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Canada at War, Part 11: Crisis on the Hill

1962 27 min
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September 1944 - March 1945. On the eve of victory Canada faces an internal crisis: an acute shortage of men for overseas service precipitates the conscription issue, threatens national unity and the King government. In Europe, Canadian divisions fight their way to the top of the Italian boot, then regroup for the final onslaught on Germany. They fight in the battles of the Reichswald and Hochwald forests, and finally cross the Siegfried Line.

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Canada at War, Part 11: Crisis on the Hill
  • Canada at War
    Canada at War
    1962 13 films
    From the depressed thirties to the war-torn forties -- a time of testing and trial, of strength discovered and victory won. Here is Canada's story of World War II, as experienced by Canadians at home and on the battlefronts of the world. In thirteen half-hour films you re-live a vital era that changed the nation and the world.

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September 1944 - March 1945. On the eve of victory Canada faces an internal crisis: an acute shortage of men for overseas service precipitates the conscription issue, threatens national unity and the King government. In Europe, Canadian divisions fight their way to the top of the Italian boot, then regroup for the final onslaught on Germany. They fight in the battles of the Reichswald and Hochwald forests, and finally cross the Siegfried Line.

History - Canada - 1920-1945 Foreign Countries War, Conflict and Peace All subjects
  • producer
    Stanley Clish
    Donald Brittain
  • writer
    Donald Brittain
  • executive producer
    Peter Jones
  • editing
    Tony Lower
    John Kemeny
    David Green
  • sound editing
    Kenneth Heeley-Ray
    Michael McKennirey
    Victor Merrill
    Sidney Pearson
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
    Bernard Bordeleau
  • re-recording
    George Croll
    Ted Haley
  • narrator
    Budd Knapp
  • music
    Robert Fleming
    Eldon Rathburn
    Maurice Blackburn
    Ken Campbell

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Ages 14 to 17
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History - World War II History and Citizenship Education - Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present) History and Citizenship Education - Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980) Social Studies - Quebec/Federal Relations
As part of a study on government censorship during wartime, or the controversies surrounding conscription, students will discuss how governments during the Second World War dealt with high casualty rates and other setbacks and failures. Students will study the origins and use of the War Measures Act, and the crisis over conscription. As part of a study on civil rights, students will examine the role of government and its relationship to the people during times of war.
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