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Terrible in the telling : Excerpts from J. S. Wood's World War I log

Item component is a description of the experiences of James Stuart Wood as expressed in his daily journal during World War One, in particular in Egypt during 1915, France and Belgium in 1916 and 1917. Included are the battles of the Somme, Ancrea, Vimy Ridge, and his travel back to Canada. Also included a brief description of controversy that rose as chief of the Saskatoon Public Library concerning the acquisition of German books. Component appears on pages 40 to 47.

Article supplemented by a photograph of James Stuart Wood as a young man in England; an excerpt from the diary showing a handdrawn map of the Suez Canel defence areas; and a handdrawn map of a trench configuation where he was stationed in France.

Williams, Myrna

Canadian War Memorial prints at SAB

Item component is a description of how a series of prints that depict destruction on the Western Front during World War One (Canadian War Memorial Prints), that were purchased by Saskatchewan's Department of Public Works for a proposed Provincial War Museum came to be in the possesion of the Provincial Archives. Component appears on pages 14 to 17.

Article includes a list of the prints in the holdings of the Provincial Archives; and is supplmeented by reproductions of five of these prints ("Berthonval Farm"; "St. Jacques, Ypres", "Evening at Ypres", "Entering Ypres at Dawn"; and "La Grand Place, Arras").

Article is supplemented by photographs that depict: Gladys Crim, some colleagues and convalescent soldiers - Crim is shown holding bagpipes; unidentified nurse working on the ankle area of an unidentified solder; rows of soldiers laid out on stretchers with one nurse; from the funeral service for nurse Margaret Lowe, soldiers standing at attention with a small group holding a flag-draped coffin; an unidentified soldier (missing one leg) with a crutch under one arm and holding a fish in the opposite hand; and, "Queen Mary Tea Room at Woodcote Park Convalescent Hospital" with armed forces personnel at tables and at left someone at the piano.

Article is supplemented by drawings showing: the surrender of three German soldiers (captioned "Merci Komrad"); a single grave marker ("To an unknown British soldier killed in action at Ypres 29 April 1915") that was drawn by Corporal R. Gordon-Cumming; a man and woman (from behind) accompanied by two poems; German soldier as a "proposed design for the stained glass window of the future" accompanied by a poem by Corporal R. Gordon Cumming; a figure holding on to a post through which a shell has passed through (caption "The Last Post"); and a soldier smoking a cigarette whose smoke transforms into the image of a nurse (accompanied by note from C. R. Alexander).

Article includes coloured drawings (paintings?) showing: trees stripped of foliage and bomb bursts in air (captioned "Land marks of Ypres"); and a damaged building that has a path leading from foreground to background with an orange / red sky.

Williams, Myrna

Honour, platitudes, and the old lie

Item component are notes by editor of Saskatchewan History, Myrna Williams on the imporance of poetry, journals, and diaries are for an understanding experinces of the Great War, a summary of the contents of the issue, including acknowledgements and brief summaries of articles. Component is supplemented by a photograph oshowing a form letters intedned for soldiers to write home, and a letter sen from Soldiers' Christian Association Camp Camp (Bramshott Camp). Component appears on pages 4 and 5.

Williams, Myrna

Risk series

This series consists of records pertaining to Risk, a twenty-two episode drama series for television produced by Minds Eye Pictures and Risk Television Ltd. in association with Showcase Television, Canada. Set in London, England, Risk tells the story of the lives of six young adults and includes themes relating to college, work, career choices, love, and friendship. Risk was filmed entirely in England. It was distributed by Minds Eye International and aired on the Showcase network in Canada.

Executive producers of Risk were Kevin DeWalt, Serge Waismann and Angela Breheny. Its producers were Maureen MacDonald and Rhonda Baker. Directors were Chris Bailey, Rae Kilby and Stephen Hall. Editors were Jason Neilsen, Dean Evans, Ian Strang, Trevor Aikman and Jason Britski. Series episodes were wriiten by Dale Overton, Lucia Haynes, Phil O'Shea, Sylvia Leung, Iain MacLean, Peter Bryant and Andrew Walsh. The main cast of Risk was comprised of Emma Gilmour, Nick Fettiplace, Claire Vaughan, Kristian Lee Wilkin, Elaine Tan and Tim Hopfner.

Moving image records consist of: offline masters (MI-8325 to MI-8644); closed-captioned versions of episode nos. 1 to 22 (MI-8645 to MI-8666, MI-8668 to MI-8689); director cut (PAL version) of episode no. 12 (MI-8667); and a screening master of episode nos. 1, 8 and 19 (MI-8690).

