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- OBJECT TYPE
- 33 1/3 RPM/SINGLE SIDED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0157.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PRESTO RECORDING CORP.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 9611-a
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- Electric transcription disc
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Lacquered black record disks with protective cardboard sleeves.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 40.0 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PRESTO
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Recorded - 16/9/1944 Dubbing - July 28th 1944
- Canada
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The two records in question were originally the property of the Société Radio-Canada / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The records have preserved the content of a French-language docudrama initially recorded on 28 July 1944. This docudrama is a reconstruction of the last flight of an RCAF crew, which took place on 24 June 1944. The crew in question was with No. 162 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron, RCAF, a unit based in Scotland and equipped with Canadian-made Consolidated Canso amphibians when the flight took place. The members of this crew were... - Israel “Joe” Bodnoff, Flight Sergeant - Graham Campbell, Flying Officer - Sydney Cole, Flight Sergeant - Bernard Denomy, Flying Officer - David Hornell, Flight Lieutenant, aircraft captain - Edward Matheson, Flight Lieutenant - Fernand St-Laurent, Sergeant - Donald Scott, Sergeant. On 24 June 1944, Hornell and his crew were on patrol in the North Atlantic, near the Faroe Islands. They spotted a German submarine on the surface and immediately attacked it, with depth charges. The U-1225 suffered such serious damage that it eventually sank. In turn, the submarine’s gunners damaged the Canso to such an extent that Hornell had to make an emergency landing in a heavy sea. One of the two inflatable dinghies was destroyed as the crew climbed inside them. As a result, the men had to spend part of the following hours in the cold water. Fernand St-Laurent and Donald Scott died of exposure during this ordeal. The survivors were picked up after 21 hours spent in the open ocean. Greatly weakened by exposure, David Hornell died shortly thereafter. The surviving members of the crew quickly received medals in recognition of their courage under duress. The transcription discs offered to the corporation were recorded on 16 September 1944. Some dubbing was done on 28 July 1944, the very day the London Gazette indicated that Hornell had been awarded the Victoria Cross. The Société Radio-Canada presumably gave the discs to the brother of Fernand St-Laurent, Father (Abbé) Jean-Roch St-Laurent. Father Jean-Rock St-Laurent was born on June 12, 1915 in St-Anaclet, near Rimouski. The context surrounding the events portrayed on the transcription discs offered to the corporation increased their value quite significantly. Indeed, this context might explain why someone with as high a rank as Augustin Frigon was involved in the creation of the transcription disks. Ces deux disques appartenaient à la Société Radio-Canada. Les disques ont préservé les contenus du documentaire-dramatique en français enregistré le 28 juillet 1944. Le docu-drama est une reconstruction du dernier vol d'un groupe de l'Aviation Royal Canadienne qui a eu lieu le 24 juin 1944. L'équipage en question faisait partie du 162e Escadron (Bomber Reconnaissance) de l'ARC, une unité basée en Écosse. Les membres de l'équipage étaient: Israel Joe Bodnoff (Flight Sergeant) - Graham Campbell, (Flying Officer)- Sydney Cole, (Flight Sergeant)- Bernard Denomy, (Flying Officer) - David Hornell, (Flight Lieutenant), (aircraft captain) - Edward Matheson, (Flight Lieutenant) - Fernand St-Laurent, (Sergeant) - Donald Scott, Sergeant. Le 24 juin 1944, Hornell et son équipage était en patrouille au nord de l'Atlantique, près des Îles Féroé. Ils ont remarqué un sous-marin allemand et ils l'ont attaqué immédiatement. Le sous-marin *-1225 a souffert de grands dommages et il a finalement coulé. Par contre, les artilleurs du sous-marin ont endommagé l'avion et Hornell était obligé de faire un atterrissage en pleine mer. Un des bateaux de sauvetage gonflable était endommagé lorsque l'équipage embarquait dedans. Par