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SubjectPolitics and SocietyPersonal HistoriesDiaries (24)
Letters (16)
Memoirs (22)
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Description: Matthew Halton discusses the challenges and rewards of working as a foreign correspondent on the CBC television program Tabloid.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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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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Description: Synopsis of television episode on Everett Hill, a young soldier from Ontario stationed in England during the Second World War. Includes excerpts from personal letters. 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
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Description: Interviews with women who were WW II pilots for the Air Transport Auxiliary of the RCAF, flying Hurricanes, Mosquitoes and Spitfires between factories, storage depots and squadrons in England.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Description: In this 1972 interview Paul Triquet recounts his exploits at Casa Berardi, which won him the Victoria Cross in World War Two.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Description: During the Second World War, rumours circulated amongst the civilian population that servicewomen were not living up to the high moral standards of their civilian counterparts. In this excerpt from the TV program "Women at War," several women who were officers in WW II recall the efforts made to enforce discipline among female recruits.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Description: A young man from the Gaspé peninsula witnesses the atrocities of battle in World War I. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Description: A father and two sons are sent to a POW camp for resisting evacuation orders during World War Two.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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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
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Description: The story of Rose Young, one of many women who signed up for work in Canada's factories and foundries during World War II.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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