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Title: Somalia Affair: Defending the Airborne Regiment
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Interview with Sergent Ronnie Smith, Corporal Patrick Couture, and Captain Hercule Gosselin of Canadian Forces Base Petawawa in which they describe their experiences as part of the Canadian Airborne Regiment in Somalia. They describe how they feel that the schools they built, the infrastructure they developed and the people they saved are all being overlooked by Canadians due to media coverage of a few isolated incidents.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Van Doos: Scorpions, Kiwis and 'Hoochies'
 
Type: Sound
Description: Royal 22nd soldiers deal with language barriers and weather in East Timor mission.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Canadians Leave Somalia
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Canadian soldiers reflect on what they have accomplished during their peacekeeping mission in Belet Huen, Somalia. They have built schools and bridges, and famine is not as prevalent. Interviews with Somalis indicate that they like the Canadian soldiers and are concerned about who will be taking over the mission once the Canadians leave.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Van Doos: Providing 'Safe Havens' in Bosnia
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: 1993 television news report shows how the Royal 22nd Regiment peacekeepers in Srebrenica must both disarm and defend Muslim refugees.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Peacekeepers and Peacemakers: Canada's Diplomatic Contribution
 
Type: Document Film and Video Sound
Description: A look at Canada's history of diplomacy and peacekeeping, including Canadian involvement in human rights issues, nuclear disarmament and the International Criminal Court.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Female Van Doo Draws Attention in Sarajevo
 
Type: Sound
Description: Report on Captain Angela Mondeux, an officer of the Royal 22nd Regiment deployed to the former Yugoslavia. The news clip relates some other countries' reactions to a female in uniform.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Van Doos: Rescue in the Jungle
 
Type: Sound
Description: Sergeant Leo Lessard of the Royal 22nd Regiment recalls a daring helicopter rescue mission that saved two nuns from rebel soldiers in the Congo.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Somalia: Culture, Chaos and Clans
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: At the dawn of the Cold War, Somalia had aligned itself with the Soviet Union; when this alliance dissolved, the United States forged a coalition with the African country. As the Cold War thawed, however, the partnership weakened and the U.S. withdrew. As infrastructure and order collapsed, famine spread through the country. When the 900 Canadian soldiers landed in Somalia on December 15, 1992, they tried to draw order from the chaos with Operation Deliverance.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Good Peacekeeping or Good PR?
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Four experts on Canadian diplomacy talk about whether Canada deserves its peacekeeping reputation.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: "Belet Huen is a Peaceful Place" - Canadian Peacekeepers in Somalia
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: When the Black Hawk helicopters landed in Belet Huen, Somalia, the Canadian forces were greeted with welcoming cheers. The Canadian soldiers were surprised to find a relative level of calm in Belet Huen with famine under control and few deaths due to starvation. The Canadians were happy to have finally arrived in Somalia to provide humanitarian aid. However, in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, US Marines had shot and killed a Somali during a peace march.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
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