Canada’s First World War Experience in and beyond the Battle of Vimy
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I.
Media Kit 1:
A.
War Breaks Out
1.
Precursors to War
a)
b)
c)
2.
Declarations of War
a)
b)
B.
Assassination
Alliances
War Rumblings
Declaration of War Images
Declaration of War Headlines
3.
Europe Mobilizes
4.
Headlines from Early Days of the War
5.
Documents regarding War Breaking Out
Canada Rallies for War
1.
2.
Canadian Reactions to War
a)
b)
Reaction Images
Reactions in the News
c)
d)
Reaction Quotes
Reaction Documents
Canada Mobilizes for War
a)
b)
c)
d)
3.
Seeing the Boys Off
Gathering at Camp Valcartier
On Parade
Documents relating to Mobilization
Canadian Armada
a)
b)
Loading and Leaving
Convoy en Route
c)
d)
e)
Aboard Ship
Later Convoys
Armada Miscellaneous
4.
Arrival in Plymouth of First Contingent
5.
Wintering on Salisbury Plain, 1914-1915
6.
First Division to the Front
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C.
Canadians in Battle
1.
Second Battle of Ypres, 1915
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
2.
3.
Somme Offensives, 1916
a)
b)
c)
Somme Documents
Somme Images
Somme in the News
d)
e)
Somme Maps
Somme Quotes
Battle of Vimy Ridge, 1917
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
4.
Ypres Documents
Ypres Images
Ypres in the News
Ypres Maps
Ypres Quotes
Vimy Ride Documents
Vimy Ridge Photo Galleries
(1)
Battlefield Images
(2)
Prisoners of War
(3)
Wounded Soldiers
(4)
Fallen Soldiers
(5)
Other Images
Vimy Ridge Maps
Vimy News Coverage
(1)
Eastern Canadian Papers
(2)
Western Canadian Papers
(3)
London Papers
(4)
American Papers
(5)
Praise in the Press
Vimy Ridge Quotes
Battle of Arras as a whole
Battle of Passchendaele, 1917
a)
b)
c)
Passchendaele Documents
Passchendaele Images
Passchendaele Maps
d)
e)
Passchendaele in the News
Passchendaele Quotes
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5.
Hundred Days Days Offensive, 1918
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
6.
Miscellaneous
a)
b)
c)
d)
II.
Hundred Days Documents
Hundred Days – Battle of Amiens
Hundred Days – Arras, Cambrai, & Bourlon
Hundred Days – Canal du Nord to Mons
Hundred Days Maps
Hundred Days in the News
Hundred Days Quotes
CEF on the Move
CEF Documents
Other News Headlines
Modern Canadian Forces
Media Kit 2
A.
War on Land
1.
Trench Warfare
a)
b)
c)
d)
2.
Work near the Front
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
3.
Construction – Railways, Roads, etc.
Engineers and Signallers
Forestry
Other Work
Work Related Videos
Work Related Documents
Life near the Front
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
4.
Trench Related Images
Trench Related News
Trenches Related Videos
Trench Related Documents
Washing Up
Relaxing
Mail
Chow
Pets
Quarters
Documents Related to Living Near the Front
Prisoners of War
a)
b)
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POW Related Images
POW Related Videos
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5.
Weapons of War
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
6.
War Dead
a)
b)
c)
7.
B.
War Dead Images (WARNING: GRAPHIC)
War Dead Videos
War Dead Documents
Destruction in Europe
War in the Air
1.
Air Warfare Images
2.
Air Warfare in the News
3.
Aerial Surveillance Images
4.
Observation Balloons
5.
War Aces
a)
b)
c)
C.
Chemical Warfare
(1)
Chemical War Images
(2)
Chemical War in the News
(3)
Chemical War Documents
Big Artillery
Explosions
Ammunition
Smaller CAlibre Guns
Anti-Aircraft Guns
Tanks
Misc. Other Weapons
Weapons Related Videos
Weapons Related Documents
Billy Bishop
Billy Barker
The Red Baron
6.
Air Warfare Videos
7.
Air Warfare Documents
War at Sea
1.
Naval War Images
2.
Naval Warfare in the News
3.
Naval Maps
4.
Canada’s First Subs
5.
German Fleet Surrenders
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6.
D.
III.
Naval Warfare Documents
Tending the Wounded
1.
First Aid at the Front
2.
Stretcher Bearers
3.
Conveying the Wounded
4.
Advanced Dressing Station
5.
Casualty Clearing Station
6.
Field Ambulance
7.
Walking Wounded
8.
Hospitals
9.
Surgery
10.
Convalescing
11.
Red Cross
12.
Medical Personnel and Other
13.
Documents Relating to Tending to the Wounded
Media Kit 3
A.
The Home Front
1.
Recruitment and Propaganda
a)
b)
Recruitment Images
Recruitment Posters
(1)
Francophone Broadsides
(2)
Francophone Posters
(3)
(4)
c)
2.
Anglophone Broadsides
Anglophone Posters
(5)
US Recruitment Posters
Musical Propaganda
War Industry
a)
Aircraft Manufacturing
b)
c)
d)
Munitions Manufacturing
Shipbuilding
Documents Relating to the War Industry
3.
