R1196-1-9

For subject description, see ISN 18717.

Defence Minister Visits Troops: Colonel James Layton Ralston, Lieutenant General Kenneth Stuart, and C.D. Howe arrive by bomber in England and are greeted by High Commissioner Vincent Massey; 2nd Unit parade; Ralston chats with soldiers, sees an artillery course demonstration, visits a hospital; visits the Scotland Forestry Corps; inspects 1st Division 3rd Brigade, West Nova Scotias; 9th Highland Brigade gives a demostration; 5th Division 85th Cape Breton Highlanders; and 4th Division.~Canadian Signallers Prove Skills at Arms: 1st Canadian Signal Corps competes with the British 12th Corps at their job skills; competitions in putting up signal poles and riding dispatch on motorcycles over rough terrain.~When Non-Combatants Fight: 3rd Division special training exercises for supply, transport, petrol, ammunition, medics and other non-fighting soldiers; they practice a beach landing and climb a cliff.~Army Hands Over New Airport: The Royal Canadian Air Force gets a new airport from the Royal Canadian Engineers; the airfield under construction; Air Chief Marshal [Courtney], Air Marshal Edwards, Chief Engineer Major General Hertzberg, and General A.G.L. McNaughton review the troops; Edwards gives a speech (live sound); the first Mustangs land.~Here Come the Guards: The Coldstream Guards welcome the Governor General's Foot Guards in Aldershot, England; Brigadiers Burns and [Failand], Lieutenant Colonel [Richt] at train station; parade out of station.~Dieppe Heroes Honoured: Canadians who fought at Dieppe receive honours at Buckingham Palace; shots of many soldiers leaving the grounds; Major General Roberts, Brigadier [Mann], Air Commodore [Kohl], Captain [Portias], Colonel [Merritt], Sergeant [Thurman], Private [Thrussle], Private [McKellar], and others.

For subject description, see ISN 18363.

Lieutenant General Kenneth Stuart Opens Sixth Victory Loan Campaign: Stuart gives a speech to announce an equipment fund loan drive.~General Montgomery Visits Canadian Troops: Bernard Montgomery speaks to Canadian invasion troops with Lieutentant General Stuart on hand; informal speech; Monty shakes hands with the Highland Unit team and Reinforcement Unit B team before the start of the second game of the Canadian Army Hockey Championships; Monty does face-off honours; he gives prizes to Corporal F.R. [Clark] and the rest of the winning team.~Parade at Windsor: One thousand Canadian Army Service Unit troops visit St. George's Chapel for the first time; troops march to the church, Brigadier John McQueen gives a trophy to a tank transporter company for the best maintenance of its vehicles.~Close-Ups from Italy: Pamphlet propaganda is loaded into shells and aimed at the German soldiers; a memorial cross is erected in the Azura Cemetery in Sicily; mud makes road travel difficult; cooks take a refresher divisional cooking course, and learn how to bake and cook with an improvised oven.~Canadians Receive Awards: Italian awards go to Sergeant Major Drapeau, Captain [Sharpe], Private [Magestad], Corporal [McCloud], Corporal [Way], Lieutenant [Canyon], Major [Fraser], Captain Watson, Lance Brigadier [Rowlands], Corporal [Barrs], Brigadier [Reynold], Corporal [Daylor], Brigadier Matthews, Major Brown, Captain [Catigan], Bombardier [Rowe].~Triquet, V.C.: Major Paul Triquet of the Royal 22nd Regiment wins the second Canadian Victoria Cross, the first to be given to a soldier in Italy, for his participation at the Casa Berardi battle.

Stories on: Antwerp Harbour Opens; Breda Night Club; Giant Bailey Bridge; Artillery Officers Sprout Wings; Dominion Metal Output Soars; and Eisenhower on Canadian Front.

Film features a story on the Canadian Forestry Corps. which contributed to the war effort by tackling the stands of old forest in Scotland to produce lumber for Britain's war needs. Featured are several shots of Canadian soldiers with shoulder flashes which read "RCA", "RCAMC" and "RCASC" and soldiers disembarking from a troop ship and boarding a train. The film talks of how these men from Canada's lumber regions have enlisted to become the Canadian Forestry Corps. Several sequences feature the recruits felling long-standing trees, milling the timber to make lumber and training soldiers during maneuvers. The film also features how the Canadians bring with them the "attitudes of the new world" with such characters as the "full blooded Indian", the "charming French-Canadian" and the "friendly westerner", who have all arrived to help Britain in its moment of need. <10mn 20s>