Canada's Army Grows 1940

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Full title reads: "Canada's Army Grows".

Canada.

MS Governor General The Earl of Athlone inspecting lines of army recruits at a training camp, he is accompanied by Prime Minister William Mackenzie King.

VS. of the recruits undergoing battle training on the assault course with...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21253
Sort Number:
40/094
Time in/Out:
01:31:43:00 / 01:32:21:00
Canister:
40/94
Film ID:
1061.26
Issue Date:
21/11/1940

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