From the News

Dated: May 24, 1916

Canada's Fighting Forces

Tos see with your own eyes what the war is really like, in motion pictures of crystal clearness --that will be the privilege of the public tonight at the Lyric Theatre.

The official Canadian Government films, "Canada's Fighting Forces," will be exhibited together with an explanatory lecture by Corp. George White, D.C.M., hero of Ypres, who won the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous bravery under fire.  The films were all taken by a Canadian officer - Lieut. D. J. Dwyer,¹ 30th Battalion, who was specially assigned to this duty, being detached from his regiment.  He made over thirty reels of film, but these were cut down to six reels of absolutely thrilling and spectacular nature, showing 500 scenes of our boys in khaki overseas that are enough to stir the heart of any Canadian to wildest enthusiasm.

The magnificent spectacle of 40,000 Canadians being reviewed by H.M. The King and Kitchener²has no equal in motion pictures--and this record of Canada's birth as a nation--and a military world power, will go down through history.

In addition to the pictures showing the training of Canadians in England, there are scenes of actual trench work and life--occupation of first and second line defences, explosions in trench, bomb bursting only 40 yards from camera, the kilties throwing hand grenades, red cross work, the Canadian hospitals in England, siege and field artillery, the work of the army service corps, motor transport, and ammunition columns and visit of Sir Robert Borden and Sir Sam Hughes to the boys of Canada, are among the innumerable interesting incidents recorded.