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Ready . . aim . . fire. Soldiers at Camp Borden are being shot with light rays these days, A newly invented ray gun, with which Sgt. E. A. Williams he(...)
Ready . . aim . . fire. Soldiers at Camp Borden are being shot with light rays these days, A newly invented ray gun, with which Sgt. E. A. Williams he(...)

Ready . . aim . . fire. Soldiers at Camp Borden are being shot with light rays these days, A newly invented ray gun, with which Sgt. E. A. Williams he(...)

Date1/16/1941
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ready . . aim . . fire. Soldiers at Camp Borden are being shot with light rays these days; A newly invented ray gun; with which Sgt. E. A. Williams here takes aim from inside a tank; fires blinding light rays at enemy troops in sham battles.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002108F
Bullets of light, not lead, stream from the muzzle of this tank gun in battle practice at Camp Borden
Bullets of light, not lead, stream from the muzzle of this tank gun in battle practice at Camp Borden
4/25/1941
1. Team work, team training and team spirit that make a tank crew behave with a single mind. That's how the men of Canada's army at Camp Borden are ha(...)
1. Team work, team training and team spirit that make a tank crew behave with a single mind. That's how the men of Canada's army at Camp Borden are ha(...)
7/25/1942
A tank crew halts its heavily armored vehicle at the top of a hill near Camp Borden to observe enemy locations
A tank crew halts its heavily armored vehicle at the top of a hill near Camp Borden to observe enemy locations
8/27/1938
One of Canada's fighting tanks, six tons of concentrated destructive power, tops a rise at Camp Borden as recruits put it through actual war paces. Th(...)
One of Canada's fighting tanks, six tons of concentrated destructive power, tops a rise at Camp Borden as recruits put it through actual war paces. Th(...)
10/7/1939
Camp borden experts tune them of, send them Roaring away for dutt
Camp borden experts tune them of, send them Roaring away for dutt
10/10/1940
Among the small airms included in platoon weapons is the Boys' anti-tank rifle, shown above, somewhat reminiscent of the old elephant gun. It fires a (...)
Among the small airms included in platoon weapons is the Boys' anti-tank rifle, shown above, somewhat reminiscent of the old elephant gun. It fires a (...)
8/9/1941
D-Day veteran, this Canadian-built tank of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers was still in action at V-E-Day
D-Day veteran, this Canadian-built tank of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers was still in action at V-E-Day
6/22/1945
Tank cars and oil storage tanks, Port Lands
Tank cars and oil storage tanks, Port Lands
192-?
The size of the M3, which is what the tank has been designated, can be judged by corporal standing beside it
The size of the M3, which is what the tank has been designated, can be judged by corporal standing beside it
6/2/1941
Image shows oil storage tanks by the lake.
Oil storage tanks, Keating Street, Port Lands. Toronto, Ont.
192-?
Heading out: Grizzly and Cougar armored vehicles sit in the Canadian National Railway yard at Vaughan, north of Metro, waiting to be shipped to Canadian forces in the persian Gulf
Heading out: Grizzly and Cougar armored vehicles sit in the Canadian National Railway yard at Vaughan, north of Metro, waiting to be shipped to Canadian forces in the persian Gulf
1/21/1991
Heading out: Grizzly and Cougar armored vehicles sit in the Canadian National Railway yard at Vaughan, north of Metro, waiting to be shipped to Canadian forces in the Persian Gulf
Heading out: Grizzly and Cougar armored vehicles sit in the Canadian National Railway yard at Vaughan, north of Metro, waiting to be shipped to Canadian forces in the Persian Gulf
1/21/1991