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Title: Corporal Clayton Matchee - His Family Speaks Out About the Somalia Aff...
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Master Corporal Clayton Matchee, a Canadian soldier serving in Somalia, was detained after a Somali teenager was beaten to death. He is now in hospitable following what the military police are calling an "apparent suicide attempt" His family insists that someone tried to take his life.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Wren Reunion - Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service Veterans from the ...
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: This news story broadcast on September 1, 2002 reports on a reunion of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, or Wrens, who served during World War II.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Comrades in Arms: Second World War Canadian soldiers, sailors and airm...
 
Type: Sound
Description: The CBC program "Comrades in Arms", which debuted in 1942 and continued till the war's end, dramatizes the life of soldiers in the Army, Navy and Air Force. This 1943 episode features the exploits of the RCAF Wolverine Squadron as they search out and destroy German U-boats in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: From Defensive to Offensive: Canada Joins Combat in Gulf War
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Report on Captain Steve Hill and Major David Kendall, CF-18 fighter pilots stationed in Qatar during the Gulf War. For the first time since the Korean War, Canadian forces fire offensively in combat and successfully attack an Iraqi ship.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Gulf War Syndrome
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: It's been seven years since Canadian soldiers have come home from the Gulf War. Many of them are suffering from ailments such as nausea, rashes, and chronic fatigue. They call it Gulf War Syndrome, but a new Canadian military report has concluded that there is no such illness. The report states that some veterans are suffering from extreme cases of battle stress due to the special stresses of service in the Persian Gulf.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Rise of the Fascists
 
Type: Document
Description: Synopsis of television episode on the rise of fascism in Europe. In 1933, Adolf Hitler is elected German Chancellor and the German economy is transformed into a war machine. Describes Hitler's vision and his annexation and takeovers of European countries. In 1939, Canada joins Britain and France in the war effort. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Fighting from the Home Front - Second World War- The Crucible
 
Type: Document
Description: Synopsis of television episode about the social and economic effects that the Second World War had on Canada. Discusses the War Measures Act invoked by Prime Minister Mackenzie King in 1939. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Family of Soldiers - Horror on the Battlefield - First World War
 
Type: Document
Description: Three Macfie brothers, Roy, Arthur, and John, farm boys from Parry Sound, Ontario, end up enlisting for combat in Europe, despite their being needed back home on the farm. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Second World War: Women after the war
 
Type: Sound
Description: In this 1945 broadcast of the radio program "Servicemen's Forum," the position of women in Canada's postwar society is discussed. Talk turns to education for women, full employment, wage equity, and the possibility of introducing a family allowance.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Van Doos: 'Put Victory First!' - Paul Triquet and Victory Loans
 
Type: Sound
Description: Major Paul Triquet, recipient of the Victoria Cross, is honoured during a Victory Loan Luncheon in 1944.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
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