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Coal mining in mountains of Alberta, British Columbia, Canada.

Coal strip mining in Alberta, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Rockies seen clearly in distance. A man operates a bulldozer and scrapes a layer of coal from an exposed seam. A large power shovel picks up the coal and loads it into a dump truck. The loaded truck drives down a dirt road. View from truck cab of driver at the wheel of the truck. The loaded truck proceeds downward on left side of road, far from road edge, while empty trucks keep to their own left coming up, nearer the road edge.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044027
Canadian people burn the effigy of Adolf Hitler in Wilcox, Saskatchewan in Canada.

German leader Adolf Hitler's being effigy burnt in Wilcox, Saskatchewan in Canada. People march with the Canadian and American flags lead by a band. They burn the effigy of Adolf Hitler.

Date: 1940
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044353
Officials departing from Quebec Conference in 1943; information about conference being transmitted

Two hats on a table. Various cars arrive outside a building. General George Marshall leaves hotel at end of Quebec Conference area followed by General Arnold and English Officer. Prime Minister Mackenzie King is seen departing. Dignitaries walk toward car. Car pulls away. Close up views of a offset printing machine at work printing, and a close up of a mouth and lips speaking into a 1940s microphone. A switchboard operation and two different radio towers. At a railroad station, Mackenzie King shakes hands with a dignitary.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051787
RCAF pilots in NA-64 Yale training aircraft indulge in a mock attack and simulated dog fights in preparation for World War Two

The Royal Canadian Air Force pilots train at Camp Borden in Ontario, Canada. RCAF pilots rush towards and board all-metal fuselage NA-64 Yale training aircraft at Camp Borden. The aircraft engines have already been started by ground crews, to save the time of manual starting. The aircraft take off for a mock attack. The aircraft in formations. They make interception attacks on approaching Avro Ansons. Explosions during the mock bombing raid. Simulated dog fights. the aircraft fly low during the fight. Pilots in the cockpits. The aircraft return to the Camp after the exercise.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057838
Fiorello LaGuardia and officials of Permanent Joint Board of Defense (PJBD) review troops in Victoria, British Columbia.

Members of the Permanent Joint Board of Defense (PJBD), a U.S.-Canada Joint Defense Board, meeting in Victoria, British Columbia early during World War 2. Officials come out of a building. Officers review troops, together with the first chairman of the PJBD, New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Canadian honor guard lined up as La Guardia and Candian officers review them. Soldiers march.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059030
B-17s and Ansons make mock attack on Camp Borden

Allied aircraft practice aerial bombing in Canada during World War II. U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortresses in flight as they bombard the ground and water targets during a mock run. Royal Canadian Air Force NA-64 Yale trainers scramble to intercept a formation of Avro Ansons making a mock attack on Camp Borden. The close-up shots show pilots getting into Northrop A-17A Nomad attack bombers. The Yales fly in formation and practice mock dogfighting.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050728