Images of War Time Canada
4.
Labour in Canada
5.
Agriculture in Canada
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6.
Fighting With Food
a)
b)
7.
Halifax Explosion, 1917
a)
b)
c)
8.
B.
Spanish ‘Flu in the News
Spanish ‘Flu Images
Spanish ‘Flu Documents
Other Home Front Related Documents
Changing Role of Women
1.
Suffrage
a)
b)
c)
C.
Halifax Explosion Images
Halifax Explosion in the News
Halifax Explosion Documents
Spanish ‘Flu Pandemic, 1918-1919
a)
b)
c)
9.
Fighting with Food Images
Fighting with Food Documents
Women Working in Canada
Women Working near the Front
Women Engaged in Charitable Work
2.
Role of Women Miscellaneous
3.
Role of Women Documents
Government and Politics
1.
Financing the War
a)
b)
c)
War Debt, Budgets, Loans
Income Tax
(1)
Taxation in the News
(2)
Taxation Images
(3)
Taxation Documents
Victory Loan Program
(1)
Victory Bonds Images
(2)
Victory Bonds Francophone Posters
(3)
Victory Bonds Anglophone Posters
(4)
(5)
2.
3.
Victory Bonds Drive in the News
Victory Loan Documents
Parliament Fire, 1916
a)
Parliament Fire Related Images
b)
c)
Parliament fire in the News
Parliament Fire Related Documents
Conscription
a)
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War ‘Wastage’
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b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
4.
Election Related Acts
a)
b)
5.
IV.
Election Acts in the News
Election Acts Documents
Federal Election, 1917
a)
b)
c)
d)
6.
Need for More Men
Military Service Act
Enforcing the Act
Quebec City Riots, 1918
Other Demonstrations and Riots
Franco-Canada and the War
Labour and Farmers
Conscription Related Documents
Unionist Party 1917-1921
Election Posters
Federal Election in the News
Federal Election Images
Prohibition
Media Kit 4
A.
Peace and Victory
1.
Final Days of War in the News
2.
Armistice and Victory
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
3.
Military Related Peace/Victory Images
Peace/Victory Scenes in Western Canada
Peace/Victory Scenes in Eastern Canada
Peace/Victory Scenes in Europe
Armistice in the News
Paris Peace Conference
a)
b)
c)
d)
Peace Conference Documents
Peace Conference Opens
Early Conference Work
League of Nations
e)
f)
Crisis over Fiume
Japanese on Racial Equality
g)
h)
i)
Treaty Drafted
Treaty Presented to Germans
Germany Counters
j)
k)
Germany Votes
Germans Scuttle Fleet
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l)
m)
B.
C.
Signing Treaty with Germany at Versailles
(1)
Signing at Versailles Images
(2)
Signing at Versailles News
Other Treaties
Boys Come Home
1.
Demobilization Images
2.
Delays, Riots
3.
The Journey Home
4.
Arrival Notices in the News
5.
Welcome Home – Eastern Canada
6.
Welcome Home – Western Canada
7.
Boys Home Documents
Loss and Remembrance
1.
Funerals and Burials
2.
Cemeteries and Headstones
3.
Early Memorials near Vimy
4.
Other Early Memorials
5.
The ‘Brooding Soldier’ Memorial at St. Julien, Belgium
6.
Canadian National Memorial at Vimy
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Vimy Memorial Construction
Vimy Memorial Unveiling, 1936
Vimy Memorial Images
Vimy Memorial Carvings
Vimy Memorial Videos
7.
WWI Memorials in Canada
8.
Images of Remembrance
9.
Documents Relating to Loss and Remembrance
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V.
Media Kit 5
A.
B.
The Central Powers (The Foe)
1.
The Foe at War
2.
Central Powers Nations Mobilizing
3.
The German Fleet
4.
Central Powers Key Personnel
5.
Symbols of the Central Powers Nations
6.
Maps of the Central Powers Nations
Images of Key Canadian and Allied People
1.
HRH King George V
2.
King George V Images
3.
King George V Other
4.
PM Sir Robert Borden
5.
HRH the Duke of Connaught
6.
General Sir Julian Byng
a)
b)
7.
General Sir Arthur Currie
a)
b)
c)
C.
Byng Images
Byng in the News
Currie Portraits
Currie in Action
Currie in the News
8.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
9.
Sir Sam Hughes
10.
Miscellaneous Other Allied Personnel
Symbols and Representations
1.
2.
Canadiana
a)
Representations of Canada
b)
c)
Canadian Parliament
WWI Era Canadian Money
d)
Maps of Canada
Canadian Expeditionary Force
a)
b)
c)
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CEF Cap Badges General
CEF Cap Badges Regional
CEF Cap Badges Unit
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d)
3.
Representations of the Province of Quebec
4.
Flags of Allied Nations
5.
Various Maps
a)
b)
D.
CEF Postcards
Western Front Maps
Eastern and Other Front Maps
Audio Galleries
1.
Popular Songs from the First World War
2.
Selections from the Virtual Gramophone: Songs from WWI
3.
Selections from the Virtual Gramophone: Songs from France
4.
Instrumental Renditions of WWI Music
5.
Vocal Renditions of WWI Music
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