Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit

Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit
Symbol of the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit.
Active1941-1945
CountryCanada
BranchCanadian Army
EngagementsNormandy Landings
Elbe Day
Allied invasion of Sicily
Operation Market Garden
Liberation of Paris
Insignia
AbbreviationCAFPU
Lieutenant Ken Bell of the CFPU, who landed at Juno Beach on D-Day with The Highland Light Infantry of Canada

The Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit (CFPU) was a Canadian Army unit founded in 1941 in order to document military operations during World War II. It was the last unit of its kind to be founded by the Allied armies. Among the campaigns which it recorded were the invasion of Sicily, the D-Day landings, the liberation of Paris and the Elbe River link-up of the Allied armies, known as 'Elbe Day'.