100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge (Ages 12-14)
The battle of Vimy Ridge represents a turning point in the First World War, but the price of victory was steep. This playlist explores both the battle itself, and the tragic loss felt afterwards. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include The Trenches Vimy-Ridge Battle of Arras 3
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The battle of Vimy Ridge represents a turning point in the First World War, but the price of victory was steep. This playlist explores both the battle itself, and the tragic loss felt afterwards.
Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.
Films in This Playlist Include
The Trenches
Vimy-Ridge
Battle of Arras 3
Playlist
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The TrenchesClaude Cloutier 2010 5 minThis animated short by Claude Cloutier is a pictorial account of an attack on Canadian soldiers during WWI. On the edge of the battlefield, recruits are dreading the order to attack. At the signal, a young soldier leaps into a hell of fire and blood where the earth engulfs both the living and the dead. Blending archival images and Cloutier’s hypnotizing brushstroke, the film is a dazzling illustration of the futility of war.
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Vimy-RidgeDamien Hess 2006 2 min
In this short animation Damien Hess attempts to connect with the tragedy of the First World War, a conflict that helped define Canada. In this film he uses imagery of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial monument in northern France to summon up names, faces and shadows that are fading from our memory.
Produced as part of the third edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship. -
Battle of Arras 31917 8 min
This third short film on the Battle of Arras shows artillery fire, troop movements and several explosions on the battlefield. German prisoners can also be seen in the trenches, as well as enemy bombs falling on the town of Arras. A classic World War One film.
