- Title: VM-1098B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:32:04 - 00:32:50 "SALUTE TO THE CANADIAN ARMY" FILMED IN CANADA. TRACES THE HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN ARMY WHICH SHARED SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER FIGHTING WITH AMERICANS ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPE AND KOREA 00:32:55 - SERGEANT QUEEN, NARRATOR, SPEAKS TO REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR MCMANNIS OF THE CANADIAN GUARD AND COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR JOHN GEREAU OF THE ALL FRENCH SPEAKING ROYAL 22ND REGIMENT, THE 'BANDU'. 00:33:05 - MS- BOTH MEN TELL THE HISTORY OF THEIR UNITS FROM THE HISTORIC CITADEL FORTRESS, QUEBEC 00:33:15 - LS- THE ROYAL REGIMENT MARCHES OUT ON THE PARADE GROUNDS BRITISH STYLE LED BY A GUARD HOLDING A GOAT MASCOT ON A LEASH 00:34:26 - LS- A ROYAL 22ND REGIMENT SOLDIER WEARING THE TALL FURRY HAT AND 19TH CENTURY UNIFORMS MUCH LIKE THE BRITISH PALACE GUARD, BLOWS HIS BUGLE TO ANNOUNCE THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD. . 00:34:40 - CU- FEET OF THE GUARD STOP MARCHING AND A SUDDEN RAISING AND SLAMMING DOWN OF THE RIGHT FOOT AND A RIGHT FACE TURN ENDS THE MARCH. 00:35:25 - THE GOAT MASCOT 'BATISTE' WITH GOLD PLATED HORNS KNEELS DOWN WITH HIS FRONT LEGS AS HIS TRAINER SALUTES. THE GOAT RISES AFTER THE SALUTE 00:36:03 - MS- THE LONE SENTINAL AT THE CITADEL'S ENTRANCE GUARD HOUSE IS RELIEVED BY 3 SMARTLY MARCHING GUARDS IN A RITUALISTIC EXERCISE WITH ONE OF THE 3 MAKING THE RELIEF, LIKE TOY SOLDIERS. 00:36:20 - 00:36:55 - MS- PAINTING OF THE DYING BRITISH GENERAL WOLFE ON THE BATTLEFIELD AFTER DEFEATING FRENCH GENERAL MONTCALM, WINNING CANADA FOR BRITAIN. 00:37:23 - LS- PAINTING OF BRITISH GENERAL SITTING ON CHAIR AT AN INDIAN VILLAGE, SURROUNDED BY INDIANS. 00:37:35 - MONTAGE- CANADIAN YOUNG RECRUITS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES AND THEN LINING UP IN UNIFORM FOR WWI IN 1914. THEY PRACTICE WITH RIFLES ON FIRING RANGE 00:37:53 - LS- CROWDS WAVE AT TROOP SHIP IN PORT BEFORE IT LEAVES FOR EUROPE 00:38:02 - MONTAGE- CANNONS FIRING AND GERMAN TROOPS CHARGING ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN WWI FILM. 00:38:11 - LS- GAS FILLS THE TRENCHES AND CANADIAN TROOPS GASP FOR AIR. A COLUMN OF CANADIAN TROOPS MATCH SINGLE FILE THROUGH A LONG SNAKING TRENCH S 00:38:33 - CANADIAN SOLDIERS GOING 'OVER THE TOP' FROM THEIR TRENCHES AND OTHER FILM. 00:38:55 - WWI CANADIAN MEMORIAL STATUE IN OTTAWA, TO THE 60,000 DEAD, SHOWS SOLDIERS AND A MULE IN A GROUP SCENE (PAN). CU- THE VICTORIA CROSS (MEDAL) 00:39:24 - LS- THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING. IN 1922 THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT PASSED NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT 00:39:51 - LS- CANADA'S DEFENSE TROOPS EMBARK FOR EUROPE IN DECEMBER 1939. SOLDIERS CROWD THE DECK OF THE SHIP 00:40:08 - MS- CANADIAN BLACK-FACED COMMANDOS GET INTO LANDING BOATS FOR A RAID ON DIEPPE A GERMAN HELD PORT IN FRANCE. 00:40:42 - LS- ABANDONED TANKS AND MILITARY VEHICLES LITTER THE DIEPPE BEACH AS RAID WAS A TACTICAL FAILURE. MS- 4 BUDDIES CARRY A WOUNDED SOLDIER AS LESS THAN 4900 COMMANDOS RETURNED TO ENGLAND. 00:41:12 - LS- ENGLISH CROWD GATHER OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE WHILE CANADIAN OF THE DIEPPE RAID ARE BEING HONORED BY THE KING INSIDE 00:41:22 - MS- A CANADIAN SOLDIER ON CRUTCHERS POSES WITH WIFE. MONTAGE OTHER SOLDIERS FROM THE RAID POSE WITH THEIR MEDALS INTHEIR QUAINT UNIFORMS. 00:41:42 - MS- A SOLDIER USES A MEGAPHONE TO BARK ORDERS TO A MORTAR CREW AS THEY CONTINUALLY FEED SHEELS INTO THE MORTAR AT ITALIAN VILLAGE OF ARTONA ON CHRISTMAS OF 1943 00:42:05 - MONTAGE- CANADIAN GIS FIGHT HOUSE TO HOUSE IN THE RUBBLE OF ARTONA. PARTICIPATE WITH AMERICAN 00:43:00 - MONTAGE- CANADIAN TROOPS WADING ASHORE AT NORMANDY. GERMAN PRISONERS MARCH WITH THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HEADS. D-DAY 00:43:31 - LS- GENERAL EISENHOWER WALKS WITH CANADIAN COMMANDERS AT THE FRONT. 