Canadians Advance Near Cambrai 3

Canadians Advance Near Cambrai 3

| 8 min

This silent short film from 1918 demonstrates the devastating effects of shelling. Firemen, soldiers and civilians fight several fires in a village, brick buildings are reduced to rubble, and a water tank in a factory is totally destroyed.

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Canadians Advance Near Cambrai 3, , provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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    Walter Buckstone
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History - Canada - 1867-1919
War, Conflict and Peace
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  • sixam

    As long as we have pictures we must never forget. I hope the dead soldiers in the last scene got a proper burial.

    sixam, 6 Mar 2014

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