Front Lines - The Officer's Role
2008
8 min
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This short documentary made in 2008 looks at First World War officers. They often wrote reports and updates to headquarters. With all the devastation that they would see, they still needed to encourage their troops to not give up hope. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 2008, 90 years will have passed since the signing of the Armistice ending the Great War in Europe. More than 600,000 men and women crossed the Atlantic with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and more than 60,000 of them never returned. Front Lines features veterans' letters …
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This short documentary made in 2008 looks at First World War officers. They often wrote reports and updates to headquarters. With all the devastation that they would see, they still needed to encourage their troops to not give up hope. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 2008, 90 years will have passed since the signing of the Armistice ending the Great War in Europe. More than 600,000 men and women crossed the Atlantic with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and more than 60,000 of them never returned. Front Lines features veterans' letters to their families and images from the NFB archives, the Canadian War Museum and Library and Archives Canada.
Éducation
Âge 14 à 17 ans
Histoire - Première Guerre mondiale
Éducation civique/À la citoyenneté - Responsabilité citoyenne
Dites en quoi le rôle de l’officier se distinguait de celui du simple soldat. Définissez ses tâches en temps de guerre. Commentez le contenu des lettres écrites par les officiers dans les tranchées. Quelle est l’importance de ces lettres, tant pour les officiers que pour leur famille.