00:43:55 - MS- A CANADIAN COMMANDER SHOWS A MAP TO HIS OFFICERS IN TENT HEADQUARTERS DURING KOREAN WAR. 00:44:30 - MS- A CANADIAN GI SIPS A GLASS OF ALE AND WIPES HIS MOUTH WITH HIS SLEEVE. 00:44:35 - LS- QUAINT HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS IN WEST GERMANY OF THE CANADIAN BASE UNITS, EUROPE, AS PART OF NATO'S OBLIGATION. 00:44:45 - MONTAGE- CANADIAN TROOPS IN REALISTIC FIELD EXERCISES. 00:45:24 - MS- UN PRESIDENT DAG HAMMARSKJOLD CHATS WITH CANADIAN DELEGATE AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING IN 1956 DURING SUEZ CRISIS. 00:46:05 - MS- CANADIAN CADETS MARCH WITH SWINGING ARMS AT THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE AT KINGSTON, ONTARIO 00:46:12 - RECRUITS AT BASIC TRAINING CAMP. STRANGE GURGLE CALL 00:46:16 - MS- WOLSELEY BARRACKS, HOME OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT, THE OLDEST REGIMENT OF THE CANADIAN ARMY IN LONDON, ONTARIO. 00:46:30 - MS- (PAN) SOLDIERS OF THE REGIMENT STAND AT ATTENTION IN FRONT OF THEIR JEEPS. 00:47:01 - MS- SPECIAL GROUP OF SOLDIERS CALLED 'PIONEERS' WEAR LONG BEARDS, JUNGLE HATS & APRONS, STAND AT ATTENTION WITH AXES ON THEIR SHOULDERS INSTEAD OF RIFLES. THEY ARE EQUIVALENT TO OUR ENGINEERS 00:47:24 - MS- SERGEANT MAJOR USES A SPECIAL PACING STICK AS HE MARCHES ABREAST WITH A GROUP OF SOLDIERS. THE 2 PRONGED STICK MARKS OFF THE DISTANCE HE DRAGS HIS FEET AT EACH PACE. 00:47:52 - MS- PARATROOPS CARRY A STUFFED TEDDY BEAR MASCOT WHO GOES ON EVERY JUMP. 00:48:14 - MONTAGE- CROWD OF PEOPLE SEATED IN CHAIRS WATCH THE 2ND BATALLION IN FAMOUS PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY ROYAL REGIMENT IN DRESS UNIFORMS PUT ON A MARCHING EXERCISE. 00:48:35 - CU- DRUM STICKS BEATING ON A SNARE DRUM SETTING THE MARCHING BEAT. MS- ON COMMAND THE SOLDIERS SMARTLY FIX BAYONETS. 00:49:23 - MS- BRIGADIER HAMILTON GAULT, FOUNDER OF THE UNIT, HOLDS TWO CANES AS HE WALKS, WATCHES THE EXERCISE 00:49:55 - MONTAGE- AS THE COLORS ARE CHANGED THE UNIT PUTS ON AN EXTRAORDINARY PRECISION MARCHING EXERCISE IN THE MANNER OF THE BRITISH PALACE GUARD 00:51:55 - 00:51:55 MONTAGE- AMERICAN AND CANADIAN TROOPS PARTICIPATE IN JOINT MANEUVERS. 00:52:13 - 00:52:13 LS- CANADIAN ARMY FACILITIES AT GAINESTOWN, NEW BRUNSWICH INCLUDE A CHAPEL AMID THE BARRACKS. 00:52:20 - 00:52:20 MONTAGE- THE CANADIAN PIPE BAND OF THE FAMOUS 'BLACK WATCH' IN SCOTTISH KILTS MARCH & PLAY THE PIPES 00:53:55 - MS- AN ARTILLERY CREWMAN SETTING THE ELEVATION OF HIS CANNON. CU- A SHELL BEING ARMED AND CANNONS BEING FIRED 00:54:27 - MS- A CANADIAN TANKMAN LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS, GIVES ORDERS ON A EARPHONE TO HIS CREW INSIDE. TANKS TURRET TURNS IT'S GUN DOWN RANGE AND FIRES 00:54:35 - 00:54:35 MS- TANKMAN SMILES AND GIVES THE THUMBS UP MONTAGE-GROUND TROOPS IN ACTION ATTACK AN 'ENEMY' HOUSE. 00:55:59 - 00:55:59 LS- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ADDRESSES THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT 00:56:40 - 00:56:40 A TRI-PARTIED MEETING OF HIGH RANKING OFFICERS OF BRITAIN, CANADA AND THE U.S. AT THE PENTAGON 00:57:01 - LS- AN ATOM BOMB BLAST IN DESERT ROCK, NEVADA DURING MANEUVERS IN WHICH CANADIAN TROOPS 00:57:20 - CU CANADIAN TRO0PS MARCHING THROUGH DESSERT TERRAIN. 00:57:25 - GUARD IN FANCY UNIFORM BLOWS BUGLE AT WAR MEMORIAL IN QUEBEC, CANADA. CANADIAN TROOPS IN FORMAL UNIFORMS DRILL. LARGE FUR HATS 00:58:16 - TWENTY ONE GUN SALUTE. 00:58:37 - CANADIAN FLAG RAISED IN FORMAL MILITARY CEREMONY. CU BASS DRUM, 00:58:43 - MONTAGE OF CANADIAN SOLDIERS. GETTING MEDALS, SALUTING, STANDING AT ATTENTION 1910S-50'S 00:59:06 - GUARDS AT FLAG POLE, FORMAL MILITARY BRIGADE AND BAND MARCHING TO SNARE DRUM BEAT. GOAT MASCOT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1890
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1890s
- File Name: VM-1098B