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- The life and career of John McCrae, a World War I army doctor who wrote the 20th century's greatest war memorial poem.
- World War II historian John Curatola rates eight battle scenes in movies and television for realism. He discusses the accuracy of World War II battle scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), starring Tom Hanks; "Dunkirk" (2017), featuring Tom Hardy; and "Band of Brothers" S1E3 (2001), with Damian Lewis. He also comments on the weaponry used in "Fury" (2014), with Brad Pitt; "Patton" (1970); and "Enemy at the Gates" (2001). Curatola analyzes the tactics displayed in "The Forgotten Battle" (2020) and "Defiance" (2008), starring Daniel Craig.
- The first day of the Battle of the Somme sent hundreds of Newfoundland's famed Blue Puttees straight into the maw of machine gun fire that wiped out most of the regiment. Of more than 800 soldiers who went over the top that day, just 68 answered roll call the next morning. It was just one of the most horrific First World War campaigns that still haunt Canada's easternmost province. When the Boys Came Home asks the question: what happened to those young men who survived such carnage?
- Telling the story of Filip Konowal, the only Ukrainian Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross, this movie is a poignant and poetic exploration of the complicated relationship we have with our returning Vets, exploring emotional issues that still resonate today. Konowal receives the VC for his part in the Battle of Hill 70. Over two days in August of 1917, he kills more than 16 German soldiers, several with his bare hands. Upon his return to Canada he is welcomed as a hero. But when he suffers severe PTSD, not even a medal from the King can protect him from a government in Ottawa eager to save money and forget the war. Locked away in an asylum in Montreal, he is threatened with deportation to the USSR where he would face imprisonment or worse. Yet miraculously, with the support of his army comrades, Konowal prevails.
- A bronze sculptor sets out to bronze the faces of 100 descendants of soldiers of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment who fought at Beaumont-Hamel on July 1, 1916.
- Set around Remembrance Day. During a music lesson, a teacher's wandering thoughts lead to a vivid daydream about World War I. A mysterious old door invites her to a place of Remembrance where a familiar face leads her to a place to make her cello sing.
- 20187.4 (6)TV Episode