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  • The Valour and the Horror In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (Season 1, Episode 3)
  • TV Episode | 104 min | Documentary, History, War

The Valour and the Horror

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 104 min | Documentary, History, War

On the section speaking of the black watch getting massacred, they show the black watch carrying m16s into battle. The m16 was not invented until 1959.
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Jan 26, 1992 (Canada)

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23 cast members
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Terence McKenna
Narration Narration   See fewer
Simon Bradbury
Edward Ashford Edward Ashford   See fewer
Gerry Quigley
Viril Bartlett Viril Bartlett   See fewer
Julian Richings
John Crocker John Crocker   See fewer
Stephen Russell
Dan Cunningham Dan Cunningham   See fewer
Colin O'Meara
Bruce Ducal Bruce Ducal   See fewer
Stewart Arnott
Harry Foster Harry Foster   See fewer
Neil Munro
Rod Keller Rod Keller   See fewer
Nigel Bennett
Kurt Meyer Kurt Meyer   See fewer
Wayne Robson
Donald Pearce Donald Pearce   See fewer
Adrian Hough
German Officer German Officer   See fewer
Nicholas Campbell
Guy Simonds Guy Simonds   See fewer
Patrick Goyette
Joseph Le Boutillier Joseph Le Boutillier   See fewer
Jacques Dextraze
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal) Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)   See fewer
Roman Jarymowycz
Self (Canadian Staff College) Self (Canadian Staff College)   See fewer
Sydney Radley-Walters
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment) (as Radley Walters) Self (Sherbrooke Regiment) (as Radley Walters)   See fewer
H.D.G. Crerar
Self (leaves plane) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (leaves plane) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Matthew Halton
Self (CBC correspondent, D-Day) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) Self (CBC correspondent, D-Day) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)   See fewer
A.G.L. McNaughton
Self (leaves ship) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (leaves ship) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Kurt Meyer
Self (on trial) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (on trial) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Bernard L. Montgomery
Self (with reporters before Caen) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (with reporters before Caen) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Self (inspects Black Watch, wears maple leaf) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (inspects Black Watch, wears maple leaf) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Guy Simonds
Self (waits at airport for Crerar) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (waits at airport for Crerar) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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