keywords: canadian army, canadian armed forces, royal 22nd regiment, canadian black watch
Synopsis: Traces the history of the Canadian Army from the middle of the 18th century to The 1950’s. Changing of the guard at the Citadel, Quebec City by the Canadian Royal 22nd Regiment. Flashback to Canadian soldiers in WWI. Artillery firing, Canadian 1st Division under German poisonous gas attack April 1915 in the battle of Ypres, Canadian soldiers in the trenches and charging over the top. Canadian troops in WWII and the battlefields of Europe. Troops boarding and on troop ship. Going ashore in the Dieppe raid in France, fighting in the Italian Campaign, fighting in the Normandy invasion.
Canadian soldiers were part of the United Nation forces in Korea. Canadian soldiers as part of NATO in Europe. Shows training of future officers at the Royal Military College at Kingston Ontario. Shows headquarters of the Royal Canadian Regiment. Canadian Regiments display their colors in a ceremony. Shows Canadian Army mobile striking force parachuting from planes and in Artic training. Band of the Canadian Black Watch playing bagpipes. Canadian soldiers on train on atomic battlefield, shows atomic bomb blast. Bugler plays retreat.
