Caption
Canadian residents enjoy frequent visits to neighbouring towns and countryside. Jim Gilmour and his wife, Helen, above, (both of Weston, Ontario) enjoy a tour through the colourful walled city of Soest.
Release Date
October 14, 1958
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Lynch, JimCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Deep in Germany's industrial area east of the Ruhr Valley, 5,500 officers and men of Canada's 4th Infantry Brigade have, with their wives and children, built a model community of 10,000 members -- a town as Canadian as the Maple Leaf and with the added flavour and zest which inevitably seep in from their European hinterland. Above, children dash from their typical modern Canadian school (near Soest) at the end of the day.
Date
January 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB86222
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176813
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
NATO wives buy their groceries in a well-stocked supermarket operated by the Maple Leaf Services. Above, centre, is Mrs. Audrey Wright of Ottawa and (right) Mrs. Betty MacDiarmid of Fredericton, N.B.
Date
January 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB86223
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176814
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The town has its own Community Council which rules on community affairs and directs its efforts to raising funds for various community projects such as hockey teams and playgrounds. "Mayor" Major Bob MacDiarmid presides.
Date
January 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB86224
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176815
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Little Canada, as the town is known, has its own radio station and newspaper. Above, Editor Captain Jim Mitchell (left) of Winnipeg checks the makeup in printing plant of Westphalian Post.
Date
January 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB86225
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176816
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Like millions of their fellow countrymen at home, families live in modern apartments and duplexes. On Sundays they are able to attend churches of every familiar denomination.
Date
January 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB86226
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176817
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Canada's NATO soldiers have created a favourable impression in Europe as a topnotch professional force. Above, men of the 4th Infantry Brigade take a break during morning manoeuvres.
Date
January 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB86227
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176818
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #179: Maple Leaf in Germany's Heartland: Canadian Town Flourishes at Soest
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
October 14, 1958
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Canadian residents enjoy frequent visits to neighbouring towns and countryside. Jim Gilmour and his wife, Helen, above, (both of Weston, Ontario) enjoy a tour through the colourful walled city of Soest.
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