Trench diggers relaxing. Caption: These Lethbridge, Alberta home builders were a long way from home in Italy, and digging trenches instead of erecting housing. Here, a cigarette provides the excuse for a moment's relaxation.

Service cooks learning to bake. Caption: They Taste Good Too - Catering to the appetite of the fighting men. At cooking school, operated by Catering Wing of RCASC not far behind front line in Italy, service cooks learn bakery, bulk cookery and field cookery with great emphasis laid on cleanliness and variety. Here, fit to make your mouth water is tray of fresh, hot buns bound for the Canadian Beaver Club in Italian town.

Soldiers smoking near caves used for barracks. Caption: Canadian soldiers fighting in Italy found that the caves in the hillsides made excellent barracks. Time out for a smoke found these men relaxing.

Sitting around fireplace in ruin of house.

Soldiers and an Italian woman listening to a radio broadcast. Caption: Canadians in Italy - The B.B.C. adds one to its Italian audience through the co-operation of a Canadian universal carrier crew. Here, a young lady from Laurenzana, Italy listens to (and seems to enjoy) a B.B.C. program on a portable radio set carried by a group of Canadian soldiers.

Italian peasants watching a Canadian radio crew. Caption: Italian peasant stake an interest in the operation of a signals set by Canadians near the Italian front.

Soldiers demonstrating exercise apparatus. Caption: Devices for exercising back and shoulder muscles used at a Canadian Convalescent Depot in Italy are demonstrated by recovering soldiers.

Canadian soldiers sorting mail in Italy. Caption: Sorting Mail in Italy - Member of the Canadian forces sort mail by the roadside. This was part of the first consignment carried by the new Canadian Flying Fortress service for the troops in Italy. At divisional headquarters, mail was sorted for distribution to units.

Tank regiment goes over attack plan. Caption: Tank Regiment's Plan of Attack - In front of a wrecked farmhouse, used as tank harbour, Major G.L. Symmes of Toronto clarifies battle situation for newly- arrived Canadians of a tank regiment.

A Canadian units mess in an Italian cave. Caption: This Canadian unit's mess in Italy was located in a cave, albeit one with a great natural window.