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Canada remembers. Part three, Endings and beginnings, 1945

Canada remembers. Part three, Endings and beginnings, 1945

DVD 2008

"Paratroopers dropping down to fight beyond the Rhine ushered in the final phase of the war in Europe, a war that was in its sixth year. In Endings and Beginnings, veterans recount their memories of that epochal conflict, in combination with outstanding footage filmed by army cameramen at the front. VE-Day--victory in Europe--on May 8, 1945, saw exuberant celebrations in Canadian cities, but there was still the war in the Far East to be won. The...

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Description:
1 videodiscs (49 min.) : sound, colour with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
videodisc
DVD
video file
DVD video
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Other Title:
Endings and beginnings, 1945
Canada remembers : endings and beginnings
Notes:
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with Veterans Affairs Canada, Canada Remembers Committee
Producer, Kent Martin ; script, William Whitehead ; photography, Jim Aquila, Rolf Cutts ; editing, Markham Cook ; music, Neil Smolar
Narrator, R.H. Thomson
DVD
Closed captioned
Control Number:
3098875
UPC:
698193074658
Other Authors:
Aquila, Jim, director of photography
Canada Remembers Commemoration Committee, producer
Cutts, Rolf, director of photography
Macartney-Filgate, Terence, director
Martin, Kent, producer
National Film Board of Canada, producer
Smolar, Neil, composer
Thomson, R. H., narrator
Whitehead, William, 1931-2018, screenwriter
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