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George Andrews Productions Limited - Research and production material for television documentary "Journey to Arras", 1912 - 2002

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Contains photocopied material. Folder 1 -- Correspondence, press cuttings, handwritten and typescript notes, internet printouts, copies of encyclopedia entries, book extracts, format of the documentary, two photographs (colour,10 x 15 cm) caption on back place them as Arras, 1998; and French newspaper cuttings.

    Folder 2:

    Item 1 - The Journal (photocopy) of 4/1320 Sapper James Williamson, New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, October 1915 - December 1918. (typescript; 90 leaves)

    Item 2 - Black and white portrait photograph (11 x 16 cm). Caption on verso reads 4/1320 Sapper James Williamson, NZETC, 1915-1918.

    Item 3 - Copy of the front of the paper bag that Items 1 and 2 were contained in, with handwritten details 'Grandaughter: Kathleen Rus[hworth?], 12 Elizabeth St, Mount Eden, 638 9505'.

    Item 4 - Partial transcript (photocopy) of Item 1. (typescript; 27 leaves)

    Item 5 - Notes (photocopies) entitled 'Journal of a tunnelling man - James Williamson. (typescript; 6 leaves)

    Folder 3 -- Newspaper cuttings labelled Maori Pioneers, Auckland Weekly News 1917; assorted press cuttings and papers; typed information entitled 'Le Quesnoy' (typescript; 1 leaf); War diary (photocopy) Harry Williams 10/2791, Guerre 1914 - 1916, Regiment NZR, Battalion 1st Wellington, Section Stretcher bearer, Division 2nd ANZAC (holograph; 18 leaves).

    Folder 4 -- Correspondence; copies of press cuttings and official documents relating to Eugene Francis Ambrose (Frank) Dunkley; French language version of the documentary; list of credits; article entitled 'Journay to Arras' by Christopher Pugsley and Ann Andrews'; extracts from published works; research notes; address lists, promotional booklet 'Arras Story - La Bataille Arras 1917', extracts from Nominal Rolls; one postcard of Arras sent to Caroline Andrews from Ann and George postmarked 22 November 1996; collection of press cuttings, in French, about the exploration of the tunnels in 1996 by potholers Jannick Roy and Pascal Barrier (typescript; 62 leaves) published as Assas Infos No. 1 (Numero 1 Lundi 22 avril 1996 - Selection d'articles parus de decembre 1995 a avril 1996).

    Folder 5 -- Extracts from published books; press cuttings (photocopies); press cuttings; business cards; casualty details of Manu Tuki; collection of material relating to Arthur Wigley and the Tunnelling Company; pedigree form for Robert Ronayne; booklet titled 'The Somme: Remembrance tour of the Great War' (31 pages).

    Folder 6 -- Pamphlets - (1)'Arras: a city of history and fine arts' (2 copies), (2) Arras: underground trip and historical survey of Arras', (3) 'The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, in France, and Belgium, April 1916 - November 1918, A Backpacker's Guide', (4) 'Historial De La Grande Guerre', (5) 'Le Centre Historique Minier de Lewarde', (6) 'Lorette', (7) 'Guide des Musees et Sites de la Grande Guerre' (8) 'Imperial War Museum: Rates and booking details, Overseas, May 1992', (9) 'Photograph Archive: Imperial War Museum', (10) 'De[artment of File: Imperial War Museum', (11) 'Ostel Des 3 Luppars', 'Commonwealth War Graves Commission', (12) 'Index to Michelin Map No. 51 overprinted with Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries and Memorials', (13) 'Le monument commemoratif du Canada a Vimy: The Canadian National Vimy Memorial', (14) 'Arras Story: La Bataille d'Arras 1917', (15) 'Beaumont-Hamel', (16) 'Itinerary of fortified towns across the Nord-Pas de Calais'; Booklets - (1) 'Canada in the First World War and the Road to Vimy Ridge', (2) 'Squares for Sensibilities - Arras'; typescript document (photocopy) in French titled 'Voyage a Arras' (15 leaves); one business card; papers and press cutting.

    Folder 7 -- Newspaper (in French) - La Voix Du Nord, 15 November 1996 and plastic newspaper postage bag that it was in.

    Folder 8 --Correspondence; notes; contact details; Commonwealth War Graves Commission France Area Operations Fact Sheet; map (photocopy) of Ville D'Arras (in French); map (photocopy) of larger Arras region with several locations highlighted; war diary of the New Zealand Engineers (Tunnelling Company) - Army Form C. 2118 from 8 March 1916 - 8 March 1919.

    Folder 9 -- Photocopies of photographs (142 items); Ronayne copies (65 leaves); Arras Collection (photocopies), City of Arras, France (77 leaves).

    Folder 10 -- Correspondence; notes; contact details; photographs, photocopies of photographs.

    Folder 11 -- Stills and Film Archive: Various items including: lists of stills; costs of footage; order forms; record of moving footage; correspondence regarding fees and rights; descriptions of moving footage; and details for items from Imperial War Museum, Alexander Turnbull Library, German Arvices; Canadian War Museum, National Archives of Canada.

    Folder 12 -- Souvenir postcard books featuring Arras.

    Item 1 -- Arras Hotel de Ville, ten postcards.

    Item 2 -- Environs d'Arras, issued as a book of twenty-four (24) postcards (23 postcards in book). Images depict damage caused to Arras during the war.

    Item 3 -- Arras Bombarde - twenty (20) postcards showing the damage caused to Arras during the war (postcards loose inside booklet).

    Folder 13 -- Photocopies of photographs - NZ Military Collection + Alexander Turnbull Library (36 leaves); photocopies of photographs; photographs, negatives, photograph order forms, photocopy of Mine Truck technical drawing, spiral bound exercise book (38 leaves) of handwritten research notes; copies of photographs from the personal album of Robert Ronayne (34, black and white, 14 x 10 cm); photographs and negatives of individuals.

    Folder 14 -- Photographs (55 items) - Twenty-two (22) black and white photos (22 x 17 cm) mainly of soldiers in the field; thirty-eight (38) black and white photos, two colour (various sizes) with camera instructions overlayed; three black and white photos (25 x 20 cm).

    Folder 15 -- Copies of stills sent to Delto image for Journey to Arras (88 leaves); essay entitled 'Journey to Arras a documentary for television' (6 leaves); eighty-two (82) pages of photocopied photographs.

  • Other Id

    3779 (Presto content ID)

    MS-2008-45 (Reference Number)

    72982 (DBTextworks system ID)

    ACQ-2003-65 (Acquisition number)

    2008/45 (Registration number)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    George Andrews Productions Limited - Research and production material for television documentary "Journey to Arras", 1912 - 2002
  • Primary Maker
  • Date
    1912-2002
  • Physical Description

    15 folders

  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Public Access Text

    The documentary Journey to Arras - "A young NZ woman retraces the adventures of her grandfather who helped created an underground city in caves beneath a town in northern France during World War One. (50 minutes)" http://www.gaproductions.co.nz/programmes.htm.

    Screened on TV One (New Zealand) on Anzac Day, 1997.

    See also Cenotaph database records of the following individuals:

    (1) -- 10/2791 Harry Williams;

    (2) -- 4/1320 James Williamson;

    (3) -- 20616 Manu Tuki;

    (4) -- 4/1229 Arthur James Wigley;

    (5) -- 4/1226 Robert Ronayne;

    (6) -- 4/1325 John Evelyn Duigan.

  • Credit Line
    Donated by Ann Andrews on 26 May 2003.
  • Last Update
    07 Jul 2023
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