Return to Vimy
2017
9 min
Coming soon
In this short film, a young woman visits the Vimy Memorial to make a charcoal imprint of the engraved name of her great-grandfather who was lost in battle. She brings with her a notebook of sketches and diary entries that he made during his preparation for battle. The sketches transform into colourized archive footage and take us back in time to revisit the daily lives of the Canadian Corps soldiers. This project marks the first time the NFB has colourized its own archives for a film project.
Details
In this short film, a young woman visits the Vimy Memorial to make a charcoal imprint of the engraved name of her great-grandfather who was lost in battle. She brings with her a notebook of sketches and diary entries that he made during his preparation for battle. The sketches transform into colourized archive footage and take us back in time to revisit the daily lives of the Canadian Corps soldiers.
This project marks the first time the NFB has colourized its own archives for a film project.-
writerDenis McCready
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directorDenis McCready
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producerDenis McCready
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castChala HunterRaphael Cohen-DemersMarianne Goyette
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directing consultantPierre Marier
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animationClaude Cloutier
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editingEtienne Gagnon
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sound designSylvain Bellemare
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musicMathieu G. Dandurand
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colourization of archival materialFrançois Montpellier
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infographics (animations)Keyu Chen
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foleySimon Meilleur
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NFB archivesRagnhild MilewskiLea NakonechnyYvon LarocqueJosée Riopel
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NFB collection curatorAlbert Ohayon
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film digitization technicianAldo La RiccaWilliam Holley
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colour timingSylvie Marie Fortier
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restorationSylvie Marie Fortier
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technical support - editingJean Coulombe
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adaptationClaude Dionne
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subtitlingClaude Dionne
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copy editingGeorge Kaltsounakis
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head, coordination and project supportPierre Ferlatte
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online editingDenis Pilon
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infographicsMélanie Bouchard
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foley recordingGeoffrey Mitchell
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narration recordingGeoffrey Mitchell
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mixingJean Paul Vialard
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administratorIsabelle Limoges
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production coordinatorGabrielle DupontMarcia Seebaran
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technical coordinatorDaniel LordLuc Binette
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marketing managerCharles Pease
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legal servicesPeter KallianiotisHugo Barnabé
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executive producerJulie Huguet
Education
Ages 12 to 18
History - World War I
Media Education - Documentary Film
Media Education - Documentary Film
Use to personalize the study of World War I. Do you have family members who fought in the First World War, Second World War or Korean War? Explore the story of your relative or another Canadian soldier using the Library and Archives Canada, and through family stories or newspaper stories. Study the use of personal accounts and archival footage to tell the story of this soldier. Ask students about their experience watching the archives in colour. How does it differ from watching archives in black and white?
