Part 3 of 3. Informational film about the Royal Norwegian Air Force's training facilities, "Camp Little Norway," in Canada. Includes airplanes flying, the Royal Family helping dedicate airplanes funded by supporters in different countries, daily life at Camp Little Norway, training and skiing at the camp's recreation center Vesle Skaugum north of Toronto, and ski jumping. Film available online here.
It is a strong likelihood the filmmaker was Campbell Norsgaard, the official photographer for the Royal Norwegian Air Force during World War II.
Exact transcription of captions included in description.
Part 2 of 3. Informational film about the Royal Norwegian Air Force's training facilities, "Camp Little Norway," in Canada. Includes the camp's recreation center Vesle Skaugum north of Toronto, visits by the Royal Family, the dedication of the Muskoka Airport near Gravenhurst, and views of airplanes flying. Film available online here.
It is a strong likelihood the filmmaker was Campbell Norsgaard, the official photographer for the Royal Norwegian Air Force during World War II.
Exact transcription of captions included in description.
Part 1 of 3. Informational film about the Royal Norwegian Air Force's training facilities, "Camp Little Norway," in Canada. Includes the invasion of Norway by Nazi Germany, the routes new recruits used to escape Norway, the founding of Camp Little Norway, the camp's Island Airport in Toronto, and different kinds of airplanes used for training. Film available online here.
It is a strong likelihood the filmmaker was Campbell Norsgaard, the official photographer for the Royal Norwegian Air Force during World War II.
Exact transcription of captions included in description.
Pamphlet for "Wings for Norway," soliciting donations for the Wings for Norway Fund for the Royal Norwegian Air Force in Canada and Camp Little Norway.
Pamphlet for "Wings for Norway," soliciting donations for the Wings for Norway Fund for the Royal Norwegian Air Force in Canada and Camp Little Norway.
Newspaper clipping "'Wings for Norway' Over Minnesota og Wisconsin" ('Wings for Norway' Over Minnesota and Wisconsin), about the speaking tours of Peter Dietrichson (alias Peter Johnson), Lieutenant Kaare Gythfeldt, and Captain Alexander McLeod of the Royal Norwegian Air Force, in Superior Tidende.
In 1944, Royal Norwegian Air Force left on a transport to India. The long flight is documented in Campbell Norsgaard's film "Fra Canada til India med transport command" [Video 16, 2022013_16].
During the war, the Royal Norwegian Air Force had two locations in Canada: Vesle Skaugum, where the personnel lived, and Muskoka, where the training took place.
During the war, the Royal Norwegian Air Force had two locations in Canada: Vesle Skaugum, where the personnel lived, and Muskoka, where the training took place.
During the war, the Royal Norwegian Air Force had two locations in Canada: Vesle Skaugum, where the personnel lived, and Muskoka, where the training took place.
Funding to digitize the O.E. Rølvaag Papers was provided to the Norwegian American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.
