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Canada Remembers - Part Three - Endings and Beginnings

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Paratroopers dropping down to fight beyond the Rhine ushered in the final phase of the war in Europe, a war that was in its sixth year. In Endings and Beginnings, veterans recount their memories of that epochal conflict, in combination with outstanding footage filmed by army cameramen at the front. VE-Day--victory in Europe--on May 8, 1945, saw exuberant celebrations in Canadian cities, but there was still the war in the Far East to be won. The film documents Canada's contributions toward that goal, which was finally achieved four months later. In the aftermath of the war, a confident Canadian industry converted to peacetime purposes. But, on the personal level, peace could be intimidating. A former sailor recalls, "The big objective was to get the uniform off and get a job. I had to learn a whole new set of rules and a whole new way of living--very quickly." Interspersed with archival footage are the vivid memories of men and women who recall life during the war years. Part three of the series.

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Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with the Canada Remembers Committee of Veterans Affairs Canada.
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Credit Note

Director, Terence Macartney-Filgate ; producer, Kent Martin ; executive producer, Don Haig ; script, William Whitehead ; photography, Jim Aquila, Rolf Cutts ; sound, Hans Oomes ; editing, Markham Cook ; sound editing, André Galbrand, Wojtek Klis, Paul Demers ; re-recording, Louis Hone, Nathalie Morin ; music, Neil Smolar ; research, Elizabeth Klinck.

Performer Note

Narrator, R.H. Thomson ; participation, Farley Mowat, Ken Bell, Ronald F. "Andy" Anderson, Donald Pearce, Evelyn Pepper, Flora Shaddock, Jean-Charles Forbes.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 1995.

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Paratroopers dropping down to fight beyond the Rhine ushered in the final phase of the war in Europe, a war that was in its sixth year. In Endings and Beginnings, veterans recount their memories of that epochal conflict, in combination with outstanding footage filmed by army cameramen at the front. VE-Day--victory in Europe--on May 8, 1945, saw exuberant celebrations in Canadian cities, but there was still the war in the Far East to be won. The film documents Canada's contributions toward that goal, which was finally achieved four months later. In the aftermath of the war, a confident Canadian industry converted to peacetime purposes. But, on the personal level, peace could be intimidating. A former sailor recalls, "The big objective was to get the uniform off and get a job. I had to learn a whole new set of rules and a whole new way of living--very quickly." Interspersed with archival footage are the vivid memories of men and women who recall life during the war years. Part three of the series.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).