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Canadian Infantrymen
195833 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Terence Macartney-Filgate
Production: Walford HewitsonPeter Jones
Script: Donald Brittain
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of National Defence.
A historical look at the infantry soldier. The film portrays the individual, the team spirit, the training aspects, the weapons used by infantrymen, the arms that support the infantry, and the traditions and backgrounds of different regiments. Examples of infantry tactics and team-work during World War II are included.
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Subject categories
- National Security and Defence > Armed Forces Programs and OperationsArmyArmy Programs and OperationsHistorical PerspectivesTraining films
- War, Conflict and Peace > MilitarismWorld War II
Credits
- director
- Terence Macartney-Filgate
- producer
- Walford Hewitson
- executive producer
- Peter Jones
- script
- Donald Brittain
- photography
- Georges Dufaux
- sound
- Clarke Daprato
- editing
- Dennis Sawyer