cbc.the.great.war

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CBC
The Great War
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General Information
Type.................: documentary
More Information.....: (none)
Technical Information
Source...............: NTSC CABLE
AVI Size.............: 2x 1,082,155,008 bytes
Duration.............: 2x 01:30:21
FPS..................: 23.976

Video Codec..........: XviD
Codec DCT......: H263
QPel...........: No
GMC............: No
Video Bitrate........: 2000 (ABR)
Video Resolution.....: 640x464
Video Aspect Ratio...: 1.379

Audio Format.........: 0x0055(MP3, ISO) MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Encoder........: LAME 3.92
Bitrate..............: 128kbits/sec (CBR)
Hz...................: 48000
Channels.............: Stereo
Captured by..........: festering leper
Description
Following their ancestors' foosteps

Between 1914 and 1918, when Canada was scarcely more than a British colony,
and less than eight million people, she dispatched an army overseas of 325,000
soldiers and nurses. The chance of returning home unscathed was one of three.
In short,two thirds of our army was killed or wounded, with 60,000 dead on the
battlefield. A generation was annihilated. Across the country, stories of
bravery, close calls, broken hearts and patriotism have been passed down from
generation to generation.

In 2005, CBC-TV and Galafilm put out a call to descendants of Canadian First
World War soldiers to participate in the living history component of the Great
War project. Over 6,500 Canadians applied and 150 made the final cut to take
part in vivid battle recreations, and to experience what their ancestors went
through in the killing grounds of Europe. Of the 150, 14 descendants were
chosen for a special mission