• 1962
  • 5h 51m
Canada at War

Summary The seminal Canada at War documentary film series is presented in 13 half-hour episodes and culled from more than 14,000,000 feet of film, mostly shot by Canadian Army cameramen during the Second World War. View more details

  • 1962
  • 5h 51m

Canada at War

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Budd Knapp

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 3, 1962

Countries of origin : Canada

Official sites : National Film Board of Canada

Language : English

Production companies : National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Summary The seminal Canada at War documentary film series is presented in 13 half-hour episodes and culled from more than 14,000,000 feet of film, mostly shot by Canadian Army cameramen during the Second World War. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 3, 1962

Countries of origin : Canada

Official sites : National Film Board of Canada

Language : English

Production companies : National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 03, 1962
Dusk
1936 - March 1940. In Europe war clouds gather as Germany re-arms and Hitler propounds his 'master race' doctrine. Britain declares war; Canada makes an independent decision to join. The first Canadian troopship sails from Halifax.
Episode 2 • Apr 10, 1962
Blitzkrieg
April - November 1940. With devastating speed Germany takes Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Italy declares war.
Episode 3 • Apr 17, 1962
Year of Siege
September 1940 - October 1941. The Battle of the Atlantic begins. Men of the Winnipeg Grenadiers and Royal Rifles leave for a fateful mission in Hong Kong.
Episode 4 • Apr 24, 1962
Days of Infamy
December 1941 - June 1942. The war is now global and pressures on Canada mount. Canadians adjust to food rationing, salvage drives. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is inaugurated in Canada.
Episode 5 • May 01, 1962
Ebbtide
July - September 1942. A time of defeat and disaster. Hitler is at the apex of his power. A Canadian division probes at Dieppe and is repulsed with heavy casualties. Canadian factories take over production of the Lancaster bomber.
Episode 6 • May 08, 1962
Turn of the Tide
October 1942 - July 1943. The inherent strength of the Allies begins to be felt. Canadian munitions factories operate at peak capacity. The R.C.A.F. joins in air strikes against Germany.
Episode 7 • May 15, 1962
Road to Ortona
July 1943 - January l944. The objective at last--Fortress Europe. The Canadian 1st Division, flanked by the British and Americans, pushes into Italy. Ortona, is taken by Canadians in fierce and costly street fighting.
Episode 8 • May 22, 1962
New Directions
December 1943 - June 1944. Canada, war-seasoned, girds for the final assault. In the Arctic, Canadian ships sail the Murmansk run with supplies for beleaguered Russia. The Italian campaign intensifies.
Episode 9 • May 29, 1962
The Norman Summer
June - September 1944. D-Day, June 6, 1944. In early morning hours, infantry carriers, including one hundred and ten ships of the Royal Canadian Navy, cross to the coast of France while Allied air forces pound enemy positions from the air.
Episode 10 • Jun 05, 1962
Cinderella on the Left
June - December 1944. V-1 rockets, and later V-2s, rain death and destruction on Britain; their launching sites are mopped up by Canadians advancing on Pas de Calais. The Third Division spearheads the attack on the Scheldt estuary.
Episode 11 • Jun 12, 1962
Crisis on the Hill
September 1944 - March 1945. On the eve of victory Canada faces an internal crisis: an acute shortage of men for overseas service precipitates the conscription issue, threatens national unity and the King government.
Episode 12 • Jun 19, 1962
V Was for Victory
April-August 1945. Hitler had said: 'Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.' By 1945, Germany is beaten. Occupying armies uncover the staggering atrocities of Belsen, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald.
Episode 13 • Jun 26, 1962
The Clouded Dawn
August 1945 - 1946. Japan surrenders. World War II is over, but the scars are deep. Canadian prisoners are released from Japanese war camps. In Canada, as elsewhere, the monumental task of rehabilitation begins.
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