My Dad
he didn't die in the war
he didn't do anything terribly exciting in the war (though he was apparently working on some secret project he wasn't allowed to tell us about)
he was stationed in Iceland and he made it out alive-hooray!
I just watched the neatest documentary on
The Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit who scooped the world on the major events of the Second World War in Europe: the invasion of Sicily, the D-Day landing and the liberation of Paris. The CFPU shot the first feature documentary while under fire, and captured the only footage shot of an action leading to a Victoria Cross. The story is told by the men who shot the film. It was called Shooters and is on TVO at 2 am Tuesday if you can't sleep
There's a short clip from it online plus you can buy the dvd here
My Dad
he didn't die in the war
he didn't do anything terribly exciting in the war (though he was apparently working on some secret project he wasn't allowed to tell us about)
he was stationed in Iceland and he made it out alive-hooray!
I just watched the neatest documentary on
The Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit who scooped the world on the major events of the Second World War in Europe: the invasion of Sicily, the D-Day landing and the liberation of Paris. The CFPU shot the first feature documentary while under fire, and captured the only footage shot of an action leading to a Victoria Cross. The story is told by the men who shot the film. It was called Shooters and is on TVO at 2 am Tuesday if you can't sleep
There's a short clip from it online plus you can buy the dvd here