| Content Note | 1963 documentary film 'Field of Sacrifice', produced for the Canadian Department of Veteran Affairs by the National Film Board of Canada, which 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 and directed by the renowned documentary filmmaker Donald Brittain.
A number of CWGC cemeteries are featured in the film, including Cemeteries featured:
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Sai Wan War Cemetery, Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Londonderry (or Derry) City Cemetery, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Runnymede Memorial, Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Cassino War Cemetery, Cassino Memorial, Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery (flower laying ceremony with Dutch school children), Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (footage of the Last Post ceremony), Berks Cemetery Extension, Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery, Ploegsteert Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Tyne Cot Memorial, Beaumont-Hamel (Newfoundland) Memorial, Langemark German Military Cemetery, Vimy Memorial and various other Canadian First World War memorials.
24:24 Talbot House
24:45 – 26:44: Menin Gate Memorial & Last Post
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File Size: 1 GB
Media Width: 1920
Media Height: 1080
Media Date Created:2022-01-04 14:31:28
Narration in English
Department of Veterans Affairs Canada (creator) / National Film Board of Canada (creator) / Donald Brittain (writer, director, producer) / Douglas Rain (narrator)
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| Photographer | Department of Veterans Affairs Canada (creator) / National Film Board of Canada (creator) / Donald Brittain (writer, director, producer) |