DISC 3 NEWSREELS 37 - 53 37.1 Major John Mahony, V.C. Major John Keefer Mahony with his companions in Melfa; the group in a mess tent for dinner; his New Westminster comrades pay him tribute for receiving the Victoria Cross. 37.2 C.W.A.C.s Visit Pompeii The Canadian Women's Army Corps take a tour of the ancient ruins of Pompeii. 37.3 Donkey Derby C.A.F.U. In Pierre-du-Montée, soldiers hold a race riding donkeys; betting booths; a donkey race over a battle course; photo finish by Canadian Army Film Unit; Private Olson wins the cup. 37.4 Monty Decorates Canadian Paratroops Airborne and paratrooper groups attend an investiture in Normandy; Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery presents medals to Captain Griffin, Captain Hanson, Captain Keeper, Sergeant Harvey Morgan, Lance Corporal Russell Geddes, and Corporal Nobile. 37.5 Nursing Sisters Leave for France Nurses are briefed before their departure in England; members of the Royal Canadian Army Nurses Corps carry large kit bags and march onto a ship; they wave goodbye as they leave to staff the first Canadian General Hospital in France. 37.6 Orne-Odon Offensive Troops push from Caen; artillery fire; aircraft assault; allied warships fire at the coast; a plane is downed in flames; mortar fire; infantry marches across the river Orne; the Falaise Highway; tanks roll in; armoured and infantry clean out the town; man with a wireless set; an injured man is carried off by stretcher; German prisoners of war. 38.1 First Canadian Army Attacks Flashback - A Canadian Army formation goes into the field for the first time; Lieutenant General H.D.G. Crerar and staff prepare for the transfer of troops to the invasion force while on board a Canadian destroyer bound for France; a prayer service onboard the destroyer; General Montgomery at the Caen Hinge. 38.2 General Keller Inspects Brigade A parade by elements of the 3rd Canadian Division at Normandy; Major General R.F.L. Keller inspects the men; Keller tells troops of the attack plans on a loudspeaker (no live sound). 38.3 Mobile Dental Clinic A dental clinic pulls up to camp; a dentist sets up his office; a dentist pulls out a soldier's tooth; the dentist makes an impression for a denture; dental workshop where the dentures are made; the patient eats hardtack with his new teeth. 38.4 Round Up Meat rationing in Canada is suspended; cowboys stand around their camp; cowboys mount up; cattle round-up over plains, rocky ground, and water; cows are herded into railway cars; the train rolls out. 38.5 Flashes from France The Royal Canadian Engineers build a prefabricated pontoon bridge on the Orne River; a tank is hauled across the water; a mini German-made radio-controlled Beetle tank that carries explosives. Salvage units collect shell casings into a large pile; men unload salvage equipment. The Windmill Theatre, situated inside a cave, provides a venue for the Canadian Army show; dancing women; invasion forces sit before a portable stage to watch a ballroom dancing number and a country dance number. 39.1 Italy: The King Visits Canadians King George and his entourage arrive at 1st Canadian Corps and are met by the 8th Army Commander Sir Henry Maitland Wilson; Major John Mahony is invested with his Victoria Cross for bravery in action during fighting at the Melfa River on May 25, 1944; the King inspects guns and gunners of the Royal Canadian Artillery; tanks and their crews are reviewed; inspects troops with high-ranking officers of the 8th Army and the 1st Canadian Army. 39.2 England: R.C.O.C. Stadium Dedicated The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Stadium is opened in England; boxer Tommy Farr, jockey Steve Donoghue and other sporting celebrities attend; Farr referees a fight between Gunner Harvey Batlan and Andy Ross, a former Golden Gloves champ. Boxing card with Al McGinty and Tommy Roberts featured, among others. 39.3 France: Falaise Falls to 1st Canadian Army Tank crews at rest, making repairs; aerial reconnaissance takes off; aerial views of fields, a town in ruins; briefings in the field; armoured vehicles readied and roll out on the Falaise Highway; Canadians cut the German escape route; artillery fire; German prisoners from the 89th Division start to pour in; an American Liberator plane crashes in an open field with its crew parachuting to safety; other planes fly over; Typhoon bombers flying by; prisoners; infantry attempt to get by snipers in the town; tanks firing into a town; street fighting; ruins; injured man has his wounds dressed; the Falaise Pocket is taken by the Allies. Canadian troops captured Falaise on August 18, 1944. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 40 40.1 Churchill Greets Canadians in Italy Winston Churchill, sporting a pith helmet, gives a speech to the Canadian troops of the 8th Army where he predicts the end of the war; soldiers give him three cheers. 