conséquent, les membres de l'équipage étaient obligés de rester dans l'eau froide pendant plusieurs heures à venir. Fernand St-Laurent et Donald Scott meurt pendant cette crise. Les survivants ont finalement été ramassés 21 heures plus tard en pleine mère. David Hornell meurt peu après. Les membres survivant de l'équipage ont reçues des médailles pour reconnaitre leurs courages lors de cet évènement. Ces disques ont été enregistrés le 16 septembre 1944 et du doublage a été faite le 28 juillet 1944, la même journée que la Gazette de Londres a annoncé que Hornell a été récompensé avec la Croix de Victoria. La Société Radio-Canada a probablement donné les disques au frère à Fernand St-Laurent, l'Abbé Jean-Roch St-Laurent. L'Abbé St-Laurent est né le 12 juin 1915 à St-Anaclet, près de Rimouski. Le contexte entourant les événements retranscrits sur les disques de transcription augmentait considérablement leur valeur. En effet, ce contexte pourrait expliquer pourquoi un personnage aussi haut placé qu’Augustin Frigon a été impliqué dans la création des disques de transcription. - Function
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To play back a sound recording. Pour lire un enregistrement sonore. - Technical
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Presto Recording supplied large numbers of blank records to the Société Radio-Canada, which engraved them as required. Indeed, to quote Richard Green of Library and Archives Canada (LAC): “Presto made acetate blanks for hundreds of individuals and companies across North America. […] There are thousands of Presto discs in the collection of LAC.” The discs offered to the corporation may have been engraved for a CBC employee who wanted to check the quality of the broadcast, or who wanted to donate them to someone. One has to wonder if more than one copy of these recordings was made, for distribution to various stations in the network of the Société Radio-Canada. La corporation Presto a produit un grand nombre de disque d'enregistrement vierge pour la Société Radio-Canada, qui a été gravé tel que requis. Cependant, Richard Green de la Bibliothèque et Archives Canada a noté: Presto a fabriqué des disques d'enregistrement vierge pour une centaine de compagnies en Amérique du Nord (...) Il y a quelque milliers de disques Presto dans la collection à BAC. Ces disques offerts à la corporation ont peut-être été gravé pour un employé SRC pour déterminer la qualité de la diffusion, ou voulait les vendres. Il est intéressant de questionner si plusieurs copies de ces enregristrement existent. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On the face of the record, on the paper label: " SIDE NO.1 SERIAL NO. 9611-A /. NO. OF DISCS 2 /. 33 1/3 R.P.M TIME START OUTSIDE /. DATE RECORDED 16/9.44 /. TITLE LES AILES GLORIEUSES / 28/7/44 /. (DUBBING) /. RECORDED AT MTL BY MR RENAUD /. USE NEEDLE PRESSURE NOT IN EXCESS OF 2 OUNCES. " (N.B. Renaud’s name was crossed by someone and a name was hand-written over it. This name appears to be Frigon. This hypothesis is supported by the fact that an Augustin Frigon worked for the Société Radio-Canada. Indeed, Frigon was “directeur général adjoint” (1936-43) and “directeur général” (1943-1951).) On the back of record, on the paper label: " PLAY BACK AT 33 1/3 78 R.P.M START INSIDE OUT /. OUTSIDE IN /. TITLE /. RECORDER /. DATE /. PRESTO RECORDING CORP. /. NEW YORK, N.Y /. MADE IN U.S.A On a piece of cardboard that accompanied the records: " LES AILES GLORIEUSES /. MORT DE MON FRÈRE /. SGT. FERNAND ST LAURENT /. 24 JUIN 1944 (handwritten well after 1944) (N.B 24 June is St-Jean Baptiste Day.)
- Missing
- None apparent
- Finish
- Black one-sided lacquered discs with paper core. The writing on the paper core is in black and light grey. Each disc have a protective cardboard sleeve. Un disque noir unilatéral avec un milieu blanc en papier. L'écriture sur le milieu en papier est en noir et gris pâle. Chaque disque a une pochette protectrice en carton.
- Decoration
- There is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation logo at the top of the paper label, on the middle of the disk. On the label on the flipside of the disk, we find the red PRESTO logo. On retrouve un emblème de la Société Radio-Canada au-dessus de l'étiquette en papier au milieu du disque. Au derrière du disque, on y retrouve le logo Presto rouge, le fabricant du disque.
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