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The Passchendaele
Series title:Turning Points of HistoryHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:2004Item number (ISN):375288Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN TELEVISION FUNDAccession:2006-0020Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Production date:2004Production company:Barna-Alper Productions Inc.Production credit:director/scenario, Jeff Vanderwal; producer, Alan Mendelsohn; executive producer, Laszlo Barna; editing, Patrick Labonté; sound, Jakob Thiesen; music, Andrew Close; narrator, Cedric SmithDescription:This program highlights the battle of Passchendaele in 1917. A battallion of Canadians were ordered to take the city and produce an Allied victory. Politics and the need for moral dictated the fate of more than fifteen thousand Canadians, as the battle was pointless and costly, claiming three hundred thousand Allied lives in total. The program includes an interview with the last living Canadian soldier to be present at the battle of Passchendaele, who died during the editing process of the program. <47mn 25s>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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