This 1940s era, color movie in French is presented in Technicolor by General Motors of Canada. It is titled “Valiant Company” and shows rehabilitation of the wounded. It is narrated by Jean Pierre Aumont. Pisce de Vue, Wallace Hamilton. Montage, Arthur Bell. Titres, M.E. Goulding. Musique, Dr. Edward Hilenyi. Cinematography by Harold Daniels. Producer, Leon C Shelly. General Motors of Canada. The film opens with men walking with crutches 1:08. The men are in a rehabilitation facility 1:20. A nurse tends to a man in a bed 1:35. The nurse takes the man’s temperature 1:50. He is very ill. The nurse and the doctor look concerned for the man 2:10. The man seems to be coming back to health as the nurse feeds him, he smiles 2:30. The man is missing his hands and is eating his lunch 2:45. The doctor applies hooks to the man’s arms and he is able to do everyday things 3:20. The man visits a rehabilitation center where nurses are working with other wounded men 3:45. Nurse massages a man’s foot 4:00. A nurse gives a man an x-ray 4:10. Different mechanisms are used to strengthen hands and arms 4:50. A man works a rowing machine 5:15. The men are trying to work menial tasks to get their muscles back into shape 5:35. Man works a pottery wheel 5:50. Man works spinning mechanism to practice his dexterity 6:35. Men work on a jigsaw puzzle together 6:45. A woman brings the men books from a cart 7:00. Two men play a board game 7:15. Woman brings personal articles from bed to bed 7:20. Young man creates art in his bed 7:32. Car drives down the road with two soldiers and the man driving has hooks for hands 8:00. The men wave to friends playing golf 8:41. Two men play tennis 8:51. Three people ride horses under the trees 9:05. Man and a woman ride in a canoe 9:15. Several people ride their bikes through the park 9:30. A man and a woman cross a wooden footbridge 9:38. Children play at the beach 9:45. A man and a woman play in the water 9:55. The man with hooks for hands returns to his life and works at a typewriter 10:50. The man is enjoying his home life 11:30. A family gathers in front of their house 11:50. Children play on swings 12:05. Man in a factory 12:25. Plane takes off 12:28. Man looks at the stained glass of a beautiful church 12:40. People pay respects to the men and women fighting for Canada 13:10. A man and a woman walk down a beautiful lane 13:20. Presented by General Motors of Canada, Limited. The End.

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