Wolfe and Montcalm

Canada, 1958

Film
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The film recreates the tense hours before the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759, Quebec), and then the battle itself in which both Generals Wolfe and Montcalm were fatally wounded.

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Credits

director

Allan Wargon

producer

Julian Biggs

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:28:49:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1958

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

313369

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Biculturalism - Canada

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canada - English-French relations

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Quebec (Province)

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Montcalm de Saint-VÔeran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Wolfe, James, 1727-1759

Documentary

Documentary → Docudrama

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Biculturalism - Canada

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - English-French relations

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Peace

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political science

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

History → Canada - English-French relations

History → Canada - History - To 1763 (New France)

History → History

History → Montcalm de Saint-VÔeran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759

History → Wolfe, James, 1727-1759

People → Montcalm de Saint-VÔeran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759

People → Wolfe, James, 1727-1759

Places → Quebec (Province)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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