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No. 23 : [incomplete]

Colonel Ralston Visits Battlefront: James Layton Ralston visits Italy and does a tour of inspections: 48th Highlanders of Toronto; a French Canadian Unit; Army Service Corps; a hospital; an ancient amphitheatre provides a venue for a speech for the troops, with Lieutenant General Kenneth Stuart; a regimental parade and inspection; drives out to a makeshift cemetery; meets General Bernard Montgomery and looks at the General's pet canaries; in London, he attends a Canadian Military Headquarters church service at St. Martin's with Major General P.J. Montague; he shakes hands with soldiers leaving the church; leaves at an airport; Vincent Massey and others salute the plane as it leaves.~CMHQ Gives Christmas Party: British children are entertained by Canadian Military Headquarters at the Poplar Hospital; some are dressed as clowns, and St. Nicholas gives out gifts.~Target-Berlin: The first Canadian-built Lancaster bomber, "Queenie" is put into service; bombing run by a Lancaster squadron; aerial shot of a German city being bombed; airmen are debriefed afterwards (live sound).~Battle of San Leonardo: High-ranking officers hold a conference; artillery fire on San Leonardo; enemy equipment left behind; dead German soldiers; glum German prisoners; Russian officers visit the 8th Army.

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Record Identifier: 189432

Record Origin: This MODS record was created from an item-level archival description maintained in Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC).

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Record Creation Date: 2024-05-21

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Title: No. 23 : [incomplete]

Name: Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit

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Type of Resource: Moving Image

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: 1. These films have been deposited in the care of the Archives for preservation purposes only and for bona-fide study and research on the premises of the Archives.~2. The Montreal Military and Maritime Museum became part of the David Stewart Museum which became the Stewart Awfort Museum. As donor they can be reached at (514) 861-6701.

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