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Ordeal By Fire*

• 2001 ----- color ----- 120 min ----- vhs
• (Canada, A People's History series, Part 12) Canada's heavy military role in World War I (60,000 dead in a population of 8 million) transforms its society, its politics and its place in the world. The horror, bravery and sacrifice of trench warfare are evoked in Canada's great battles: Ypres, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Courcelette and Passchendaele. The domestic consequences of Canada's war effort are also wrenching -- the conscription crisis of 1917 marks a low point in English-French relations. After the war ends, labor revolts in Winnipeg and across the country raise fears of a Bolshevik insurrection. The return to stability in the mid-1920s lasts only briefly as the crash of 1929 plunges the country into economic chaos. (Closed-Captioned) [Letterboxed] (Donated by W. A. Douglas Jackson, Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of Higher Education in Washington state only)
• Topics: (Canadian Studies, History: Canadian, Political Science: Canadian, War and Peace, Women Studies)

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