Canadian Army Newsreel, No. 46 (1944)

Language: This film is a heritage item from Library and Archives Canada and is only available in English.

The Canadian Army Newsreels were ten-minute films, made up of a number of different stories and produced by the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit. Dubbed with the phrase, "of the troops, by the troops and for the troops," these newsreels were distributed within the Canadian Army.

Please note that some names may not be spelled correctly.

1. Victory Loan Over the Top: The Victory Loan far surpasses its target goal; Victory Loan signs along the road; soldiers, people in the hospital and CWACs sign up; a registration station in Italy; Victoria Cross winners Major John Mahoney and Major Paul Triquet both buy a bond; a pipe band.

2. "Meet Canada" Exhibition Opens: Canada High Commissioner Vincent Massey and Sir William Darling, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, give opening addresses; soldiers in Scotland look at the exhibit; the Royal Canadian Navy Honour Guard.

3. Flying Hospitals Service Wounded: Douglas Dakota planes bring a shipment of blood; ambulance trucks take the supplies; wounded men are transferred to the plane and are treated onboard; a Red Cross Ambulance convoy meets them in England and takes them away.

4. Italian Refugees Rehabilitated: Italian peasants clean up their town; they receive goods in transport trucks and are brought to a central transit centre; people receive food; Red Cross workers give out clothing, shoes, and medical treatment; AMGOT interviews refugees to place them; the British Engineers' Civil Labour Offices; women doing laundry; men build a railway.

5. Scheldt-Mouth Housecleaning: Advances are made on the Dutch mainland; assault success at Breskens; the town in ruins; transport vehicles roll down the road; a windmill; the Dutch people start to rebuild; children play on the streets; armoured scout cars; shelling on the south bank; amphibious attack in the South Beveland peninsula; American-made Alligator amphibious vehicles cross to the north bank.

IDC: 33156.