World War One. British or Canadian recruits at camp - various scenes. Group of soldiers marching through camp. Pan on soldiers standing in yard as officer reads orders. New recruits lined up for inspection; still wearing civilian clothes. Inspected by officer w/ some civilian big-wigs. New recruits march in civvies; long line of men stretching off into distance! Now in uniforms.
DS soldiers standing in group; w/ row of tents at rt; they start tossing duffel bags etc. around; goofing off. ECU Canadian soldier. Soldiers lined up at tent w/ sign in FG Paymaster. GV camp - open filed; horses standing; tents in BAG. CU 2 guys cutting up bread for dinner. Pan over area w/ horses; heavy artillery equipment. MS soldiers loading bales of hay onto wagon. Soldiers standing at camp; buildings of corrugated metal in BG. Soldiers walking along; informally; past building at left. Military
These are Canadian Soldiers as is proved at 1: 33 of the film by the letters on the sign at where some soldiers are lining up for the Pay at a tent. The sign says "PPCLI Paymaster". The initials PPCLI stand for the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Websites for information are:
http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/ppcli/1st-battalion.page
http://www.ppcli.com/
http://www.ppcliassoc.ca/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Patricia's_Canadian_Light_Infantry
The men still in civilian dress would back in Ottawa, quite possibly between Aug 10-19 1914 because you see older men who patriotically answered the call to arms, before the volunteers were whittled down to 1,089 men. The Barracks shots are probably in Ottawa, but the camp shots are either at Valcartier, Quebec, the initial training camp or on the Salsibury Plain in England where all the new Canadians suffered through a horrible winter of 1914-15. This looks like 1914, due to their enthusiastic nature and no helmets.
If this footage is of the PPCLI then that is not Valcartier, Quebec as the they first trained slightly at Levi, Quebec, then shipped to England in Sep 1914. They were the first Canadians to arrive and the only Canadian Infantry Unit in France in 1914. They served with the 80th Brigade of the British Army until Dec 22, 1915 when they finally joined the emerging Canadian Army.
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Mapleleafhistorian says
These are Canadian Soldiers as is proved at 1: 33 of the film by the letters on the sign at where some soldiers are lining up for the Pay at a tent. The sign says "PPCLI Paymaster". The initials PPCLI stand for the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Websites for information are:
http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/ppcli/1st-battalion.page
http://www.ppcli.com/
http://www.ppcliassoc.ca/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Patricia's_Canadian_Light_Infantry
The men still in civilian dress would back in Ottawa, quite possibly between Aug 10-19 1914 because you see older men who patriotically answered the call to arms, before the volunteers were whittled down to 1,089 men. The Barracks shots are probably in Ottawa, but the camp shots are either at Valcartier, Quebec, the initial training camp or on the Salsibury Plain in England where all the new Canadians suffered through a horrible winter of 1914-15. This looks like 1914, due to their enthusiastic nature and no helmets.
Mapleleafhistorian says
If this footage is of the PPCLI then that is not Valcartier, Quebec as the they first trained slightly at Levi, Quebec, then shipped to England in Sep 1914. They were the first Canadians to arrive and the only Canadian Infantry Unit in France in 1914. They served with the 80th Brigade of the British Army until Dec 22, 1915 when they finally joined the emerging Canadian Army.