Title:CZECHOSLOVAK MILITARY MISSION IN CANADA: RECRUITMENT OFFICE AND EMBARKATION SCENES [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6517
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Summary: Recruitment film aimed at encouraging members of the Czechoslovak community settled in Canada to enlist in the Czechoslovak Army shows Czech and Slovak men of all ages enlisting at the Military Mission (Toronto?), trying on new uniforms with Czechoslovak shoulder flashes, embarking on a troopship, on parade being addressed by a Czechoslovak Pilot Officer in the RAF and entraining.
Description: Reel concludes with various sequences possibly linked to the main film: totem pole (symbolising Canada), Jasper station, several generations of a (presumably Czechoslovak) family ready for departure of their son, servicemen with smiling bespectacled Colonel Hutnik (responsible for recruiting mission in Canada) and new recruits standing in Army greatcoats in wintry weather, prior to climbing into truck and departure by Canadian train.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 6517
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
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Production Date:1942
Production Country: Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovak Government in Exile)
