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Sept femmes pour l'oncle Sam

1998 52 min
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Long métrage documentaire sur l’histoire de Terre-Neuviennes ayant uni leur vie à des militaires américains. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, certaines bases américaines parmi les plus importantes se trouvaient à Terre-Neuve. On estime à environ 40 000 le nombre de ces femmes ayant épousé des Américains. Quelques-unes témoignent.

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Long métrage documentaire sur l’histoire de Terre-Neuviennes ayant uni leur vie à des militaires américains. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, certaines bases américaines parmi les plus importantes se trouvaient à Terre-Neuve. On estime à environ 40 000 le nombre de ces femmes ayant épousé des Américains. Quelques-unes témoignent.

  • director
    Anita McGee
  • script
    Anita McGee
  • producer
    Mary Sexton
    Dagmar Gueissaz-Teufel
    Kent Martin
  • delegate producer
    Don Haig
    Marilyn A. Belec
  • photography
    Nigel Markham
  • sound
    Don Ellis
  • editing
    Angela Baker
  • sound editing
    Alex Salter
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
    Jean Paul Vialard
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • narration
    Élise Bertrand
  • music
    Sandy Morris

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Ages 15 to 17
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Create timeline of events in Canada confederation up to WW2, focusing on military / political events; highlight Newfoundland’s status as a nation at the time the film began. Why was Newfoundland compared to Gibraltar in the film? Why were the girls of Newfoundland so attracted to US soldiers? Why were they considered “less than desirable” by military officials? Identify reasons why so many of the marriages ended; what can be learned from the women’s stories?
Sept femmes pour l'oncle Sam
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