December 17th was: The 75th Anniversary of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan On December 17th, 1939 the British Air Training Plan (BCATP) agreement was signed between Canada and Great Britain creating what was to become the ground work for what may be the largest training program in Canadian History. http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/docs/aerodrome_e.pdf and the view from Hollywood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4qB2hSgIDY
Some scenes from that movie were filmed a few miles from my childhood home. http://www.pastforward.ca/perspectives/august_292003.htm