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The Day We Beat the Russians
198327 min 25 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Nick Bakyta
Production: Jerry KrepakevichTom Radford
Script: Gayle Helfrick
Produced for the NFB by Tinsel Media Productions in association with the CBC.
This title is an acquisition.
Three Depression kids from Regina used to practise hockey with homemade sticks and road apples. In 1955, their team, the Penticton Vees, won the World Hockey Championship Cup in Krefeld, West Germany. This documentary is the story of the Warwick Brothers, their rise from humble beginnings in Canada to their peak in Europe, and their subsequent decline. Interviews with the three brothers and rare footage of the championship game tell a story of hockey and human drama.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure - Winter Sports > Hockey
Credits
- director
- Nick Bakyta
- producer
- Jerry Krepakevich
- executive producer
- Tom Radford
- script
- Gayle Helfrick
- camera
- Andy Oppen
- sound
- Don Paches
- editing
- Barry Freeman
- sound editing
- Gerald K. Wilson
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- narrator
- Gord Marriott