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Canada at War, Part 9: The Norman Summer
1962
27 min
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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 a seething, pitching sea to the coast of France while Allied air forces pound enemy positions from the air. Cherbourg, Caen, Carpiquet, Falaise, Paris are liberated. Canadians return, this time victorious, to the beaches of Dieppe.
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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 a seething, pitching sea to the coast of France while Allied air forces pound enemy positions from the air. Cherbourg, Caen, Carpiquet, Falaise, Paris are liberated. Canadians return, this time victorious, to the beaches of Dieppe.
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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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sound editingKenneth Heeley-RayJean-Pierre Joutel
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editingTony Lower
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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 research accounts of the D-Day invasion of Normandy and compare
the information in contemporary newspapers and modern textbooks with the
first-hand accounts of participants and survivors. Then, playing the role of
an eyewitness reporter, students will write a newspaper article about the
invasion on D-Day. This activity can be extended to include an on-line
publishing unit, or an art unit to re-create an authentic-looking period
newspaper.