Major Thesis Research
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Archives
The text below is excerpted from the article "Highlights in Goose," on page 11 of the May-June 1945 edition of The Goose Bay Honker.
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"A noteworthy event was the staging of a discussion programme in the CBC series "Servicemen's Forum" from Goose Bay. The arm chair world planners of the station Discussion Club have been basing their Friday sessions on other broadcasts in the series, heretofore originating in various military bases across Canada. An opportunity to exchange positon was welcomed.
Lieutenant MacDonald of the Navy and Lieutenant Allen of the Army spent a week at Goose choosing participants and arranging a script for a half-hour discussion of "What Chance for World Security?" While for a programme of this imporatnce a carefully prepared script was essential, of the opinions they expressed each of the members of the panel says, "You can quote me."
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The programme was recorded in the Rec Hall before a large inter-service audience and has since been released through CBC outlets across Canada. After the completion of the recording, the audience took part in a lively discussion on the same topic. The programme speakers, pictured in the usual order, Art Jordan, Helene Perlmutter, Lieutenant MacDonald, S/L W.J. O'Reilly, former chief announcer for the CBC and annoucer for the evening, O. Kantwill, and W.G. Runnerstrom.
The technical details of the broadcast were managed jointly by a team of CBC technicians and the engineering staff of the RCAF radio station, VOUG. [....]"
Images which may be related to the broadcast described above can be found by clicking the links below. The numbers on the images appear to have been inscribed by the photographer himself, as they do not correspond to accession numbers used by the National Archives of Canada, nor any of the archives maintained by the Department of National Defence. The numbers are a code specific to the image, followed by the date, "15-4-45". The numbers were inscribed on the negatives, likely with black ink. The verso of the images is stamped with the RCAF Copyright stamp, as show in file G_B_631_D_VERSO.jpg.
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No sign of G.B.631-B in any of the images I have.
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