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Strong and Free
196718 min 40 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: William Canning
Production: William Canning
Script: Strowan Robertson
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of National Defence.
A colourful review of two hundred years of Canada's military history, from archival photos, monuments, and stirring reenactments. Stars of the story are Jacques and Jim, symbolizing French and English aspects of Canada's defense story. Through them history takes on dramatic, tangible form. For most audiences this is a colourful story and, for youth, an attractive preview of a career in Canada's Armed Forces.
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Subject categories
- National Security and Defence > Canadian Armed ForcesHistorical Perspectives
- History - Canada > Defense of the NationMilitary Forces
Credits
- director
- William Canning
- producer
- William Canning
- script
- Strowan Robertson
- photography
- Don Virgo
- editing
- Roy Ayton
- sound editing
- Bernard Bordeleau
- music
- Donald Douglas