Far from Home: Canada and the Great War - Part 1
Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of Canada's contribution in that war owes a great deal to him. The man of course, was Colonel - later made Lieutenant General by his own hand - Sam Hughes. Sam's Army is a compelling portrait of a complex man and the formidable military he built. Sam Hughes was not your standard-issue military leader. Canada's World War I Minister of Militia and Defence concentrated power in his own hands, insisted that the Canadian military use the ill-conceived Ross rifle and liberally promoted his cronies. But there was no denying Hughes was a visionary. He assembled the world's largest-ever volunteer army and bucked superiors to keep his ferocious fighting force together in one Canadian Corps.
Made in CA
9/10
1999
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Cast
Paul Gross
As Narrator
Bradford Jackson
As
Brad Austin
As
John Bayliss
As
David Calderisi
As
Benedict Campbell
As
William Colgate
As
William Dunlop
As
Adrian Egan
As
Patrick Garrow
As
Linda Goranson
As
Keith Hampshire
As
David Hemblen
As
Joergen Fuglsang
As
Erica Jackson
As
Eric Koch
As
Gary Krawford
As
Ray Landry
As
Dan MacDonald
As
Shawn Mathieson
As
John McMullan
As
Paul Miller
As
Victoria Mitchell
As
John Ralston
As
Jacques Tourangeau
As Henri Bourassa
Richard Waugh
As
Roger Periard
As
Heinar Piller
As
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