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Far from Home: Canada and the Great War - Part 2 - The Battle of Vimy Ridge
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Title: The Battle of Vimy Ridge

Release Date: 21 Mar 1999

Runtime: 2h

Genre: Documentary, War

Director: ONF | NFB, Chum Television, CBC, Norflicks Productions Ltd., CTF | FCT

Production Companies: ONF | NFB, Chum Television, CBC, Norflicks Productions Ltd., CTF | FCT

Overview: A two-hour documentary which recreates for the viewer one of the greatest battles in Canadian military history. The film was made to show that Canadian character at its best, forging an identity for a country that before the First World War had been seen only as a British colony - an identity and a character that became recognized and respected throughout Europe.

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Cast

  • Narrator: Paul Gross
  • Julian Byng: Bernard Behrens
  • Arthur Currie: William Dunlop
  • Billy Bishop: Stephen Bogaert
  • Frederick Scott: Gary Krawford
  • Will Bird: David Keeley
  • Claude Williams: Wayne Best
  • : Bill Freeman
  • : Jean-François Bard
  • : Roger Honeywell
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