40.2 Canadians Entertain French Kiddies Children in Normandy attend a party; music; "Sapper" Bédard plays a clown; treats for the children. 40.3 Prisoners Pour from Falaise Gap The remaining members of the German 7th Army are captured by Canadians patrolling the streets of Falaise; Russian ex-slaves tell the Canadians where to find resisting Germans; prisoners surrender; Private E.A. McCallister who captured 150 men by himself; prisoners massed in a concentration area where they are documented; a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy; a German doctor; the prisoners are fed; truck loads of prisoners. 40.4 Flashes from France The Foreign Secretary of Britain, Captain Anthony Eden, meets General H.D.G. Crerar at Army Headquarters; Crerar and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands inspect the guard of honour. The first contingent of Canadian Women's Army Corps arrive in France; women with equipment. Soldiers from the Army Fire Service extinguish a burning truck. A dummy German tank made out of wood and farm carts fool reconnaissance. Flamethrowers demonstration; Wasp units on standard tanks shoot flames. 40.5 Post-War Homes for Canada's Warriors A crew builds a bungalow in eight hours in Vancouver; Mr. and Mrs. Keileig come home from the day at the factory to their new home. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 41 41.1 C.W.A.C. Cadets Graduate The Canadian Women's Army Corps Graduation day at No.2 Auxiliary Territorial Service; Officer Cadet Training Unit in England. 41.2 The Road to Rouen The 1st Canadian Army moves to the Seine in pursuit of the German army; French people wave at the troops; French civilian collaborators; civilians move back into their towns and take possession of German belongings left behind; dead horses and overturned carts; dead Germans; ruined equipment from aerial bombing; wrecked bridges; pontoon bridges float tanks across the river; a pontoon bridge on the Seine at Elbeuf; Rouen is invaded by light Bren carriers and the infantry. 41.3 Buzz Bomb Blitzed A June 15, 1944 flying bomb attack on London; demolition squads of the Royal Canadian Engineers; equipment is issued; mobile canteens; work proceeds; a flying bomb in a silo; ack-ack used to explode them in the air; aerial footage; bomber command drops bombs on France where the launching bases are located; Peenemunde area where the bomb launching sites are; ruins of the base; bombs around the site; concrete houses with a storehouse of British maps; a firing mechanism. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 42 42.1 Quebec Conference Winston Churchill, William Lyon Mackenzie King and Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrive in limousines at the Chateau Frontenac; they leave; Mrs. Clementine Churchill and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt are taken on a tour of a military base. The meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Mackenzie King took place in Quebec City between September 10 and 16, 1944. 42.2 Gothic Line, Italy Shelling at the Gothic Line; General C. Vokes and General E.L.M. Burns plan their next move; the move to Rimini; tanks roll forward; Canadian Infantry marches on narrow roads; Italian refugees return home. 42.3 General Vanier, Ambassador to France Major General Georges P. Vanier places a wreath on the grave of the Unknown Soldier in Paris; Ontario Premier Colonel George Drew, Canadian Military Staff chief in Paris Colonel McQueen and the Canadian secretary in Paris Mr. Saul Ray attend. 42.4 G.O.C. Visits Historic Sights of Last War A statue of Napoleon in Rouen; Lieutenant General H.D.G. Crerar makes a presentation; a Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Branch honour guard is inspected by Crerar and the Mayor of Rouen Mr. Montier; the mayor with a plaque; Crerar at a Vimy Ridge memorial with the caretaker of the monument. 42.5 Into Belgium A parade features a large model of the Giant of Ypres among the crowds; Montreuil is overrun; ruins of Montreuil; a large canon; in Nieuwpoort, Belgians repair bridges for armoured vehicles to cross; signalmen at work; a church ceremony; children ask soldiers for autographs, large crowds in a town square; soldiers play with children. 42.6 Dieppe Footage taken by Germans in 1942 at Dieppe shows dead Allied soldiers on the beach and prisoners of war; the 2nd Canadian Division parades through Dieppe preceded by a pipe band in 1944, with General H.D.G. Crerar taking the salute; included in the parade are the Essex Scottish, the Royal Regiment of Canada; the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, the Cameron Highlanders, the South Saskatchewan Regiment, the Fusiliers of Montreal, the Black Watch, the Calgary Highlanders, the Regiment Maisonneuve and the Toronto Scottish; the World War One cenotaph; people visit the new graves; Crerar reads an address at a ceremony; flowers for the graves. Canadian troops captured Dieppe on September 1, 1944. