Video: 1 minute, 39 seconds. (Their Springtime of Life, CBC Television, 29 August 1972.)
Marcel Lambert's narration is transcribed in full.
[START: 00:00]
Marcel Lambert: I noticed that the gravel was very much bigger than what we had on the UK training beaches. As a matter of fact, that famous Dieppe gravel that’s used for grinding balls in Japan and the steel mills sure played hard with our
tracks later on. It was in maneuvering to get over the sea wall where we broke a track, first track I’d ever broke in training or otherwise. And that’s where we sat, I don’t think I moved more than 50 or 60 feet.
Visual Description: Tanks disembark from landing craft and make their way up a pebbly beach. The beach is shown from a "tanks eye view" to show how uneven the terrain is.
[TIME: 00:32]
M.L: We spent the morning then using machine guns and our armoured piercing guns on the west headlands because we’d noticed by watching through binoculars that there were machine gun nests up there. And so I gradually started picking them off.
I gather that we were somewhat effective.
Visual Description: Marcel Lambert speaks to the camera with a bookshelf behind him.
[TIME: 00:57]
M.L: There were heavy caliber weapons in the old castle, and these were all very well sighted. As you know, that esplanade is the most beautiful 1500 yards of billiard
table top smooth lawn. But for the poor infanteer or the engineer on his feet, this is supreme exposure.
Visual Description: Marcel Lambert speaks to the camera. An aerial view of the Dieppe esplanade is shown, with the prominent casino visible.
[TIME: 01:19]
M.L: Later on in the morning, there were some terrific causalities when the FMRs [Fusilier Mont-Royal] came in, to our right, to the west. They brought them in… Whoever
gave the order, I don’t know. This was a desperation move. They sent in the FMRs, and my god, it was just sheer bravery that saw those fellows ashore.
Visual Description: Marcel Lambert speaks to the camera.
[END: 01:39]
