May 04, 1969
40 min
Full-HD

Good Times, Bad Times (1969)

Combat footage and old photographs from extant BBC documentary footage from the First and Second World Wars is intercut with contemporary footage of First World War veterans recalling their experiences at Royal Canadian Legion halls, memorial day commemorations and veterans' hospitals.

Category

War Documentary

Country

Canada

Companies

CBC

John Granik

Narrator

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