Crober, F. Paul: my Montreal 1976 Olympic Security recollections (March 24, 2011)

Rank: Colonel.

ABSTRACT: Colonel Paul Crober discusses his involvement in Montreal 1976 Olympic Games. 0:00 – 31:22 – Montreal 1976 Olympic Security, experiences. 12:30 – 37:40 – Vancouver 2010 Olympic Security, CF personnel and logistics. Crober’s involvement in Security planning for the CF. 37:40– 46:50 – Army, Navy and Air Force participation. 46:50 – 53:37 – CF stationed around Olympic Venues “Security follows Sport”. 53:37 – 59:31 – Security measures taken into account in case of emergency (Ottawa concern, CBRNE preparation with America). 59:31 – 1:04:00 - Joint Headquarters and managing CF training 1:04:00 – 1:07:15 – RCMP participation in Games, Police as the face of the Games in the media. 1:07:15 – 1:11:30 - Issues with personnel within the ISU. 1:11:30 – 1:17:15 – Protests against the Olympics (‘No Olympics on Stolen Native Land’) 1:17:15 – 1:25:00 – Working with the Integrated Security Unit, RCMP and CF strengths comparatively. 1:25:00 – 1:36:02 – Numbers of the CF prior to and during the Olympics domestically and abroad. 1:36:02 - 1:155:20 – Canadian Forces domestically in the future, lessons learned 1:55:20 – 2:00:25 – Paralympic Security and Closing Remarks

Interviewer: McCarthy, Rebecca N.

Interviewee: Crober, F. Paul, b. 1951

An interview/narrative of Paul F. Crober's experiences during the 1976 Summer Olympics. Interview took place on March 24, 2011.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• McCarthy, Rebecca N.
• Crober, F. Paul, b. 1951

Subject

• Canada. Canadian Armed Forces
• Military history
• Personal narratives--Canadian

Language

• eng

Keyword

• Weapons of mass destruction
• Integrated logistic support
• Crober, F. Paul, 1951- --Interviews
• Terrorism
• Canada--Canadian Armed forces--Civic action
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Hosting of sporting events--Security measures
• Domestic terrorism
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police--Integrated Security Unit
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Personal narratives
• Olympics--Security
• Red teaming
• Simulation games
• National security--Canada
• Olympic Winter Games--(21st : 2010 : Vancouver, B.C.)
• Integrated operations (Military science).
• Civil-military relations--Canada
• Paralympic Games--Security
• Olympic athletes--Protection
• Security, International
• Olympic Games--(21st : 1976 : Montre?al, Que?bec)
• Olympic Games--(29th : 2008 : Beijing, China)
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Security

Date created

• March 24, 2011

Relation

• Title of paper: "Canadian Forces in Domestic Olympic Security Initiatives: Past, Present and Future". Link:  http://rusiviccda.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Canadian_Forces_in_Domestic_Olympic_Security-Initiatives_Past_Present_and_Future.pdf
• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sound recording (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• Canada

Coordinates

• 60.10867, -113.64258

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording (WMA) also available.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• reminiscences
• oral histories (literary genre)
• interviews
• sound recordings

Archival item identifier

• CFP_684

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• March 30, 2011

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 192 kbps and 44 kHz. Recorded in digital format by interviewer, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2011. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/bgsk-0k31

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