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Canada at War, Part 7: Road to Ortona - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB520053
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Stanley Clish, Donald Brittain, Peter Jones
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Canadian History, Documentary, History, Media and Communications, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1962
Running Time: 27:46
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Canada at War, Part 7: Road to Ortona - DVD 
Catalogue Number: NFB520053
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Stanley Clish, Donald Brittain, Peter Jones
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Canadian History, Documentary, History, Media and Communications, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1962
Running Time: 27:46
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July 1943 - January l944. The objective at last--Fortress Europe. The Canadian 1st Division, flanked by the British and Americans, pushes into Italy. Italians surrender but the Germans resist. Ortona, a 15th-century town, riddled with bullets and grenades, is taken by Canadians in fierce and costly street fighting.