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Title: Cold War Drill
 
Type: Sound
Description: CBC assesses damage and results of Tocsin B nuclear attack simulation exercise.
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: 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: Matthew Halton Remembered by Colleagues
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: At the age of 52, Matthew Halton passes away following stomach surgery to remove an ulcer in London. In this CBC Radio report, his colleagues remember Halton as a passionate idealist, an eloquent chronicler, a mentor, family man, and a perfect host of deep sympathy. "He cared about human freedom, human dignity and the right to live a life in peace," CBC journalist Norman DePoe explains. "Because he cared, he made us care too."
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: Clashes in the Ohio Valley - Battle for a Continent
 
Type: Document Film and Video
Description: Synopsis of television episode on the prelude to the Seven Years' War. Clashes broke out in the Ohio Valley in 1754 between the French, Indians, and American settlers, as Americans looked towards Indian homelands to the west. In the meantime, Benjamin Franklin's vision of the colonies in British America was that of one unified, English Protestant continent. This resource is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and links to 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: Webquest Exercise: Grades 11-12: Perils of Peacemaking - For Teachers
 
Type: Document
Description: Using a variety of Web-based resources, students will produce a news magazine-style program on peacemaking challenges in the 1990s.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Auschwitz: Hana's Suitcase Turns out to be a Replica
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: The Auschwitz Museum admits the original suitcase was destroyed in a fire.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
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