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1942 Canada prepares for potential invasion by Japan
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0:24Now PlayingDate: 16th February 1942
Location: Canada
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
CANADA: Unknown:
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CANADA. Canada's big guns on the alert..underground defence works..ammunition conveyed to guns on surface..big guns firing..watched by Mr. Gen. Elkins & Col. Hart
ELKINS, Major General. (Canada) Watches big guns firing on coast..w. Colonel Hart
GUNS. Underground defence works in Canada.. ammunition conveyed to guns on surface..loading big gun..Aiming & firing..watched by Mjr. Gen. Elkins & Col. Hart
HART, Colonel. (Canada). Watches big guns coastal firing w. Mjr.Gen. Elkins
MILITARY BRITISH. Underground defense works in Canada..ammunition conveyed to guns on surface..big guns in action..watched by Mjr. Gen Elkins & Col. Hart
Japan; Canada; Munitions and Armaments; Military - Active
Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force, infantry, rifle corps, naval guns, coastal defence forces, training, ammunition, prepare, preparation, weapon, camouflage, battery, batteries, World War II, WWII, Second World War
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