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 43 43.1 Fighting Men Buy Victory Bonds The 7th Victory Loan; a dispatch brings documents for a Victory Loan organizer; soldiers sign up; Captain William Grayson, signs up while in hospital; Sergeant Stollery of the Canadian Army Film Unit buys one while recovering in bed. 43.2 Cardinal Villeneuve Arrives in England At an airport in the United Kingdom, Major General P.J. Montague, Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill, and dignitaries of the church welcome Cardinal Rodrigue Villeneuve; Roman Catholic servicemen and servicewomen gather at Westminster Cathedral for a special service; the Cardinal arrives. 43.3 Workers Visit Army The United Automobile Workers Union members from Windsor and Oshawa visit Camp Borden; they look at the tanks they built; they are taken for a ride; a gunnery demonstration; dinner time, army style; a tour of the training camp; they ride in a personnel carrier; General F.F. Worthington, the camp commandant. 43.4 Battlefield Baptisms Protestant servicemen are baptised outdoors in a lake in the Piedmont area in Italy. 43.5 Target Boulogne The Canadian Army uses 15-inch guns; the large shells are loaded and fired; bomber attacks on Boulogne; explosions; prisoners are marched by; the French villagers return; a soldier gives cigarettes to women; Lieutenant General Ferdinand Hein gives himself up to Brigadier John Meredith Rockingham. 43.6 Cross Channel Menaces Removed German fortifications are discovered behind false-fronted buildings at captured ports along the French coastline; Canadian soldiers receive ex-German guns at the Nieuwpoort Beach Garrison; camouflaged gun sites; a mysterious German blockhouse is overrun. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 44 44.1 Canada Welcomes U.N.R.R.A. The delegates to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration gather in Montreal in September 1944; Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King opens the meeting (actuality sound); the Honourable Herbert Lehman, the director general of U.N.R.R.A. pays tribute to Canada (actuality). 44.2 Rimini Housecleaning Soldiers are moved to Rimini by transport; bulldozers push the ruins from the streets; a Greek infantry brigade; Italian women with soldiers. 44.3 Embarking Troops Invest in Victory Men of a United Kingdom reinforcement unit buy Victory bonds before they march off. 44.4 Please Deliver One Airfield The Royal Canadian Engineers survey land in France to begin the construction of a new airfield; German mines are removed; trees are knocked down; graders level the land; drainage tunnels are dug; drainage pipe is laid; a building is demolished; stone from the ruins is used to cover the runway; a prefabricated runway surface is unrolled on top of the stones; an aerial view of the runway; a plane lands. 44.5 Calais Cleared French civilians are evacuated from Calais in a temporary truce; the French file out on foot and in trucks; the 1st Canadian Army attack the fort at Cap Gris Nez in September 1944; planes drop bombs on Calais; the wreckage in the streets; fire engines; flooded land; Cap Gris Nez Garrison; cross-channel guns are disabled. 44.6 The Road to the Reich Transport vehicles move over muddy roads on their way to Antwerp; artillery attacks a water tower; flamethrowers shoot across the Leopold Canal near Eeklo; a gun with a camera on its barrel shoots; views of Antwerp. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 45 45.1 Colonel J.L. Ralston Tours Battlefronts Vincent Massey, General P.J. Montague, General Kenneth Stuart and public relations officers greet Defence Minister James L. Ralston in an English airfield; in Belgium, Ralston chats with wounded soldiers at the Canadian General Hospital; Commanding Officer Colonel Hume and Principal Matron Major M.M. McLaren see the General off; Ralston inspects troops in Belgium. 45.2 The King Honours Front Line Canadians King George is greeted by Lieutenant Guy Simonds at a Belgian airfield; ceremony on a parade square; Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery attends; General Simonds and Major General D.C. Spry, Brigadier H.P.E. Lang, Brigadier J.A.W. Bennett, Brigadier C. Fenwick, Brigadier W.G. Rope, Brigadier J.T. Sprague receive awards; Montgomery congratulates them; inspection of the guard of honour; Prince Charles, the regent of Belgium, in attendance. 45.3 Pulp Logging High-power chain saws are used to fell huge trees on the Pacific Coast of Canada; the trees are pulled out of the forest and placed on trucks; the logs are dumped into the water and poled into place; tug boats push the log rafts to the mill; the logs move by conveyor to the mill; they are stripped and made into boards and newsprint. 