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Atlantic Patrol 1940 National Film Board of Canada Video – 10 minutes Narrated by Lorne Green |
This short documentary about the Canadian seamen who manned Canada's eastern ports during WWII is the first film in the Canada Carries On series. The film depicts the work of the Royal Canadian marines who accompanied convoys of military supplies to the Allied Forces and those who remained on the eastern coast to defend against the Germans. |
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Watch this film at the National Film Board Web site. |
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The World In Action—Corvette Port Arthur – 21 minutes National Film Board of Canada, 1943 |
This documentary examines the role of convoy ships during World War II, focusing on the Corvette Port Arthur. The corvette, a highly mobile weapon of destruction, is used to combat German U-boats and escort convoys through the Atlantic Ocean. Following the corvette through an encounter with an enemy submarine, the film offers a glimpse into a day in the life of the Royal Canadian Navy. |
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Watch this film at the National Film Board Web site. |
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CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia – 3 minutes BC Provincial Capital Commission, September 14, 2009 |
This is a short documentary on the establishment of Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, and the historic significance of the Pacific headquarters of the Canadian navy (and formerly of the British navy). |
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Watch this film at the YouTube Web site. |
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CNN Reports from NATO Mission in Arabian Sea – 7 minutes Wilf Dinnick reports for CNN, August 7, 2006 |
HMCS Iroquois, HMCS Charlottetown, HMCS Calgary, Canadian vessels on mission as part of a NATO task force in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Iran. Compilation of three different reports from CNN. |
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Watch this clip at the YouTube Web site. |
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Canadian Forces NATO Brilliant Mariner– 7 minutes CF Combat Camera, September 13, 2006 |
HMCS Athabaskan is currently the flagship for the Commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 with Canadian Commodore Denis Rouleau taking command on January 26, 2006. SNMG 1 is a multi-national squadron of frigates and destroyers from various NATO navies and operates in the North Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and Mediterranean Sea. |
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Watch this clip at the YouTube Web site. |
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HMCS Winnipeg Impedes a Pirate Attack – 2 minutes CBCNews, September 13, 2006 |
This clip shows Canada's part in the ongoing NATO mission to keep the oceans of the world safe from terrorism. Here the crew of HMCS Winnipeg stops an attempted pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden, siezing weapons from a suspected pirate vessel. David Common reporting aboard the HMCS Winnipeg for CBCNews. |
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Watch this clip at the YouTube Web site. |
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Links of Interest
- Canada Enters World War I
- WWII – Canada At War
- Canada at War Site – Canadians in Asia and the Pacific
- Virtual tours of Canadian fleet vessels
- Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service - known as the WRENS.
- The Naval Service of Canada, Its Official History by Gilbert Norman Tucker, PhD
HOW TO READ THIS BOOK: This is a vintage book that can be read interactively online. Click the plus (+) sign at the top left hand corner of the page reader box to enlarge the page and use up and down arrows or mouse scroll to navigate through the publication.
Read book at Archive.org Web site.
(Header images: Background – Canadian 3rd Division troops at Bernières, Juno Beach. Reserve troops of the Canadian 3rd Division coming ashore at Bernières, Nan sector, Juno Beach, on D-Day, June 6, 1944. National Archives of Canada; photo, Gilbert Milne; neg. no. PA137013; Snapshot left – Québec Conference 1943; Snapshot right – A film still from Corvette Port Arthur, showing a cameraman filming a group of sailors on the deck of the corvette. Top-ranking staff officers stand behind them. Photographer unknown, 1943.The film was directed by Joris Ivens. National Film Board of Canada.)
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