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SOWMAN, J.

1969-0029

Film

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1919

Canadian Kodak

On 19 March 1919, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) detrain in Ottawa after 4 years 6 months and 16 days of service overseas in World War I.~Opens with a wreath honouring the dead and a portrait of Princess Particia. The troop ship Carmania loaded with the PPCLI docks. Colonel Hamilton Gault watches his men disembark. The troops then board trains for Ottawa. The Mayor of Ottawa and other city officials welcome the regiment at the train station. The men then leave the station and parade through the downtown streets. The Governor General, the Duke of Devonshire, reviews them and gives a speech which is cheered by the troops. He then meets the regiment's officers. The men parade through the streets again as thousands cheer. The PPCLIs Black Watch and Machine Guns are seen observing Rememberance Day at the Toronto Cenotaph. Captain Sidney Lambert of the PPCLI officiates. <14mn>

Silent with English intertitles

Libre

V1 8207-0053

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