45.4 Italy - Onward from Rimini Light tanks and vehicles gather near Rimini and move across a valley; gunfire; a flooded river; a motorcycle moves through heavy mud; a tank is towed out of the mud; the ruins of a village; destroyed German guns; Italians examine German equipment left behind. 45.5 Belgium - Closing the Scheldt Pocket Troop trucks move across the canal; citizens wave at them; destroyed enemy armoured transport abandoned in the retreat; pontoon bridge construction; smoke screens created by British Pioneer Corps; flooded areas; Typhoon plane attacks the enemy by dive bombing the area with machine guns after dropping its payload; troops advance to the Dutch frontier; crowds wave at the soldiers. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 46 46.1 Victory Loan over the Top The Victory Loan far surpasses its target goal; Victory Loan signs along the road; soldiers sign up; people in the hospital sign up; members of the Canadian Women's Army Corps sign up; a registration station in Italy; Victoria Cross winners Major John Mahony and Major Paul Triquet both buy a bond; a pipe band. 46.2 "Meet Canada" Exhibition Opens Canada's High Commissioner Vincent Massey and Sir William Darling, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, give opening addresses; soldiers in Edinburgh, Scotland look at the exhibit; the Royal Canadian Navy Honour Guard. 46.3 Flying Hospitals Service Wounded Douglas Dakota planes bring a shipment of blood; ambulance trucks take the supplies; wounded men are transferred to the plane; they are treated onboard; a Red Cross Ambulance convoy meets them in England and takes them away. 46.4 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; The Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories interviews refugees to place them; the British Engineers' Civil Labour Offices; women doing laundry; men build a railway. 46.5 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 in the streets; armoured scout cars; shelling on the south bank; amphibious attack in the peninsula; American-made Alligator amphibious vehicles cross to the north bank. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 47 47.1 Field Marshal Montgomery Decorates Canadians Ninety Canadians are decorated by Bernard Montgomery in Belgium, including Lieutenant Colonel Roberts, Lieutenant Colonel McTavy, Lieutenant Colonel M.M.B. Gordon, Major B.O. Walsh, Major W.D. Brooks, Captain J.S. Woodward, Honorary Captain Jameson, C.S.M. Howe, Lance Sergeant Bartalocci, Lance Corporal Moss, and Private H.L. Fraser. 47.2 Personalities in the News The Premier of Poland decorates Lieutenant General H.D.G. Crerar in London. Baron Robert Silvercruys, the Belgian Ambassador to Canada, returns to Brussels for a visit. Cardinal Rodrigue Villeneuve is met by army and air force padres in Brussels. Padres have a conference at the 1st Canadian Army quarters in Brussels. Major General Luton, the director of medical services, inspects 1st Canadian Corps medical facilities in Italy. 47.3 Adriatic Rest Camp Men relax at a rest camp behind the lines in Italy; the camp lounge; a Bandoliers concert party with soldiers performing in uniform, two men doing a drag ballet dance, a man in drag singing, and an "Indian" dance number. 47.4 News Highlights Canadian firefighters parade in a farewell revue in Trafalgar Square in London; Canada's Vincent Massey and Britain's Herbert Morrison take the salute; the National Fire Service band. A Brussels mansion is discovered to be a German map library; map kits for German soldiers. Aerial shot of the flooded Scheldt Estuary. 47.5 Walcheren Ships at sea on their way to the Scheldt Estuary are escorted by Bomber Command; the south bank of the Scheldt near the port of Breskens; 1st Canadian Army troops move out; casualties are carried to a truck; supplies on the move; 240mm super heavy guns fire; landing craft move forward. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 48 48.1 Conscription for Overseas Service Colonel James Layton Ralston resigns as Minister of Defence on November 1, 1944 after his overseas visit; his successor, General Andrew McNaughton, speaks of his new position as Defence Minister; newspaper headlines declare enforcement of conscription. 48.2 O.C.T.U. Graduation in England Major General Percival J. Montague presides over officer cadets of the Royal Military College Officer Cadet Training Unit graduation. He inspects the British, New Zealand and Canadian cadets; parade; a New Zealander receives the Sam Brown belt for his outstanding performance. 48.3 Turkeys for Xmas Turkey farmers and their flocks in Canada. Prepare to ship turkeys overseas for the troops at Christmas. 