02 Apr 1976
The Illegals
During World War II, an Italian agent tries to infiltrate the Albanian guerrilla units under the identity of 'engineer Tosti'.
A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong
The Valour and the Horror
The documentary, using the dramatization of fact, makes the case that the Canadian government knowingly sent two unprepared infantry battalions to help defend Hong Kong in late 1941, fully aware that they may have been on a doomed mission. The C Force, consisting of about 2000 soldiers from the Winnipeg Grenadiers and the Royal Rifles of Canada (from Quebec City) were, with the other British, Indian and Hong Kong troops, attacked on December 8, 1941 and overwhelmed by Japanese troops, leading to numerous casualties and the surrender on Christmas day. The Canadians would spend more than 3 and half years as prisoners of war, in horrible conditions. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.
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Andrew Tarbet John Payne
David Hewlett Walter Jenkins
Greg Spottiswood John Stroud
Brooke Johnson Kay Christie
Martin Julien Les Canivet
Andrew Miller Ike Friesen
Jeremy Ratchford Fred Reich
Robert Clayton Self (Royal Rifles of Canada) (as Bob Clayton)
Robert Manchester Self (Winnipeg Grenadiers) (as Bob Manchester)
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