Subjects: History

No Price Too High chronicles the history of Canadian participation in the Second World War. Episode one commences with the unveiling of the Vimy Memorial, and episode six ends with victory in 1945. The six-hour series has a logical thematic structure designed to cover all the principle areas of Canadian participation.

No Price Too High chronicles the history of Canadian participation in the Second World War. Episode one commences with the unveiling of the Vimy Memorial, and episode six ends with victory in 1945. The six-hour series has a logical thematic structure designed to cover all the principle areas of Canadian participation.

Examines the phenomenon of remembrance as exemplified by the return of an unknown Canadian soldier from Vimy to a tomb specially created in 2000 at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. It is a moving and fitting tribute to the nearly 28,000 Canadian servicemen and women who gave their lives to their country and have no known graves.

No Price Too High chronicles the history of Canadian participation in the Second World War. Episode one commences with the unveiling of the Vimy Memorial, and episode six ends with victory in 1945. The six-hour series has a logical thematic structure designed to cover all the principle areas of Canadian participation.

No Price Too High chronicles the history of Canadian participation in the Second World War. Episode one commences with the unveiling of the Vimy Memorial, and episode six ends with victory in 1945. The six-hour series has a logical thematic structure designed to cover all the principle areas of Canadian participation.

No Price Too High chronicles the history of Canadian participation in the Second World War. Episode one commences with the unveiling of the Vimy Memorial, and episode six ends with victory in 1945. The six-hour series has a logical thematic structure designed to cover all the principle areas of Canadian participation.

No Price Too High chronicles the history of Canadian participation in the Second World War. Episode one commences with the unveiling of the Vimy Memorial, and episode six ends with victory in 1945. The six-hour series has a logical thematic structure designed to cover all the principle areas of Canadian participation.

This highly-acclaimed six-part series pays tribute to the Canadians who participated in World War II – young Canadians whose collective courage and spirit led to victory. The series traces Canada’s role from the pre-war years when Prime Minister Mackenzie King found himself charmed by the “appealing and affectionate look” in Adolf Hitler’s eyes, to the development of the A-bomb that finally put an end to the most destructive conflict in history.

Narrated by Arthur Kent and produced by Norflicks, No Price Too High chronicles Canada’s role in the major events of the war, including The Battle oF Britain, Dieppe and D-Day. Incorporating the personal letters, photographs and diaries of many Canadians including those at home, No Price Too High reflects the hopes, dreams, heartbreaks, fears, and terrors of young men and women suddenly swept into a world of destruction, conflict and chaos.

DVD Bonus Features:
– Interactive Menus
– Chronology of Events
– Scene Selection
– World Political Leader Profiles
– Weapons of War
– Documentary Feature – Remembrance: Memorial for an Unknown Soldier

DVD ROM Features:
– 250 Minutes of Authentic Newsreels
– Radio Broadcasts
– Canadian Military Profiles
– 98 Interactive Maps
– Photo Gallery containing 1287 images
– Chronology of Events, including dates, images and maps (video and text)
– World Leader Profiles
– 36 Wartime Posters
– Interactive Quiz
– Canadian Medals – Facts & Figures

Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of Canada’s contribution in that war owes a great deal to him. The man of course, was Colonel – later made Lieutenant General by his own hand – Sam Hughes.