To mark the 90th anniversary of the World
In A Vimy Veteran Remembers, war amputee Perce Lemmon describes the pivotal battle. The Blue Puttees tells of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment,
nearly wiped out in the Battle of Beaumont Hamel. War Amps members talk of surviving the war in If Ye Break Faith, while In Flanders Fields tells of Ypres, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, and Passchendaele. No Man’s Land tells of
Canadian artist Mary Riter Hamilton, commissioned by The War Amps to paint the
postwar destruction of Europe’s battlefields.
Times and other films airing are as follows (all times ET unless otherwise indicated):
Nov 9th – The Blue Puttees, 10 pm, CPAC
Nov 10th – The Blue Puttees, 9 pm, ichannel
Nov 11th – No Man’s Land, 11 am, Bravo
John McDermott – The Tragedy of War, 11 am, travel + escape
Korea: Canada’s Forgotten War, 1 pm, CPAC
Jeff Nicklin: Hero of the Gridiron and Battlefield,
3:30 & 10 pm, CPAC
The Blue Puttees, 7 pm, CPAC
A Vimy Veteran Remembers, 9 pm, ichannel
If Ye Break Faith, 9:30 pm, ichannel
In Flanders Fields, 10 pm ET/11 pm PT, Discovery Civilization
Nov 12th – The Blue Puttees, 1 am ET/10 pm (PT), CPAC
In Flanders Fields, 9 pm, ichannel
All of the documentaries, which were produced by War Amps CEO Cliff Chadderton, were funded by corporate donations.
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