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Title: War Brides' Mothers Come to Canada
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: After a year of holding dances, concerts, raffles and rummage sales to raise money, an adventurous group of Liverpudlians has finally reached Halifax. The 14 women are the mothers and sisters of war brides who left Liverpool during and after the war to join their Canadian husbands. After a rough sea crossing they're glad to have landed, and they're planning to stay a while -- two, three, even six months. CBC News greets the mothers on the pier.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Looting Marks VE-Day in Halifax
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: May 8, 1945, was a day to celebrate. It was VE-Day, the long-awaited moment when the Allied forces triumphed over Nazi Germany to claim victory in Europe. But the joy brought by news of peace was dampened by the memory of fallen comrades and the ongoing war in the Pacific. From the liberation of Holland through the German surrender, celebrations in Canada and the servicemen's return, CBC Archives follows Canadians as the war ends in Europe.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Corporal Clayton Matchee - His Family Speaks Out About the Somalia Aff...
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Master Corporal Clayton Matchee, a Canadian soldier serving in Somalia, was detained after a Somali teenager was beaten to death. He is now in hospitable following what the military police are calling an "apparent suicide attempt" His family insists that someone tried to take his life.
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: VE-Day: 'On to Tokyo'
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: There's no flag-waving in the streets of the U.S. capital on VE-Day. "We still have a war to win, haven't we?" the locals tell a puzzled CBC correspondent when he asks why they're not celebrating. In the United States, the end of war in Europe simply means a shift in focus to the western horizon, across the Pacific. The United States still has millions of soldiers and sailors under arms, and they're determined to beat the Japanese to their knees.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: From Defensive to Offensive: Canada Joins Combat in Gulf War
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Report on Captain Steve Hill and Major David Kendall, CF-18 fighter pilots stationed in Qatar during the Gulf War. For the first time since the Korean War, Canadian forces fire offensively in combat and successfully attack an Iraqi ship.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Gulf War Syndrome
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: It's been seven years since Canadian soldiers have come home from the Gulf War. Many of them are suffering from ailments such as nausea, rashes, and chronic fatigue. They call it Gulf War Syndrome, but a new Canadian military report has concluded that there is no such illness. The report states that some veterans are suffering from extreme cases of battle stress due to the special stresses of service in the Persian Gulf.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Somalia Debacle a High-Level Cover-Up
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Report on the Somalia Commission of Inquiry's findings and recommendations. The Commissioners point out that Canadian soldiers were ill-prepared for the Somalia mission and that witnesses at the Somalia Inquiry were evasive, told half-truths, or lied. Their blueprint for change in the military, with 160 recommendations, covers leadership, accountability, discipline, training, and mission planning. Art Eggleton calls the report a "blanket condemnation" of the Canadian military.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: War Photographer Bill Grant Remembers D-Day
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: A Canadian sergeant with a camera sends some of the first D-Day pictures back to North America.
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
 
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