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Salute to valour

Order Reproduction

Salute to valour

Date1937

Names

Canadian Government Motion Pictures Bureau (subject)

Canadian Legion (author)

Alternate Title

Programme Canadian Legion presents the premiere of Salute to Valour being the Dominion Government Motion picture of the Vimy Memorial and of the pilgrimage attending it.

Programme Canadian Legion presents the premiere of Salute to Valour being the Dominion Government Motion picture of the Vimy Memorial and of the pilgrimage attending it

Format

Ephemera

Notes

Salute to valour

Subject

World War, 1914-1918

Vimy Ridge, Battle of, France, 1917

Vimy Memorial (France)

Salute to valour (Motion picture)

Motion pictures

Anniversaries, etc.

Medium

Playbills

Dimensions21.5 cm x 14 cm

Language

CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession Number1937-VIMY-SB

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Neighbourhood:Downtown

Province or state:Ontario

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Vimy Ridge Memorial, designed by Walter Allward

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Impregnable, but captured--Here, until April 9, 1917, the German front-line twisted its sinuous way across the brow of Vimy Ridge

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Here, until April 9, 1917, the German front-line twisted its sinuous way across the brow of Vimy Ridge

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Vimy Ridge Memorial. An aerial view showing early arrivals at the Vimy Memorial, which the King will unveil this afternoon

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Guide book of the pilgrimage to Vimy and the battlefields: July-August, 1936 : sponsored and organized by the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League

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Unveiling of memorial tablets by General His Excellency, Sir Julian Hedworth George, Baron Byng of Vimy and dedication of Memorial Hall

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