Canadian Army Newsreel No. 68

68.1 Services Commemorate Vimy Day
The Canadian Ex-Servicemen’s Association of Great Britain observes the 28th anniversary battle of Vimy Ridge in Epsom, Surrey, England; Major General Weeks views pipers and parade; Epsom Cenotaph; Veterans’ Guard of Canada honour guard; march past Vimy Ridge, the tomb of an unknown soldier.

68.2 Canadian Officers Get Polish Medals
General Holler of the Polish Army gives medals to Captain Pierre Sevigny and Lieutenant Guy Louis Caron; Lieutenant Colonel Paul Triquet, V.C. congratulates them.

68.3 Canadian Scottish Sports Day
The Canadian Scottish Regiment has the first sports meet on German soil; sack race, three-legged race, high jump, tug of war; soldiers at the canteen.

68.4 Kenora Snow Carnival
The North Western Ontario Outfitters Convention and Snow Carnival; the mayor and the president of the convention; costumed people re-enact life in the “roaring 90s”; log chopping contest; ladies skate; Miss Pat Odum, carnival queen, is crowned by the Honourable George Dunbar.

68.5 Mont Tremblant Ski Race
Miriam Szodcheck, the winner of the men’s senior division, runs the course; Rhoda Werkle wins the women’s downhill; people skiing.

68.6 General Crerar Inaugurates 8th Victory Loan
Crerar buys a bond in Northern Holland; members of the 1st Canadian Army follow suit.

68.7 Drive to Free Northern Holland
Armoured vehicles of the 4th Canadian Division move on from Cleve area in a drive for the North Sea; road repairs; a concentration camp in Bathorn, Germany; servicemen-internees from France, Yugoslavia and Poland are released; Neuenhaus captured with its railway intact; 5.5 artillery in action south of Arnhem; shelling; Canadians face resistance at Zutphen; civilian casualties wounded by German sniper on stretchers.