Canadian Army Newsreel No. 35

35.1 Canadian Corps Sports Meet
Servicemen parade in sports clothing to begin a track and field day at Chesmonter Stadium; 100-yard dash; 1-mile event; 3-mile event; tug-of-war between the Cape Breton Highlanders and the Westminster Regiment; the crowd in the grandstand; the high jump; awards are presented.
35.2 C.W.A.C.s Arrive in Italy
In England, The Canadian Women’s Army Corps are inoculated, then pack their bags; at the docks; servicewomen on a ship; they disembark at a port in Italy; arrival at Canadian General Headquarters.
35.3 Italian Interlude
A rest camp in Italy; the Theatre Royal; men playing on the beach; the streets of Naples; the exterior of the Canadian Maple Leaf Club; soldiers on the sidewalks of Naples; a café.
35.4 Notes from Normandy
Engineers capture a German portable tea wagon and transform it into their own refreshment stand; soldiers enjoy a shower from a makeshift device in the field.
35.5 Graves at Cherbourg
Women from Cherbourg bring flowers to the graves of the Allies; the groundskeeper tends to the graveyard; German graves are left untended.
35.6 Objective - Carpiquet
Men plan strategy near some tanks; tanks roll through a town, on the roads to the starting point of the assault; a field communications centre; artillery attacks on the Carpiquet Airfield; smoke screens; Typhoon rockets are fired; machine-gun fire; mortar fire; the infantry moves into the town; a carrier damaged by a direct hit; an enemy fighter plane is shot down, the pilot parachutes out of his plane and is captured by the Canadians; young German prisoners; empty shell cases are salvaged.

[@daveallen9921]

Bren gun carrier at 9:30 ! My dad drove one onto Juno Beach on D day.

[@r.crompton2286]

The taking of Carpiquet Airfield saw some of the most savage fighting of the war. Very heavy casualties on both sides.

[@robinbasil39]

Love Canada ❤️

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Canadian troops look tall. & healthy.

[@thedwightguy]

Farm boys; most of Canada was still rural and those guys went right to the front: hunters, good shots,good at finding cover.

[@b_o-q5085]

​@@thedwightguyyes, my late father fought with the Canadian Army Overseas, 1944 - 1946. 2nd Canadian Corps Troops - troops and administrative staff, who were unattached to a specific Division or Brigade. Hever spoke about his experiences, and i regret not asking him (his photos are amazing).

[@plumduff3303]

Brilliant

[@thatheinrichguy4597]

2:39 I think that's Jerri Mumford