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King George V and Queen Mary of the United Kingdom review Canadian troops in Belgium.

King George V of the United Kingdom on horseback reviews troops in West Flanders province of Belgium. Canadian troops on foot and on horseback pass in review with arms and artillery. Brief view of Queen Mary (Mary of Teck; Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes) seated in a car.

Location: West Flanders Belgium

Date: 1917

Duration: 2 min 1 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: None

Canadian troops with horse carts and rifles march in West Flanders area of Belgium. Also the heavily damaged Albert Basilica.

Canadian troops in West Flanders, Belgium near Ypres and Albert. An animated map shows the region and the Somme River. Canadian troops march with rifles in hands. A General shakes hands with an officer (likely either Field Marshal Haig, 1st Earl Haig, or Field Marshal John French, 1st Earl of Ypres). The troops with horse carts on a street. A damaged building. Views of side and steeple of the Albert Basilica, heavily damaged from bombardment. The Golden Virgin statue on top of the Albert Basilica is seen leaning precariously to the side. (It became the source of British superstitition that said the war would end when the statue fell. But the British were compelled to destroy it further with artillery in 1918 to prevent its use by the Germans as an observation point during the 1918 Spring offensive)

Location: West Flanders Belgium

Date: 1917

Duration: 1 min 53 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: None

Canadian troops load shells onto a rail car in region of West Flanders Belgium, during World War I.

Canadian troops in West Flanders Belgium during World War I. The troops load shells onto a rail car. The shells are stacked next to a rail track. The troops with horse carts ride on a dirt road. They walk in trenches.

Location: West Flanders Belgium

Date: 1917

Duration: 1 min 37 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None