Summary 15.1 Army Sports Day 1943 Canadian Army Track and Field Championships with General A.G.L. McNaughton in attendance; 100-yard dash; High jump by W.L. St. John; 1 mile run won by R.N. Mavy; J.C. Crashley at the running long jump; 440-yard race; 3-mile run conclusion; Ali Gore at the shot put; 5th Division team from Westminster Regiment versus the 3rd Division Royal Canadian Army Service Corps tug of war; hop-step-jump; 440-yard relay race; McNaughton presents prizes. 15.2 The King Presents Colours to Dieppe Veterans King George and Queen Elizabeth visit the Royal Regiment of Canada and the South Saskatchewan Regiment along with High Commissioner Vincent Massey; Lieutenant Col. F.L. Nichols and Lieutenant Col. F.A. Cliff meet with them on the Whitley parade grounds for an inspection tour; new colors are presented and the troops march by. 15.3 Play Ball A baseball game at Empire Stadium, Wembley; a big crowd; Major General P.J. Montague, Lieutenant General J. Devers (U.S. Army), Greeting players is Lord Wigram, representing the British Red Cross for whose benefit the game was held. 15.4 Sicily Snapshots Canadian North African Hospital in operation; doctors using lab equipment, moving patients into a tent; Reinforcements go over a conditioning course in North Africa; Royal Canadian Engineers use their bulldozers to make roads and drainage ditches; tanks roll over the new roads; Mule train being harnessed, supplies loaded; 1st Division war artist Lieutenant W.A. Ogilvy; Bath time for Canadian soldiers in irrigation ditches.
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Genres : War Documentary News
Countries of origin : Canada
Language : English
Summary 15.1 Army Sports Day 1943 Canadian Army Track and Field Championships with General A.G.L. McNaughton in attendance; 100-yard dash; High jump by W.L. St. John; 1 mile run won by R.N. Mavy; J.C. Crashley at the running long jump; 440-yard race; 3-mile run conclusion; Ali Gore at the shot put; 5th Division team from Westminster Regiment versus the 3rd Division Royal Canadian Army Service Corps tug of war; hop-step-jump; 440-yard relay race; McNaughton presents prizes. 15.2 The King Presents Colours to Dieppe Veterans King George and Queen Elizabeth visit the Royal Regiment of Canada and the South Saskatchewan Regiment along with High Commissioner Vincent Massey; Lieutenant Col. F.L. Nichols and Lieutenant Col. F.A. Cliff meet with them on the Whitley parade grounds for an inspection tour; new colors are presented and the troops march by. 15.3 Play Ball A baseball game at Empire Stadium, Wembley; a big crowd; Major General P.J. Montague, Lieutenant General J. Devers (U.S. Army), Greeting players is Lord Wigram, representing the British Red Cross for whose benefit the game was held. 15.4 Sicily Snapshots Canadian North African Hospital in operation; doctors using lab equipment, moving patients into a tent; Reinforcements go over a conditioning course in North Africa; Royal Canadian Engineers use their bulldozers to make roads and drainage ditches; tanks roll over the new roads; Mule train being harnessed, supplies loaded; 1st Division war artist Lieutenant W.A. Ogilvy; Bath time for Canadian soldiers in irrigation ditches.
Genres : War Documentary News
Countries of origin : Canada
Language : English
