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It's their future : [videorecording] Western Front, Eastern Front, If ye break faith.
TITLE:
It's their future : [videorecording] Western Front, Eastern Front, If ye break faith.
Alternate Title:
It is their future
Publication Date:
1990
Publication Information:
Ottawa, Ont. : War Amputations of Canada,
Physical Description:
1 videocassette (116 min.)
Contents:
It's their future (29 min.) -- Western front (29 min.) -- Eastern front (29 min.) -- If ye break faith (29 min.)
Summary:
It's their future: This video looks at the war from a younger generations's perspective. Members of the CHAMP program discuss what the Never Again message means to them. By singing the theme song, in many languages they raise the cry of veterans for an end to all wars and a global, lasting peace.

Western Front: The setting of this video is an old movie theatre where during the early days of the 1940's Canadians watched glorified new accounts from the front. The news reels were constrasted sharply with authentic footage from the battles of Dieppe, Sicily and Normandy. Shows the horrors experienced by young Canadian soldiers.

Eastern front: Focuses on the suffering and hardship experienced by the people of Russia and Yugoslavia during WWII. Thousands of innocent people died from starvation, whole villages were burned during bomb attacks and soldiers were burned alive in their tanks during battle.

If ye break faith: Features devastating footage from the battles of Ypres, the Somme, Vimy and Passchenale. War Amps members who survived WWI talk about their experiences in a war that cost the lives of more than 10 million people inclduing 70,000 Canadians.
Language:
English