Fields of Sacrifice (original) (raw)

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This 1964 documentary returns to the battlefields where over 100,000 Canadian soldiers lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. The film also visits cemeteries where servicemen are buried. Filmed from Hong Kong to Sicily, this documentary is designed to show Canadians places they have reason to know but may not be able to visit. Produced for the Canadian Department of Veteran Affairs by the renowned documentary filmmaker Donald Brittain.

• director
  Donald Brittain
• producer
  Donald Brittain
• script
  Donald Brittain
• executive producer
  Peter Jones
• photography
  Eugene Boyko
• editing
  Rex Tasker
• re-recording
  Ron Alexander
  Roger Lamoureux
• narrator
  Douglas Rain
• music
  Eldon Rathburn

Ages 14 to 16

School subjects

Using the image of the word "ghosts" have students research a Canadian soldier who died in one of the world wars and write a poem or short story about him. Read the poem "Grass" by Carl Sandburg, "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen. Watch the film "Passchendaele" with Paul Gross.

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