48.4 Lancasters Sink Tirpitz Twenty-nine RAF Bomber Command Lancasters fly to Tromsofiord to attack the German battleship Tirpitz on November 12, 1944; battle scenes from the air; the ship sinks. 48.5 Ghent Furlough D-Day invasion troops spend the day visiting the marketplace of the Belgian town of Ghent. 48.6 Objective Cesena The Adriatic Front in Northern Italy; tanks on the roads; the infantry at work; signallers; flame-throwing Churchill tanks; Cesena mortar duel; advancing through "dragon's teeth"; oil tank fire; troops move through Cesena in ruins; some men "capture" a pig. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 49 49.1 Army's Newsreel Goes Weekly Canadian Army Newsreel cameramen at work, filming the action; shipping the film along with written descriptions of the contents; aircraft takes film to the Film and Photo Unit in England; film library; editing and censoring the footage; sound editing; the commentator at work; copies are made and shipped to soldiers; spectators view the newsreel. 49.2 Czechs Keep Lid on Dunkirk On the Channel coast, Czech soldiers under Canadian command fire mortars at Dunkirk, one of the last pockets of German resistance. 49.3 Forestry Corps in Belgium The Canadian Forestry Corps moves from England to Europe; trucks on boats; set up a Belgian camp; chopping firewood; sawing down large trees; heavy equipment; at the sawmill, the lumber is squared and stacked. 49.4 Snowmobiles for Winter Ops Snowshoed jeeps practice in winter conditions in Canada; snowmobile tanks in a field. 49.5 Taxi Soldier? Recreation-bound soldiers board the "Nickel Cab Bus Line" in Italy, which consists of a series of transport trucks. 49.6 Major David Currie, V.C. Major David Currie, recipient of a Victoria Cross, is congratulated by General H.D.G. Crerar. 49.7 Canadians on German Soil German territory is occupied by Canadian soldiers; tanks; a Canadian guard sits at a tipped-over border shack; soldiers enter the abandoned home of Frau Shuster, Hermann Goering's aunt. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 50 50.1 Antwerp Harbour Opens A Canadian built Victory ship is the first supply ship to arrive at the Antwerp port; Admiral Ramsay and other dignitaries meet the Fort Cataraqui and its captain; supplies are unloaded. 50.2 Breda Night Club Soldiers dance with Dutch girls to band music. 50.3 Giant Bailey Bridge In Holland, Canadian engineers replace old bridges with new prefabricated ones; army traffic moves across a new bridge. 50.4 Artillery Officers Sprout Wings Gunner Officers of the Royal Canadian Artillery go to Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot school; ground training in simulators; Morse Code training; signaling; aircraft recognition class; an aerodynamics model; the men move out to the airfield to fly one engineer planes with an instructor; aerial shots; a solo flight. 50.5 Dominion Metal Output Soars The Trail, B.C. smelter at its peek function; mining, smelting pouring molten metal into moulds; making metal sheets; electrolysis of metal sheets; ammonium nitrate is packaged; barrels are processed; shipping goods onto boats; cargo unloaded; amphibious with supplies; an ammo dump. 50.6 Eisenhower on Canadian Front General Eisenhower tours the 1st Canadian Army; he arrives at the Headquarters of a Polish unit under Canadian command; Polish Officer Commanding Major General Maczek and General Crerar meet; Eisenhower talks to the troops; Canadian Bridging Company demonstrates the construction of a prefabricated Bailey bridge; inspection of flame-throwing carriers. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 51 51.1 War Brides Leave for Canada English wives and children of Canadian servicemen board trains in England with the assistance of the British Red Cross to begin the first leg of their journey to Canada. 51.2 Home Leave for Johnny Canuck Major General Christopher Vokes explains the system of leave to a crowd of the 1st Canadian Division in Italy; the march to the point of departure from Naples; in England, embarkation tickets handed out. 51.3 Field Troops Get Xmas Parcels At a Belgium supply port, the 1st Canadian Army receives its Christmas mail; packages of goodies are opened; Provost Corps members get their mail. 51.4 Snow Comes to the Canadian Army Winter on the western front; firewood is gathered in Holland; Hardtack the chicken, mascot to a field artillery battery; snowball fight near the guns; wash line in the snow. 51.5 C.W.A.C.s Fill St. Nick's Bag Members of the Canadian Women's Army Corps sew toys from patterns in a lounge. 51.6 Xmas Party in Holland December 5th Christmas party in Holland; Canadian cooks make treats for the children; St. Nick arrives in an army truck with the Black Peters; General H.D.G. Crerar arrives; a soldier feeds a child; St. Nick gives out presents; children open up packages of candy and toys; St. Nick and pals drive off. