- The Canadian Experience
"The Canadian Experience" is a
television documentary series shown onCBC Television ; each of its one-hour episodes present an event or story fromCanadian history . The first episode aired onJanuary 22 ,2004 . The series is produced by the CBC Documentary Unit, the team behind "". Reruns of the series can be seen on bold.Episodes
# "The Queen and the Skipper: The Story of The
Bluenose " - The history of the famous racingschooner
# "Talking Canadian" - A look at distinctlyCanadian English words and modes of speech
# "TheUnderground Railroad : Flight to Freedom" - The Canadian role up to and during theAmerican Civil War
# "Year of the Hunter" - The making ofNanook of the North , the first true documentaryfilm
# "Expo 67 : Back to the Future" - The success of theWorld's Fair inMontreal , and its effect on Canada
# "Sisters in the Wilderness" - The story ofSusanna Moodie and her sisterCatharine Parr Traill , writers in early-19th-centuryUpper Canada . "two-hour episode"pecials
*"The 13th Mission" - The story of a
World War II Lancaster bomber, including the women who built it and the men who flew it, in the context of the war era. First airedJune 6 ,2004 , the 60th anniversary ofD-Day .
*"The Liberation of Holland" - The story of theCanadian First Army 's task to liberate theNetherlands , and particularly the gruelingBattle of the Scheldt in the autumn of 1944. First aired May 2005, near the 60th anniversary ofVE Day .External links
* [http://www.cbc.ca/canadianexperience/ Official Website]
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