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Salute to valour
Salute to valour

Salute to valour

Date1937
Names
Alternate Title
  • Salute to valour
  • Salute to valour
  • 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.
FormatEphemera
Notes
Salute to valour
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
GeographyCountryCanada
GeographyCity, town, twpToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodDowntown
GeographyProvince or StateOntario
Old soldiers will hardly recognize the trenches which pit Vimy Ridge
Old soldiers will hardly recognize the trenches which pit Vimy Ridge
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/25/1936
Trench-wrecker--Squatting toad-like in its casemate at Vimy, this grim dispatcher of death lobbed its projectiles across no-man's-land to blow trenches flat
Trench-wrecker--Squatting toad-like in its casemate at Vimy, this grim dispatcher of death lobbed its projectiles across no-man's-land to blow trenches flat
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/15/1936
Here, until April 9, 1917, the German front-line twisted its sinuous way across the brow of Vimy Ridge
Here, until April 9, 1917, the German front-line twisted its sinuous way across the brow of Vimy Ridge
Toronto Star (Firm)
11/10/1935
Good Housekeeping--This, mes enfants, is what a well-tended front-line apartment should look like
Good Housekeeping--This, mes enfants, is what a well-tended front-line apartment should look like
Unknown
1936--07-15
Sailors reviewed before memorial--With the huge pylons of Canada's great memorial at Vimy towering in the background
Sailors reviewed before memorial--With the huge pylons of Canada's great memorial at Vimy towering in the background
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/5/1936
Vimy Ridge Memorial. An aerial view showing early arrivals at the Vimy Memorial, which the King will unveil this afternoon
Vimy Ridge Memorial. An aerial view showing early arrivals at the Vimy Memorial, which the King will unveil this afternoon
International Graphic Press, Inc.
7/26/1936
Impregnable, but captured--Here, until April 9, 1917, the German front-line twisted its sinuous way across the brow of Vimy Ridge
Impregnable, but captured--Here, until April 9, 1917, the German front-line twisted its sinuous way across the brow of Vimy Ridge
Central News Illustrations Service (London)
11/10/1935
Vimy Ridge Memorial, designed by Walter Allward
Vimy Ridge Memorial, designed by Walter Allward
Allward, Walter Seymour, 1876-1955
7/25/1936
Visitors leaving the famous Grange tunnel at Vimy Ridge
Visitors leaving the famous Grange tunnel at Vimy Ridge
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/25/1936
The Vimy pilgrimage, July, 1936 : experiences, impressions and some random jottings
The Vimy pilgrimage, July, 1936 : experiences, impressions and some random jottings
Morden, Herb
1936
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
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
Hundevad, John
1936
Unveiling of memorial tablets by General His Excellency, Sir Julian Hedworth George, Baron Byng of Vimy and dedication of Memorial Hall
Unveiling of memorial tablets by General His Excellency, Sir Julian Hedworth George, Baron Byng of Vimy and dedication of Memorial Hall
George, Julius Hedworth, Governor-General of Canada
1921