Ordeal by Ice

- Tom Daly,
- 1945,
- 10 min 39 s

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This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series. The secret winter maneuvers of the British Army's Lovat Scouts took place in the Canadian Rockies during the winters of 1944 and 1945. In combined operations with the Canadian Army, these elite mountain commandos tested themselves and their equipment in temperatures of -50^oF.

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Ordeal by Ice

SomeJoe

“Impressive. Today's Canada has no idea how hard Canada trained to defend itself from it's enemies. And there wasn't any whining about it. we just did what needed to be done. Not like today with freaking bleeding hearts. BLAIRBOY: I salute your father.”

17 May 2010
Ordeal by Ice

BLAIRBOY

“My father, Jim Boswell from Blairgowrie, Perthshire, served with the regiment and trained in Jasper. He must have like Canada for we emmigrated to Calgary in 1961 living in Forest Lawn. He died n 2003 at age 79. His gravestone (Youngstown, Alberta) carries the crest of the Lovat Scouts and the motto "Je Suis Prest". - "I Am Ready". -Jim Boswell, Saskatoon”

4 Apr 2010

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