The Valour and the Horror
The documentary, using the dramatization of fact, makes the case that the Canadian government knowingly sent two unprepared infantry battalions to help defend Hong Kong in late 1941, fully aware that they may have been on a doomed mission. The C Force, consisting of about 2000 soldiers from the Winnipeg Grenadiers and the Royal Rifles of Canada (from Quebec City) were, with the other British, Indian and Hong Kong troops, attacked on December 8, 1941 and overwhelmed by Japanese troops, leading to numerous casualties and the surrender on Christmas day. The Canadians would spend more than 3 and half years as prisoners of war, in horrible conditions. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.
Brian McKenna
Director, Writer
Terence McKenna
Writer
Terence McKenna
Narrator
Andrew Tarbet
John Payne
David Hewlett
Walter Jenkins
Greg Spottiswood
John Stroud
Brooke Johnson
Kay Christie
Martin Julien
Les Canivet
Andrew Miller
Ike Friesen
Jeremy Ratchford
Fred Reich
Robert Clayton
Self (Royal Rifles of Canada) (as Bob Clayton)
Padomju stāsts73%
The Battle of San Pietro61%
For Sama82%
The Bloody Hundredth71%
Korengal66%
2000 Meters to Andriivka79%
Let There Be Light73%
WWII From Space74%
20 Days in Mariupol81%
Maternal Instinct71%
Night Will Fall76%
Last Days in Vietnam73%
They Shall Not Grow Old77%
Five Came Back79%
Why We Fight: Prelude to War65%
The Captains63%
The Age of Stupid65%
Five Broken Cameras75%
The Atomic Cafe73%
The House I Live In75%
