This provocative documentary uncovers a lost chapter in Canadian military history: how the Armed Forces dealt with homosexual behaviour among soldiers, during and after World War II. More than 60 years later, a group of five veterans, barely adults when they enlisted, break the silence to talk about how homosexual behaviour “was even more unmentionable than cancer.” Yet amidst the brutality of war, instances of sexual awakening among soldiers and officers were occuring. Initially, the Army overlooked it, but as the war advanced, they began to crack down: military tribunals, threats of imprisonment, discharge and public exposure. After the war, officers accused of homosexuality were discharged. Back home in Canada, reputations and careers were ruined. For the young men who had served their country with valour, this final chapter was often too much to bear. Based on the book Courting Homosexuals in the Military by Paul Jackson. Continue reading Open Secrets
The First World War: Canada Remembers
The First World War: Canada Remembers
Countdown To Looking Glass
What if Red Dawn got remade as a Fauxkumentary.
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Cold War survival: Life in a fallout shelter
Cold War survival: Life in a fallout shelter
Broadcast Date: Sept. 17, 1961
Before a crowd of anti-bomb protesters, the McCallum family emerge from their week-long stay inside a fallout shelter located on the Toronto CBC grounds. “We not only survived, we thrived,” says a relieved but tired McCallum. Conditions inside the 13-foot-long shelter are primitive. Ventilation is confined and the only source of light and heat is via open flame.
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The Emergency Measures Organization has laid out 11 steps for survival which McCallum and other pro-shelter families are taking to heart. The EMO advises that Canadians must know how to eliminate radioactive dust, prepare a two-week emergency supply of food and provisions, and know how to prevent and fight fires. CBC Television features this report on the McCallum family and how to survive a nuclear disaster.
During its heyday, NORAD headquarters was a hive of activity, charged with keeping North America safe from Cold War missiles. But today it’s an expensive relic ready for renovation.
Canadian Forces Cold War NORAD
Canadian Forces Cold War NORAD, a set on Flickr.