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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: Gulf War: Revisiting the Protecteur
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Report on the Gulf War through the eyes of the crew of HMCS Protecteur. The Canadian warship is a long way from the battle front, operating in the southern Persian Gulf. The crew's mission is to supply the ships that do the fighting; they probably won't see action as their weapons are for defence only, but they are conducting regular battle exercises.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: "Miserable, rotten, hopeless life" - Canadian Sailors - Second World W...
 
Type: Document
Description: Synopsis of television episode on the experiences of Canadian sailors as they face German U-boats on the high seas during the Second World War. 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: Life Aboard HMCS Terra Nova - Canadian Troops in the Persian Gulf
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: A report from October 1990 on the HMCS Terra Nova, a Canadian warship stationed in the Persian Gulf. As part of the Canadian contingent participating in the Gulf War, the Terra Nova is enforcing the UN sanctioned blockade against Iraq. The ship has not been engaged in any major conflicts yet, but could be called into battle at a moment's notice. Canadian soldiers are kept busy rehearsing tactical and rescue procedures, exercising, reading, and writing letters to loved ones back home.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Reinforcements from Europe - Another Fight for Quebec - Battle for a C...
 
Type: Document
Description: After the French victory at the Battle of Ste. Foy, both the French and British armies waited to see whose navy would first come up the St. Lawrence. After eleven days of suspense, a ship appeared. The British had won the transatlantic race. William Pitt had sent 22 ships from England. 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: Montcalm Launches Fireboats - Battle for Quebec - Battle for a Contine...
 
Type: Document Film and Video
Description: At midnight, June 28th, 1759, General Marquis de Montcalm launches his attack. He sends boats and rafts carrying gunpowder to ignite their cargo near the English fleet, anchored off Ile d'Orleans. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, video clips, and biography of General Montcalm.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Women of the Second World War: Caring for sailors in Halifax
 
Type: Sound
Description: In this 1975 radio broadcast, women recall working in the YMCA canteen in Halifax during the Second World War, feeding the sailors and listening to their sometimes horrific stories.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: "Dames in the Navy?" - Canadian Women as Navy Wrens in the Second Worl...
 
Type: Sound
Description: This 1942 episode of the radio program "Comrades in Arms", entitled "The Wrens are Here," describes the duties of servicewomen in the Royal Canadian Navy, whose jobs on shore freed up men for service at sea during WW II.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Planned Invasion Above Cap Rouge - Battle for Quebec - Battle for a Co...
 
Type: Document
Description: Facing possible humiliating defeat in Quebec, General Wolfe goes against his three brigadiers' plans for an invasion upriver, after bad weather causes delays. Instead, Wolfe wanders downriver and lands 5000 men at l'Anse au Foulon, a point which offered no plausible route to the fortress. 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: Female Officers Take Charge - Canadian Women in the Second World War
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Two women who were officers in World War II recount their experiences of working in a very male-oriented environment. Wing Officer Willa Walker, RCAF Women's Division, and Captain Adelaide Sinclair of the Navy Wrens (WRCNS) each had her own challenges to face.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
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