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Canada at War, Part 2: Blitzkrieg
1962
27 min
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April - November 1940. With devastating speed Germany takes Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Italy declares war. The British withdraw from Dunkirk. Mackenzie King feels the Canadian pulse on conscription. England is strafed by the Luftwaffe, and Britons accept Churchill's challenge of 'blood, sweat and tears.'
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April - November 1940. With devastating speed Germany takes Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Italy declares war. The British withdraw from Dunkirk. Mackenzie King feels the Canadian pulse on conscription. England is strafed by the Luftwaffe, and Britons accept Churchill's challenge of 'blood, sweat and tears.'
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producerStanley ClishDonald Brittain
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executive producerPeter Jones
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writerDonald Brittain
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editingDavid Green
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sound editingBernard Bordeleau
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re-recordingGeorge CrollTed Haley
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narratorBudd Knapp
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musicRobert FlemingEldon RathburnMaurice Blackburn
Ages 14 to 17
School subjects
Students will examine the war on the “home front,” and especially the tensions between provincial and federal levels of government (anti-war sentiment in Quebec, the rise of Canada’s federal civil service). Students will also discuss the social, political and cultural ramifications as Canada drifts from the British into the American sphere of influence. Students will study the history, use and importance of propaganda in WWII, and will design and create their own propaganda posters.