World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations

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Hubert Hall and Edward Livesay interview

The item is an audio recording with Bert Hall, surveyor and corporal in the Rocky Mountain Rangers during the 1900s, tells tall tales, and recalls an incident when he was mistakenly shot at, taken for another person involved in a vendetta. The last ten minutes of track 1 is Ted Livesay telling of his navy experiences. He joined the naval reserve corps in Esquimalt in 1913. In track 2 Ted Hall describes his experiences aboard the HMCS "Rainbow": its role in the "Komagata Maru" incident, and a near miss with German cruisers in the Pacific during WWI. Subsequently he served on the East Coast on the HMCS "Niobe"; then with the British navy in the North Atlantic. Later recollection of a ship's surgeon by the name of Captain Nimmo [?].

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Compilation. Guns [at Fort Rodd Hill?]. Combined fotage of naval combat, World War One and Two. Seaman wearing cap labelled "HMCS Bonaventure". Air and sea combat: aircraft carrier with planes taking off and helicopter hovering over deck. Submarine. Recent naval exercises with destroyers (one marked #282), helicopter, and missile launcher. Control room with officers, radar screen, etc.

The Navy looks back

SUMMARY: An hour-long documentary marking the Golden Jubilee of the Royal Canadian Navy. The RCN's history is traced through interviews with: Rear Admiral Walter Hose; Rear Admiral Victor Broduer; Rear Admiral; Kenneth F. Adams; Rear Admiral J.C. Hibberd; and other ranks who served aboard HMCS "Rainbow", HMCS "Niobe", on Canada's first submarines, and at the Royal Canadian Naval College in Halifax. Politicians H.H.Stevens and Senator Charles Bishop are also interviewed.

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