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Dec 18, 2024 | Canadian Military History (journal)

Canadian War Museum visitors experiencing the recently-installed corvette presentation. From "Little Ship, Big Screen" by Jeff Noakes & Marie-Louise Deruaz.

FEATURE

Telling the Stories of Airwomen in the ‘Forgotten Decade’

1952-62

REBECCA HARTLEY & ALLAN ENGLISH

Abstract: The Royal Canadian Air Force’s centennial represents a time for reflection. While thousands of young women served in the RCAF during the 1950s, many of their stories have since been overlooked or forgotten. Joining the air force meant access to international travel, new social connections, and valuable vocational training — all of which were relatively unattainable for many women at this time. By studying the photographs, memoirs and collected paraphernalia of Leading Aircraftwoman Ruth Doreen Wright (née Tower), this paper reconstructs an airwoman’s typical RCAF career and her perceived value of her RCAF experience on the rest of her life.

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CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM – MUSÉE CANADIEN DE LA GUERRE

“I endeavored to give a pen and ink panorama of the war as I saw it”

Lieutenant E.W.B. Morrison in the South African War

TIM COOK & HANNA MURRAY

Abstract: Employing eyewitness accounts to explore the experiences of Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison, this article examines his wartime service in the South African War (1899-1902). A prominent journalist and later major-general in the Great War, Morrison served in South Africa as an artillery officer with D Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery. This article contextualises several of Morrison’s rare sketches from the collection of the Canadian War Museum, shedding new light on his service and that of Canadians in the long campaign.

Usant de témoignages pour explorer l’expérience d’Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison, cet article se penche sur ses années de service militaire pendant la Guerre des Boers (1899-1902). Éminent journaliste et plus tard major général pendant la Grande Guerre, Morrison est officier d’artillerie en Afrique du Sud avec le régiment D, l’artillerie royale canadienne. Cet article contextualise plusieurs esquisses parmi les rares dessins que possède de lui le Musée canadien de la Guerre, jetant un nouvel éclairage sur son expérience militaire et sur celle d’autres Canadiens pendant cette longue campagne.

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CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM – MUSÉE CANADIEN DE LA GUERRE

Little Ship, Big Screen

Animating the Battle of the Atlantic at the Canadian War Museum

JEFF NOAKES & MARIE-LOUISE DERUAZ

Abstract: The Canadian War Museum developed a large-screen immersive computer-animated video experience for visitors to the Second World War gallery. It is a dramatisation of a Canadian corvette’s nighttime encounter with a German U-boat in the North Atlantic, told from the perspective of the corvette’s crew while escorting a convoy. This article examines and discusses the process of developing the upgrade, including decisions about subject matter and approach, and design and accessibility. The role of archival and historical research in defining these objectives is detailed, together with a behind-the-scenes look at the development and installation of the final product.

Le Musée canadien de la guerre a conçu une expérience vidéo immersive animée par ordinateur et présentée sur un grand écran pour les personnes qui visitent la galerie de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il s’agit d’une dramatisation d’une rencontre nocturne entre une corvette canadienne et un sous-marin allemand dans l’Atlantique Nord, racontée du point de vue de l’équipage de la corvette, qui escorte un convoi. Le présent article examine le processus de réalisation de la mise à jour de la galerie, y compris les décisions relatives au sujet et à l’approche, à la conception et à l’accessibilité. Le rôle de la recherche archivistique et historique dans la définition de ces objectifs est décrit en détail. L’article nous plonge également dans les coulisses de la réalisation et de l’installation du produit final.

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Canadian Military History is a peer-reviewed academic journal published bi-annually by the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada with editorial and financial support from the Canadian War Museum. Its purpose is to foster research, teaching and public discussion of historical and contemporary military and strategic issues.

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