2ND SPECIAL SERVICE BATTALION, CANADIAN INFANTRY, PARADE AND EMBARKATION

Directed by James H. White

1899 / 4min

This film captures the departure of the 2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, from Quebec for the war in South Africa. Soldiers in campaign uniform march under a triumphal arch to the cheers of flag-waving crowds before proceeding to the wharf and embarking on the transport Sardinian, bound for the Transvaal.