Textual records include: publicity materials; tape logs; production notes; daily shooting reports; scripts; and edit notes for episode nos. 1 to 26. Graphic materials consist of colour images of the cast taken by Colm Hogan.

MythQuest series

This series consists of records pertaining to MythQuest, a family and youth drama television series co-produced by Minds Eye Pictures and VIP Pictures in association with TiMe Film Produktion and David Braun Productions. The thirteen-episode series focuses on Alex and Cleo Bellows, siblings who have discovered a portal to a world of mythology created by their father who has disappeared. They undertake mythic adventures in the altered dimension in search of their father. MythQuest was broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, and on Showcase and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Canada. The production received 2002 Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industry Association Showcase Awards for best art direction, costume design, makeup and an open category award; a 2002 Golden Sheaf Award at the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival for best children's production; and a Platinum Award for best family/children's television series at the 2002 Houston International Film Festival.

The executive producers of MythQuest were Wolfram Tichy (TiMe), Kevin DeWalt (Minds Eye) and David Braun. Producers were Josh Miller, Ray Sager, Knut Winkler and Tom Szolossi. It was directed by Stefan Scaini, Manfred Guthe, Nicholas Kendall, Rob King and Paul Schneider. Writers were Ian Barr, Lienhard Wawrzyn, Jeffrey Cohen, Tracey Forbes, Jeanne Heal, Gillian Horvath, Peter Mohan, Morrie Ruvinsky, Barbara Sapergia and Tom Szolossi. The cast of MythQuest included Christopher Jacot, Meredith Henderson, Joseph Kell, Wendy Anderson, Matthew Walker, Bill Switzer, Leslie Malton and Shaun Johnston.

Moving image records consist of: film to video transfers and elements tapes (MI-7950 to MI-8154); screeners, Rob King versions of episodes, and dubs of international and not-for-broadcast masters (MI-8155 to MI-8172); closed captioned masters and clones for PBS, Showcase and CBC (MI-8173 to MI-8212); edited drop frame masters (MI-8212 to MI-8228); international masters and a sub master (MI-8229 to MI-8242); colour-corrected masters and clones (MI-8243 to MI-8274); and VHS screeners of most episodes (MI-8275 to MI-8286). Accompanying certain master tapes were disks containing data relating to the post-production process.

Sound recordings consist of digital audio tape masters for international and Canadian versions of the production's episodes.

Textual records include episode binders; daily production files; scripts; shooting schedules; and publicity materials.

My Global Adventure series

This series consists of records pertaining to My Global Adventure, a twenty-six episode travel documentary series, produced for television and as an interactive website, by Minds Eye Pictures in association with the Life Network. The series documents the adventures of Anastasia "Asia" Nelson as she travels to various locations around the world and discovers the landscape and culture of each location. My Global Adventure was broadcast on the Life Network in Canada and was distributed internationally by Minds Eye International. In 2002, the series received awards for best internet delivered programming and best videographer (Robin Lawless) at the Saskatchewan Motion Picture Association Showcase Awards.

The executive producer for My Global Adventure was Kevin DeWalt. It was produced by Maureen MacDonald and Debbie Breeze, and directed by Tom Davidson. The director of photography was Robin Lawless and the editors were Dean Evans, Chris Bailey and Denise Séguin.

Moving image records consist of: raw footage (MI-8691 to MI-9137); camera masters (MI-9138 to MI-9481 and MI-9950 to MI-10130); edit masters (MI-9482 to MI-9949); production masters (MI-10131 to MI-10156); dub masters (MI-10157 to MI-10182); and screeners (MI-10183 to MI-10184).

Textual records include: research files on various countries; files arranged by name of country that include camera logs, notes, scripts, transcriptions, contacts, credits, promises, releases, budgets, cost reports, invoices, permits, and travel information; dailies; scripts; final program credits; publicity materials; and media coverage.

Electronic records contain: sound recording files; voice over files; production elements; musical soundtrack files; and photographs.

A Fourth Visit to the Land of Our Ancestors

Booklet compiled by Reverend Aloysius F. Schmitz of Minneapolis, Minnesota containing an account of his trip to Germany and Luxembourg from April 14 to May 30, 1992 to visit with relatives, conduct research on the ancestry of his parents, Jacob and Anna (Neuses) Schmitz, and do some sightseeing in the northern and eastern parts of Germany.

Schmitz, Aloysius F. (Rev.)

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