The Canol Project (Canadian oil) in Canada during World War II. A seaplane on water surface next to a barge. Troops and workers cross a water stream through a wooden platform. Men load baggage on the seaplane. The seaplane taxis and takes off from the water surface. Seagulls in the water. A ferry docks next to a barge in the harbor.
Spruce trees being cut in Canada to get lumber for use in bomber aircraft during World War II. Narrator indicates the Spruce is ideal because it is the strongest lightweight wood. Lumberjack men cut the trees. Axes and large two-man saws used to fell the trees. Views of giant trees leaning and then crashing to the forest floor after being cut. Forests being cleared. Canadian women helping with wartime production work in a lumber mill receiving and guiding giant logs onto conveyor belt systems for processing at the saw mill. Cut spruce lumber being loaded on flat railroad cars for transport. Wooden planks attached to a crane hoist being loaded for transport.
Tank mines being manufactured by men and women at a factory in Canada. Shows different stages of production of a tank mine. A woman displays a tank mine. The tank mine is tested in an open area.
Scenes at the Quebec Conference in 1943. President Franklin D Roosevelt, Mrs Churchill, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated. Allied military generals stand behind the leaders, and Prime Minister Mackenzie King is seated also. Chateau Frontenac in background. President Roosevelt and General Omar N Bradley watch plane land on water. Boat brings party from plane. Anthony Eden and President Franklin Roosevelt shaking hands and talking. (World War II period).
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives for Quebec conference in Canada. Canadian Prime Minister MacKenzie King receives him and they arrive at home of Governor General Cambridge. President Roosevelt's room. Combined Chiefs of Staff including General George Marshal at a meeting.
'Canadian sheep ranchers hold summer round up'. A flock of sheep graze at a ranch in Alberta, Canada. Sheep dogs assist to round up sheep. Sheep eat dinner.
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