From Historica Foundation of Canada Studios
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2005
Heritage Minutes: Home From the Wars
Heritage Minutes: Home From the Wars1 2005 HD
After WWII, veterans confront a politician about the lack of shelter, launching the construction of 10,000 units of Veterans' Housing.
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1999
Heritage Minutes: Grey Owl
Heritage Minutes: Grey Owl1 1999 HD
Englishman Archie Belaney rises to prominence as a notable author and lecturer after he took on the First Nations identity called Grey Owl. Adapted...
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2005
Heritage Minutes: Dextraze in the Congo
Heritage Minutes: Dextraze in the Congo1 2005 HD
General Jacques Dextraze of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force rescues a group of hostages from Katangan rebels.
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2005
Heritage Minutes: Vimy Ridge
Heritage Minutes: Vimy Ridge1 2005 HD
Major-General Arthur Currie discusses the plan of attack on Vimy Ridge with General Julian Byng.
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2000
Heritage Minutes: Lucille Teasdale
Heritage Minutes: Lucille Teasdale1 2000 HD
One of the first female surgeons in Canada, Lucille Teasdale devotes her life to health care in Uganda.
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2005
Heritage Minutes: Mona Parsons
Heritage Minutes: Mona Parsons1 2005 HD
Mona Parsons, a partisan World War II Allied agent in the Netherlands escapes execution and later imprisonment by the Nazis.
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2005
Heritage Minutes: Andrew Mynarski
Heritage Minutes: Andrew Mynarski1 2005 HD
A young Canadian gunner, Andrew Mynarski, stays behind to save his friend in a flaming Lancaster bomber and dies in the attempt.
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2005
Heritage Minutes: Juno Beach
Heritage Minutes: Juno Beach1 2005 HD
Broadcaster Johnny Lombardi entertains his comrades in the field during a respite of the World War II D-Day taking of Juno Beach by Canadian forces.
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2005
Heritage Minutes: Osborn of Hong Kong
Heritage Minutes: Osborn of Hong Kong1 2005 HD
Sergeant Major Osborn of Winnipeg protects his company by throwing himself on a live grenade during the Battle of Hong Kong.
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2003
Heritage Minutes: J.S. Woodsworth
Heritage Minutes: J.S. Woodsworth1 2003 HD
Author, lecturer and social activist J.S. Woodsworth convinces Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King to introduce old age pensions.
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2005
Heritage Minutes: Tommy Prince
Heritage Minutes: Tommy Prince1 2005 HD
A eulogy is given for Tommy Prince, Canada’s most-decorated Indigenous war veteran.