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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: 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: Second World War: Greetings from the Beaver Club
 
Type: Sound
Description: From London's Beaver Club, Canadian soldiers send short radio messages to loved ones at home.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Propaganda: 'Dear Dad': War is Everyone's Concern
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: "Dear Dad. You will only get this letter if anything happens to me." So begins a letter written by a Canadian airman in the Second World War, delivered after his death. It's now being read on a 1942 episode of the National War Finance Program. The message is simple: it's everyone's duty to make the world better. This half-hour episode also contains several short radio dramas, including a sketch in which a father and his young son discuss security, and another in which a Dutch woman describes her duties on the home front.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Second World War: Living in a Wet Tent
 
Type: Sound
Description: A CBC reporter in France gives a vivid account of an airman's day in an RCAF airfield camp as torrential rains cause flooding, wet tents, mud, and dampness everywhere.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: 1944: The Battle for Carpiquet
 
Type: Sound
Description: Matthew Halton gives eyewitness reports from the battle for Carpiquet, a German-held town right near the Normandy beaches.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Ten Years After D-Day: Normandy Revisited
 
Type: Sound
Description: Ten years after D-day, Matthew Halton returns to the beaches of Normandy. He reminisces about that fateful day of June 6, 1944, and ponders its ultimate meaning.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Topic: The 1991 Gulf War
 
Type: Document Film and Video Sound
Description: In 1991, Canadian troops were sent abroad for the first time since the Korean War, joining the Allied forces to fight Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Unlike any conflict before, the Gulf War of 1991 brought the threat of biological warfare. Iraqi forces retreated quickly; however, it was evident that problems remained unresolved. Includes links to related topics.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Cold War: 'The Only Choice Today is Peace'
 
Type: Sound
Description: In this 1961 radio broadcast, columnist Ron Haggart takes issue with the government's approach to nuclear warfare, and argues for commitment to peace.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Shell Shock: Losing Your Nerve
 
Type: Sound
Description: The horrors of a mental breakdown on the Italian front.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
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