Summary 19.1 Canada Jumps Men of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion undergo stiff obstacle course training, practice indoor jumps; prepare for the real thing. Shots of them boarding aircraft and jumping. Various shots of them floating down and landing as others watch. Shots of the new paratroops getting their wings. 19.2 Airport Hand-Over Royal Canadian Engineers manning heavy machinery as they build an airfield. At the turn-over ceremony, Brigadier Melville and Air Vice Marshal Baker, of the Canadian Army and Royal Air Force respectively, inspect the new airport staff. 19.3 Exercise Pirate A rehearsal for invasion. Men load tanks on board landing craft. Sequence on landing craft flotilla at sea, approaching beach; men landing. 19.4 Italian Interlude Divisional sports meet in Potenza, Italy. 880-yard dash is completed by D.R. Cameron and L.W. Brook; Artillery and Canadian Infantry Brigade in tug-of-war; obstacle race; Peter Stursberg is shown speaking into a microphone. Army vehicles have trouble with deep mud during heavy rains. At a supply dump, men of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps handle cans of gasoline and other supplies. Men are shown eating their rations. Turkey being caught and prepared for Thanksgiving celebration. A song about work in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps is heard on the soundtrack. Canadian troops of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division advance through the ruined town of Monte Cassino on their way to Motta in October 1943.
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Genres : War Documentary News
Countries of origin : Canada
Language : English
Summary 19.1 Canada Jumps Men of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion undergo stiff obstacle course training, practice indoor jumps; prepare for the real thing. Shots of them boarding aircraft and jumping. Various shots of them floating down and landing as others watch. Shots of the new paratroops getting their wings. 19.2 Airport Hand-Over Royal Canadian Engineers manning heavy machinery as they build an airfield. At the turn-over ceremony, Brigadier Melville and Air Vice Marshal Baker, of the Canadian Army and Royal Air Force respectively, inspect the new airport staff. 19.3 Exercise Pirate A rehearsal for invasion. Men load tanks on board landing craft. Sequence on landing craft flotilla at sea, approaching beach; men landing. 19.4 Italian Interlude Divisional sports meet in Potenza, Italy. 880-yard dash is completed by D.R. Cameron and L.W. Brook; Artillery and Canadian Infantry Brigade in tug-of-war; obstacle race; Peter Stursberg is shown speaking into a microphone. Army vehicles have trouble with deep mud during heavy rains. At a supply dump, men of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps handle cans of gasoline and other supplies. Men are shown eating their rations. Turkey being caught and prepared for Thanksgiving celebration. A song about work in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps is heard on the soundtrack. Canadian troops of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division advance through the ruined town of Monte Cassino on their way to Motta in October 1943.
Genres : War Documentary News
Countries of origin : Canada
Language : English
