(1945)
Language: This film is a heritage item from Library and Archives Canada and is only available in English.
The Canadian Army Newsreels were ten-minute films, made up of a number of different stories and produced by the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit. Dubbed with the phrase, “of the troops, by the troops and for the troops,” these newsreels were distributed within the Canadian Army.
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1. Yank Medals for Canucks: Brigadier General [Kenning] (US Army) gives medals to members of a special U.S. – Canadian combined service force; Sergeant G.A. [Rainville], Sergeant J.K. [Knight], Sergeant D.F. [Peterson], Sergeant [Prince], Sergeant R.J. [Scully], Sergeant W.J. [McGee], Sergeant [Barnett].
2. Holland Towns Celebrate Liberation: Crowds gather in the towns of Northern Holland; bands; soldiers are greeted; old Dutch veterans on parade; the flag is raised over King William III’s palace; a proclamation; collaborators are rounded up; women who collaborated with the Nazis have their head shaved in public.
3. Harrison Hot Springs Rest Centre: The 2nd Service Women’s Convalescent Home opens in Harrison Hot Springs; women on bicycles; rest activities; dinner time; music; games and swimmers; art; gardening; golf; horseback riding.
4. Farewell Little Norway: The Royal Norwegian Air Force Training Centre in Gravenhurst, Ontario is dismantled, ready to be moved back to a European site; flight simulators are placed in shipping crates; Princess Martha and Crown Prince Olaf talk to dignitaries.
5. Meteor Section Aids Gunners: The Meteorological Section of the R.C.A.; weather truck; a wind balloon is released and measurements are taken; an animometre; calculations.
6. Drive to Outflank Emden: Ack-ack fire; soldiers at the guns; 2nd Division Infantry moves to Oldenburg; prisoners of war; the Highland Light Infantry of Galt and Kitchener cross the Ems River in small boats and equipment-laden rafts run by the 16th and 20th Field Engineers; No.4 light ack-ack in use; a machine gunner.
7. Food for North Holland: Prince [Bernhard] and German staff at a conference to declare a truce to allow Red Cross relief into Holland; food trucks move to the line, cross the barrier; German Provost Corps help unload crates of food; Dutch people receive supplies.
IDC: 57567.