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 52 52.1 Water, Water Everywhere Canadian sector in Holland is flooded; broken bridges; barges are loaded to move supplies across the Maas River. Weasel amphibious vehicles move through the water. 52.2 Armoured Div. Sigs Keep 'Em Rolling In Holland, the Armoured Division Signals Royal Canadian Corps of Signals; a forward tank commander sends a messenger to get a new wireless receiver; different communications procedures are shown (wire, dispatch rider); the technical maintenance centre sends a wireless; a machine is returned to the tank and is used. 52.3 Flashes from the Western Front Major General Spry inspects a field artillery unit in Holland, looks at guns, and has an informal talk with the soldiers. Antwerp harbour supply ships unload trucks and supplies. Royal Canadian Signallers and Engineers lay submarine cable from a barge on the Waal River. An army jeep is rigged with a plasti-glass roof dome to keep out the cold. A captured German flame thrower is demonstrated; flame-throwing carriers in action. 52.4 Twins Confuse R.C.A.F. Royal Canadian Air Force, Bomber Command: The Sherlock Twins, Flight Lieutenants Alan and Eric from Simcoe, Ontario, on the airfield. 52.5 CDN WREN Joins R.N. Boat's Crew Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.): British Royal Navy women ferry personnel across a river; they maintain their ship; Stoker Molly, the only Canadian woman on a British crew. 52.6 Italian Front Holiday for a Canadian artillery unit; the "Skunk Hollow Handicap" mule race is run, complete with betting standards; a turkey shoot, winners carry off the fowl. Canadian Army Newsreel No. 53 53.1 1944 IN REVIEW Highlights of Historic Year for Canadian Army Overseas. It shows: Italy: the ruins of a church at Ortona, destruction, and a crippled man in the street. January, 1944: General Bernard Montgomery relinquishes command of the 8th Army and returns to England. The new commander, General Sir Oliver Leese, is met by Canadian Army Staff officers in Italy. Major Paul Triquet, Victoria Cross recipient, visits graves in a Canadian military cemetery. England: General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the newly-named Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force (S.H.A.E.F.) in the Western Theatre, holds a conference. General Andrew McNaughton says goodbye to the First Canadian Army. General H.D.G. Crerar arrives to assume command. April 1944: Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King arriving at airport in England for the Dominion Prime Minister's conference and is met by Vincent Massey and General H.D.G. Crerar. Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth visit Canadian paratroopers, watch a demonstration mass drop by them and then review the paratroopers. May 1944: Dress rehearsals for invasion, with troops wading up on beaches as flail tanks clear the way. General Eisenhower addresses the 2nd Canadian Corps. King George inspects the 3rd Canadian Division. Italy: 1st Canadian Corps advance on the German line near Ceprano. England. June 6, 1944: Troops are readied and supplies are loaded for the assault; D-Day, shelling, beach landing, advance begins. Rome falls. Romans celebrate the liberation of the city. Large crowd in a square. Normandy: 1st Canadian Army battles near Caen, fighting at Carpiquet Airfield; move through the ruins of Caen. July 1944: King George visits Canadian troops in Italy and presents Major John Mahony with the Victoria Cross. In France: Allied troops open the second front on the coast of Normandy; classic footage of Allied and Canadian troops landing on French soil; elements of the 1st Canadian Army blasting Carpiquet Airfield, Caen; troops being acclaimed as they liberate the city; troops in battle for the Falaise Gap, July 1944; prisoners from the German 7th Army; Canadian reinforcements arrive via prefabricated Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches; General H.D.G. Crerar chats with Major David Currie, V.C., of the South Alberta Regiment; Canadian troops clean up Channel ports, liberate Rouen in August 1944 and crowd there greets the Canadians, Bruges and Boulogne; 2nd Division parade through Dieppe; ruins of flying bomb sites on Channel coast; and Boulogne being blasted from the air by Allied aircraft. Italy: The German line is attacked by artillery; Allies advance. Belgium: Crossing the border. 1st Canadian Army moves into the Antwerp area. In Holland: Canadian troops cross into Holland, clean up the Scheldt Estuary and the Breskens Pocket, assault from landing amphibians on Walcheren Island; view of Antwerp; Ernest A. Smokey Smith of the Canadian Seaforth Highlanders, Victoria Cross winner, gets his picture taken by a C.W.A.C. photographer. Canadian tanks cross into Germany at Beek. Canadian flag is raised.