It's Your Pigeon

194322 minFilm: Documentary

The homing pigeon was one of the unsung heroes of World War II. Up to the summer of 1943 the Royal Canadian Air Force credited fourteen percent of its location and rescue successes to these birds. The training and use of the pigeons is shown.

Subject categories


  • Animals > BirdsWorking Animals
  • History - Canada - 1920-1945 > Canadian Military Forces
  • War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films > Royal Canadian Air Force