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Canada at War, Part 12: V Was for Victory
1962
27 min
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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. V-Day celebrations verge on the hysterical, but occupying armies uncover the staggering atrocities of Belsen, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald. Franklin D. Roosevelt dies. The world's first atomic bomb is dropped on Japan.
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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. V-Day celebrations verge on the hysterical, but occupying armies uncover the staggering atrocities of Belsen, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald. Franklin D. Roosevelt dies. The world's first atomic bomb is dropped on Japan.
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producerStanley ClishDonald Brittain
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executive producerPeter Jones
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scriptDonald Brittain
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soundDon Wellington
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editingTony Lower
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sound editingKenneth Heeley-RayMichael McKennirey
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re-recordingGeorge CrollTed Haley
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narratorBudd Knapp
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musicRobert FlemingEldon RathburnMaurice BlackburnKen Campbell
Ages 14 to 17
School subjects
Students will create a timeline of major events of WWII. This film shows Canada’s postwar evolution as a “middle power” and her participation in the United Nations; also can be used as part of a study on the role of the UN in world affairs, and students can compare the idealism of the League of Nations with the realism that accompanied the creation of the UN, with the establishment of the Security Council and veto powers.