Los Canadienses

Canada, 1976

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Between 1936 and 1939, over forty thousand volunteers from around the world fought to save Spain’s constitutionally elected government. Los Canadienses is about the 1200 Canadians in the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion who joined that struggle. More than half of them never returned. Emotional, the film never lapses into sentimentality. Respectful, it is committed to the memory of those who truly believed in the cause of the Republic. Voice and narration by Donald Brittain. (Awards: Eight including Mannheim; New York; London)

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Credits

director

Albert Kish

co-producer

Colin Low

Tom Daly

production company

ONF | NFB

Duration

00:57:44:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1976

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015774

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Germany - Mannheim - Awards

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Great Britain - London - Awards

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - United States - New York - Awards

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Canada - Armed forces

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Spain - History - Civil War, 1936-1939

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War - Historical perspectives

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - Foreign Relations

History → Canada - History

History → History

History → Spain - History - Civil War, 1936-1939

History → War - Historical perspectives

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q98245668

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