Dubai, Canadian Army Newsreel No.97

97.1 Armistice Day, 1945 1918 Armistice Honours in London: On the grounds of Westminster Abbey, Canadian veterans of World War II place poppies and crosses on consecrated plots in memory of servicemen who lost their lives in this war and the last; in Headley, Surrey, the Canadian Branch of the British Legion holds a service; The Canadian Women’s Army Corps lays a wreath on a World War One cenotaph; at the memorial in London’s Whitehall, King George lays a wreath, followed by Princess Elizabeth; “Big Ben” calls for one minute of silence; shot of Vimy Monument; a cemetery of white crosses; wreath; crowds; the Dowager Queen Mary in the balcony; Winston Churchill. 97.2 H.M.C.S. Prince Robert Comes Home At Esquimalt, British Columbia, the ship H.M.C.S. Prince Robert returns with repatriated soldiers from Japanese prisoners of war camps; 15 Montreal missionaries are among the group; the ship’s commander, Captain Wallace Creery, and family; the history of the ship. 97.3 Food and Agriculture Conference Delegates sign in at the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City for a Food and Agriculture Organization conference; Postmaster General Ernest Bertrand welcomes delegates from 30 nations; the Australian delegate and others sign the Food and Agriculture Organization constitution; the group’s chairman, the Honourable Lester B. “Mike” Pearson, Canada’s Ambassador to Washington, speaks on the subject of the FAO’s purpose (actuality sound). The conference was held from October 16 to November 1, 1945. 97.4 Paris Furlough At the Beacon Hill Airport, England, a Dakota flown by Royal Canadian Air Force personnel takes Canadian servicemen for a holiday in Paris. Lands at Le Bourget, France; tour buses; the Canada Club in the Palais d’Orsay; Sacré Coeur Cathedral; the Paris landscape; an artist at work on the bohemian sector; the Paris Opera House; Notre Dame Cathedral; the Republican Guard; the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; the Eternal Flame; the Eiffel Tower. 97.5 Intercollegiate Football Intercollegiate football season opens after wartime suspension since 1939. Queens plays the University of Toronto at the Richardson Stadium in Kingston, Queens 19 – Toronto 15; McGill plays Western at Molson Stadium in Montreal, Western 20 – McGill 7. To order the complete six DVD set of The Canadian Army Newsreels, please call 1 800 250-3030.