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On the move to montreal soldiers of the Van Doos regiment quick-march to a line of helicopters waiting to airlift them to guard duty in the Montreal a(...)
On the move to montreal soldiers of the Van Doos regiment quick-march to a line of helicopters waiting to airlift them to guard duty in the Montreal a(...)

On the move to montreal soldiers of the Van Doos regiment quick-march to a line of helicopters waiting to airlift them to guard duty in the Montreal a(...)

Date10/15/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: On the move to montreal soldiers of the Van Doos regiment quick-march to a line of helicopters waiting to airlift them to guard duty in the Montreal area; in this photo taken from a distance of a quarter of a mile away. An estimated 2;80 were put on guard duties in Montreal and pressed police in the wake of terrorist kidnappings and further threats of violence. The troops; moved in at the request of Premier Robert Bourassa; were under the command of provincial police director Maurice St. Pierre.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120328F
Sharing their guard duties, a Montreal city policeman, a detective in plain clothes and a uniformed soldier from the Van Doos regiment, wearing a camo(...)
Sharing their guard duties, a Montreal city policeman, a detective in plain clothes and a uniformed soldier from the Van Doos regiment, wearing a camo(...)
10/15/1970
Renowned Van Doos - Members of the French-speaking Royal 22nd Regiment - stand on guard outside Montreal's city hall today maintaining a shaky peace a(...)
Renowned Van Doos - Members of the French-speaking Royal 22nd Regiment - stand on guard outside Montreal's city hall today maintaining a shaky peace a(...)
10/8/1969
Quebec city, home of the famed Royal 22nd Regiment, the Van Doos, roared its welcome to its favorite son when he arrived there from Montreal for a civic reception
Quebec city, home of the famed Royal 22nd Regiment, the Van Doos, roared its welcome to its favorite son when he arrived there from Montreal for a civic reception
3/31/1944
Comrades in arms from Governor-General George Vanier's old regiment -- Quebec's famed fighting Van Doos -- are shown as they arrived in Ottawa yesterd(...)
Comrades in arms from Governor-General George Vanier's old regiment -- Quebec's famed fighting Van Doos -- are shown as they arrived in Ottawa yesterd(...)
3/7/1967
On guard: Canadian Forces soldier at a Montreal post office after Ottawa imposed the War Measures Act in 1970
On guard: Canadian Forces soldier at a Montreal post office after Ottawa imposed the War Measures Act in 1970
10/16/1970
Trying to co-operate on the tightened security measures in Montreal, a city policeman ferrying a Canadian Forces soldier to a guard post gropes for ke(...)
Trying to co-operate on the tightened security measures in Montreal, a city policeman ferrying a Canadian Forces soldier to a guard post gropes for ke(...)
10/17/1970
Armed with Machine-Gun a Canadian Forces soldier stands guard outside HMCSDonnaconna, the naval reserve base in downtown Montreal, as troops moved in (...)
Armed with Machine-Gun a Canadian Forces soldier stands guard outside HMCSDonnaconna, the naval reserve base in downtown Montreal, as troops moved in (...)
10/23/1970
Mobile Canadian Troops and their Hercules - The Plane that gets them in action fast, These Van Doos used the Here for their mission to Cyprus. Now it flies on exercises for NATO
Mobile Canadian Troops and their Hercules - The Plane that gets them in action fast, These Van Doos used the Here for their mission to Cyprus. Now it flies on exercises for NATO
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Training a Machine-Gun on the crowds below, soldiers stand guard on a rooftop while dignitaries arrive at Notre Dame Church for the funeral of murdere(...)
Training a Machine-Gun on the crowds below, soldiers stand guard on a rooftop while dignitaries arrive at Notre Dame Church for the funeral of murdere(...)
10/20/1970
Days of terror: Canadian soldiers guard the funeral cortege of Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte, murdered by FLQ terrorists
Days of terror: Canadian soldiers guard the funeral cortege of Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte, murdered by FLQ terrorists
10/20/1970
Grenada scene: Helicopters approach a landing strip while soldiers walk along beach
Grenada scene: Helicopters approach a landing strip while soldiers walk along beach
10/30/1983
Troops poured into Montreal to guard public buildings shortly before police raids began last Friday under the War Measures Act invoked by Primer Minister Trudeau, who has vowed to smash FLQ
Troops poured into Montreal to guard public buildings shortly before police raids began last Friday under the War Measures Act invoked by Primer Minister Trudeau, who has vowed to smash FLQ
10/18/1970