Victory 1945

Documentary 2004

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Victory 1945 documents the dramatic days leading up to the end of the war and transformative months that followed told by Canadians who lived through them. Using rare archival footage and extensive interviews, Victory 1945 paints a picture of a momentous turning point - one imbued equally with sorrow and with promise.

Documentary 2004

EPISODE 1

The Last Days

World War II ended in Europe on VE Day - May 8, 1945 - but during the final months of the war many Canadians fighting overseas in Europe and the Pacific wondered if they would live to see the spring of 1945. In Part I of VICTORY 1945, entitled The Last Days, a dozen elderly Canadian men and women relate their personal, often heroic, stories of that dramatic wartime period sixty years ago.

46 min · Jun 9, 2004
EPISODE 2

Homecomings

World War II ended on VE Day in May 1945 for those Canadians fighting in Europe. Mixed with the joy & celebration of this sudden, new peace were daunting realities getting the hundreds of thousands of war-weary troops and POWs home, and finding jobs for these returning men and women as their country made the transition from war to peace.

46 min · Jun 16, 2004

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Victory 1945

DOCUMENTARY

Victory 1945 documents the dramatic days leading up to the end of the war and transformative months that followed told by Canadians who lived through them. Using rare archival footage and extensive interviews, Victory 1945 paints a picture of a momentous turning point - one imbued equally with sorrow and with promise.

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Released: 2004

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Subtitles: English (Canada) (SDH)