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No. 103

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

18362

Titre de la série :

Canadian Army Newsreel

Niveau hiérarchique :

Pièce (Niveau acquisition)

Date :

1945

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

18362

Genre de documents :

Images en mouvement

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Films, vidéos et enregistrements sonores

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Notice descriptive – Détails

Fonds/collection :

RIGBY, J.P.

No d'acquisition :

1973-0162

Support :

Film

Partie :

1 of 1

Date de production :

1945

Compagnie de production :

Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit

Description :

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1945 IN REVIEW - Highlights of historic year for the Canadian Army Overseas: Two men of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders plant their regimental flag on German soil. Northern Italy: 1st Canadian Corps cross the Lamone River towards Ferrare, and move across the Appennine Mountains in winter. The Netherlands: Troops in winter gear fight; the Royal Canadian Engineers blow ice from the bridges; soldiers advance across flooded areas in amphibious areas; artillery fire and tank barrages; flamethrowers; supplies arrive at a port and are transported by truck towards Nijmegen for the crossing of the Rhine; smoke screens are used in February. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery presides over the first investitures of Canadians on German soil. Tanks attack positions around the Hochwald Forest; advance of Canadian troops through Dutch towns. Victoria Cross winner Sergeant Aubrey Cosens (fellow Victoria Cross winners Major Frederick Albert Tilston and Corporal Frederick George Topham are mentioned, Topham having been decorated in the field. Churchill visits the Canadian troops; action on the Rhine. The Royal Canadian Engineers build Bailey bridges; movement of supplies and equipment across the water. Deventer and other Dutch towns are liberated; the Dutch crowds celebrate. The 5th Division at Zuider Zee; shot of the sign "Stalag WC Weiglagerwesuwe", rescue of prisoners of the camp and shots of emaciated corpses on stretchers. Bernard Montgomery and members of the 21st Army Group meets with Russian generals.~May 5, 1945: Germany surrenders; Field Marshal Montgomery chairs a ceremony; Churchill gives the surrender announcement; the Royal Family; celebrations by crowds in London, Holland, Belgium, Ottawa, Toronto, other Canadian cities and New York City. Supplies arrive to give relief to Europeans; the 3rd Infantry Division takes up its duties at Canadian Occupational Force; supplies arrive to feed starving civilians; Provost Corps examine the luggage of returning German soldiers for booty; German troops turn in their equipment and return home. Artur Seyss-Inquart, General Johannes Blaskowitz, and Kurt Meyer are arrested; Meyer's trial. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King speaks on the CBC after his election victory; Canadian troops march to a service in London on Dominion Day; the Royal Family attends a service at Westminster Abbey. Allied troops march in a victory parade through Berlin; Churchill attends the parade; volunteers for the war in the Pacific gather in Nijmegen and return to Canada as other troops participate in a sports day. Celebrations in London, England of the surrender of Japan; Japanese generals surrender; the 6th Division, slated for war service in the East, has its last pass before it is disbanded.~General H.D.G. Crerar returns to Canada by ship and is formally welcomed by William Lyon Mackenzie King and his family; British prisoners of war in Hong Kong arrive at the Vancourver port; Khaki University in London is opened by Montgomery; Canadians receive the freedom of the city of Aldershot; Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander prepares to leave for Canada to become the new governor general. Canadian troops return home by train and by sea.

Langue :

English

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1. Title information: "A New Issue Every Friday".~2. Recorded at Merton Park Studios, London; Western Electric Recording.~3. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.
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V1 8607-0039

Restrictions du donateur :

No donor restrictions.

État du droit d'auteur :

Copyright expired.

Reproduction :

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~The CAFU material is Crown copyright, expired as of 1996, and now in the public domain.

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