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Trailer - Canada and the Great War 1914-1918: A Nation Born
Canada's role in the First World War is told through the eyes of a young student researching a school project. From mobilization, to the 1914 gas attack at Ypres, the Newfoundland Regiment and the Battle of the Somme, the victory at Vimy Ridge, the tragedy of Passchendaele, and the final days of the war, as the long period of trench warfare ends and the allies advance through enemy lines to victory, this video gives an excellent overview of the war.
In the army
Mr. Anderson discusses his career in the military after the First World War, and becoming Second in Command of the 120th Battalion Training Centre during the Second World War.
Lewis gunner
Mr. Bond describes his initial training as a Lewis gunner, and then being offered and accepting a position as runner.
Cut the fuse wires
Mr. Brice describes the process of removing three bombs from the roadbed on the bridge under cover of darkness and under threat of snipers.
Five bricks missing
Mr. Brice describes his reconnaissance of the bridge and crawling to safety under the nose of a sniper.
Remove the charges
Mr. Brice describes opening his sealed orders which instruct him to de-boobytrap the bridge at Domart. He discusses what, and how many explosives he expects to find.
Sealed orders
Mr. Brice describes being singled out to lead a secret mission, and his confusion about where he and his section would see action.
Bicycle Courier
Mr. MacLeod describes in humorous detail some of the risks of being a bicycle courier.
Shoot the rabbit
Mr. MacKay describes his unusual trip to join the 46th Battalion, and some strange music to accompany his first meal with his unit.
Continental code
Mr. MacKay describes his personal difficulty learning to key Morse Code, and compares the Continental to the faster American code.
Sniper school
Mr. MacKay describes a couple of the more difficult target drills faced by hopefuls in the sniper school at Bramshott.
Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit!
Mr. MacKay describes the segregation camp in which he was quarantined before being sent to Bramshott.
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