A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong (1992)

A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong (1992)

The Valour and the Horror 1992-01-12 100 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Terence McKenna is Narrator
Narrator
Andrew Tarbet is John Payne
John Payne
David Hewlett is Walter Jenkins
Walter Jenkins
Greg Spottiswood is John Stroud
John Stroud
Brooke Johnson is Kay Christie
Kay Christie
Martin Julien is Les Canivet
Les Canivet
Andrew Miller is Ike Friesen
Ike Friesen
Jeremy Ratchford is Fred Reich
Fred Reich
Robert Clayton is Self (Royal Rifles of Canada) (as Bob Clayton)
Self (Royal Rifles of Canada) (as Bob Clayton)
Robert Manchester is Self (Winnipeg Grenadiers) (as Bob Manchester)
Self (Winnipeg Grenadiers) (as Bob Manchester)

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