Скачать или смотреть Canadian Army Newsreel No. 58

(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.

Please note that some names may not be spelled correctly.

1. Final Reinforcements Arrive: Reinforcements arrive at a northern port in the United Kingdom; battle training; exercise course; shooting range; a tank field.

2. Army Microbe Hunters Keep 'Em Healthy: The 2nd Canadian Hygiene Section checks water supplier for 1st Division; water tests in the field; soldier adds chlorine; disinfecting the clothing and bedding of Italian civilians; disinfecting Italian civilians with a powder squirted into their clothing to prevent typhus.

3. International Hockey League, MK II: Exhibition Game between a British Columbia team and Tilburg in the International Hockey League in Holland; tea is served after the game.

4. Holland Handicap: Dutch children are towed on sleighs over ice by Canadian servicemen in a race; soldiers cheer the racers on; prizes and chocolates given to the children.

5. Flashes from the Western Front: Airfield gliders in the snow, all in ruins; winter quarters in pup tents in the forest. Soldiers in white snow suits; members of Regiment Chaudière sneak up and fire in reconnaissance action against snipers. A wall of tanks at the [Maas] River fire.

IDC: 98221.