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Topical Budget 165-2: Sons of the Empire (1914)
 

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"SONS OF THE EMPIRE: CANADIAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN ENGLAND PREPARED TO DEFEND THE EMPIRE". Troops on baggage wagons; washing themselves in the open air; a close shot of a Canadian soldier writing a letter; a group of men displaying a Union Jack bordered by miniatures of Allied flags.