Return to Vimy / written, directed, and produced by Denis McCready ; produced by the National Film Board of Canada in partnership with the Vimy Foundation.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

McCready, Denis, film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Hunter, Chala, voice actor.

Cohen-Demers, Raphael, voice actor.

Goyette, Marianne, voice actor.

Vimy Foundation, production company.

National Film Board of Canada, production company, publisher, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vimy Ridge, Battle of, France, 1917.

World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Canadian.

World War, 1914-1918.

War memorials--France--Vimy.

War memorials.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (9 min.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Montréal, Québec] : National Film Board of Canada, [2017]

Language Note:

Closed captioning available.

System Details:

System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

digital

Summary:

A young Canadian woman visits the Vimy Memorial to make a charcoal imprint of the engraved name of her great-grandfather who was lost in battle, bringing with her a notebook of sketches and diary entries that he made during months of preparation for the battle to take back Vimy Ridge. The sketches transform into colourized archive footage and take us back in time to revisit the daily lives of the soldiers of the Canadian Corps, witnessing the long and detailed preparation that lead to this legendary battle.

Participant:

Chala Hunter, Raphael Cohen-Demers, Marianne Goyette.

Credits:

Editor, Etienne Gagnon ; music, Mathieu G. Dandurand.

Notes:

Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in partnership with the Vimy Foundation.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 19, 2023).

Publisher Number:

nf-vimy Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.