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Sacred Places: The Great War Tour

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Subject(s): Canadian History, Canadian Social Studies, Documentary, Holidays, Social Studies, World History
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult

Norm Christie takes us to the Western Front battlefields - where 'the real war is in the cemeteries' – to discover how these faraway, exquisitely designed and little visited burial grounds, with their thousands of Canadian dead, are truly our ‘sacred places’.



Running Time: 60:00
Country of Origin: Canada
Captions: CC
 Producer: Breakthrough Entertainment
Copyright Date: 2015
Language: English


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  1. Sacred Places: The Great War Tour  60:00
    Norm Christie takes us to the Western Front battlefields - where...

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