1951.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary

[Search and rescue -- Mother III]

News footage. A re-enactment of a Canadian Armed Forces search and rescue operation. On 15-Mar-1978, Doug Larden's fishing vessel, "Mother III", had an engine room fire en route from Vancouver Island to the herring fishery off Queen Charlottes. The crew was forced to escape by liferaft. Three days later, they were spotted by a Canadian Forces Argus aircraft and rescued by helicopter.

[CHEK-TV news film -- military stock shots]

Stock shots. 1. Terry Fox rally. "To a great guy, Terry Fox, from the crew of the M.V. Victoria Princess." 2. Car wash. 3. Radio station interior. 4. Incinerator. 5. Nuclear medicine; chemotherapy. 6. Hospital shots -- surgery. 7. Guard dog. 8. Cyclotron (TRIUMF?). 9. Mirror for Canada/France/USA telescope in Hawaii. 10. Radio telescope (satellite dish?) -- Teleglobe Canada Earth Station at Lake Cowichan. 11. BC Ferry workers on strike. 12. "Queen of Chemainus" in dry dock. [Note: no known vessel by that name.] 13. CP Ferry "Prince George". 14. Troops landing on a beach. 15. Arctic exercises -- troops in white. 16. Naval vessel. 17. Winter exercises -- troops cavorting. 18. Parachute drop. 19. Tall ship in harbour -- "Sagres". 20. HMCS "Provider" -- troops boarding. 21. Jet fighter launching missile; aircraft in flight. 23. On parade. 24. Battlefield exercise.

Ray Herbert interview

CALL NUMBER: T0503:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ray Herbert : Reserve University Squadron, 1952-1968 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.) [?], 1974-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Herbert was born in 1924 and discusses his schooling. Alberta militia unit. Joins RCAF. Overseas bomber squadron. Enters Law faculty at UBC. Joins auxiliary wing at Sea Island. Interaction between Sea Island unit and UBC squadron. Views on disbandment of UBC Reserve University Squadron (RUS) in 1945, and re-establishment in 1949. Becomes a Commanding Officer in 1952. Impressions of armoury and personnel. TRACK 2: Officer's mess. Parade night activities. Summer training program. Effect upon Canadian unity. Attainments of air training program. Recruitment. CALL NUMBER: T0503:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ray Herbert : Reserve University Squadron, 1952-1968 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.) [?], 1974-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Herbert discusses recruitment. Women cadets. Supplying officers. Establishment of Victoria unit. Quota issue. Reserve Officers' Training Program (ROTP). Annual meetings of commanding officers from across Canada. Organization. Tri-Service staff officer. TRACK 2. Canada's changing foreign policy. Views on Canada's position vis-a-vis the United States. Effects of removal of air crew training. Interaction with army and navy units. Annual tri-services parade. CALL NUMBER: T0503:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ray Herbert : Reserve University Squadron, 1952-1968 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.) [?], 1974-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Herbert discusses integration [of the services] -- pros and cons. Disbandment. UBC administration cooperative. Advantages of training to students. Personal satisfaction.

Robert Bonner interview : [Specht, 1973]

CALL NUMBER: T0244:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Canadian Officers' Training Corps, UBC, 1940-1953 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-07-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert W. Bonner discusses his family background and schooling. Depression issues. UBC campus politics. Canadian Students Assembly 1940-1941. Enrolment in the Canadian Officers' Training Corps (COTC). Training. Theory of training. TRACK 2: Impressions of Col. Shrum. COTC activities. Seaforth Highlanders. Sicily and Italy. Training instructor in England. Becomes Chief Training Officer at COTC 1945-1946.

CALL NUMBER: T0244:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Canadian Officers' Training Corps, UBC, 1940-1953 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-07-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert W. Bonner discusses COTC summer camp. Enters Law faculty. Views on COTC. Post-war international developments. Post-war COTC. University administration cooperativeness. TRACK 2: Becomes; a Commanding Officer. Post-war international affairs. Unification issue. Contributions of COTC. Liberal education a value to officers. Value of military training.

Clippings and other material

Clippings, printed material, notes and photographs accumulated during his career as a reporter on religious, military and marine matters in Victoria, including material on C.A.F. in Cyprus and Germany; records of the Old Contemptibles Association, Victoria; papers re Camp Thunderbird (Victoria YM/YWCA); papers on the Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay; papers re Company I (theatre company) and M.A. Grainger. Photos transferred to Visual Records accession 198002-14.