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Canadian Experience - City of Ruins: The Halifax Explosion - DVD (English)
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On the morning of December 6th 1917, the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia was a bustling, lively place. But in less than a second, Halifax became the center of a tragedy like no other in the history of this country, and of a tragedy unparalleled in the history of this continent. The Halifax Harbour explosion was the greatest known man-made explosion until the advent of the atomic bomb. And yet, outside of Nova Scotia, the story of the Halifax explosion is barely known.
City of Ruins constructs a dramatic and moving narrative of the devastating event by intertwining heart-wrenching memories from survivors with archival news footage and still photography. Newsreel cameras rushed to film the search for the living amidst the smoldering ruins, while still cameras recorded the post-explosion wasteland, the faces of the living and the dead, and the re-building of the city of ruins.
It is a story of horror, of heroes, and of scapegoats. It is a story of the day the war came home.
DVD Special Features:
- Morse Code Translator
- Weblinks
- 2 CBC-TV News Featurettes:
- Explosion Sites Today – Field biologist Jim Simpson leads a walking tour of the Halifax Harbour, discusses the tragedy, and points out some material evidence that remains of the explosion.
- Explosion Survivors – In July 2003, there was an emotional tour of what was once a scene of incredible carnage. The visitors were people who lived through the tragedy of the Halifax explosion. They came to remember the incident and those they lost.
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VERY, VERY GOOD!, October 5, 2009
Review By:LOUIS A. TARONE II This documentary is extremely well done. And it's on a subject that is hardly known at all in North America. Living in the States, I knew there was some sort of boat explosion during WWI in Halifax, but knew nothing else about it. This program did an excellent job of explaining and recreating as much of it as possible. Maybe it should have been longer, but other than that, it's very hard to find a flaw in it. Excellent job, CBC!
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