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RIGBY, J.P.

1973-0162

Film

1944

Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit

1. Blighty Leave: Canadian soldiers board trains; they arrive at a port in the Netherlands to go to England on leave.~2. Winter Sports on the Western Front: Ice skating behind the lines; large crowds of civilians and some soldiers; children playing.~3. Souvenirs from Holland: Dutch shoemakers carve wooden shoes for souvenirs for Canadian soldiers.~4. Essex Scottish Concert Party: The Essex Scottish regiment gives a vaudeville-style show; comedy skit featuring a drunk; a list of battles is unveiled while pipers play.~5. Canada Sends Relief to Greece: Bags of wheat and other goods are unloaded at a port; the mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick presents a Greek flag to the Swedish ship captain of the Sworva at an Athens port.~6. Lamone River Action: 1st Canadian Corps at the Lamone River in Italy; on the highway to Venice; air attack; artillery pushes Germans back; 8th Army in the Po Valley; entering town.

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