Made in 1943 by the National Film Board of Canada, BATTLE IS OUR BUSINESS shows basic training of troops for the Canadian Army. The film has a dual purpose, stressing both the continuing importance of the infantry in modern warfare, and the importance of training in producing good infantrymen. The short opens with shots of a parade: NCO explains value of drill; various sorts of weapons training (bayonet; loading/aiming/firing rifles; cleaning 2" mortars and Brens; firing Brens and Thompson submachineguns at 12:50). Soldiers relax in bunkroom, play baseball; classroom training (map-reading); AA drill, with rifles and Bren; PT and an assault course. More recreation material (a bar, and a dance at 19 minutes); Reveille and another parade: CO tells men this is the end of preliminary training, their first major exercise. Some film as CO briefs officers and NCO's: long sequence on the exercise itself - "Training is beginning to count; I know I'm a soldier now".
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