A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong 1992
6.9 / 10
A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong
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.
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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Full Cast & Crew... Narrator
... John Payne
... Walter Jenkins
... John Stroud
... Kay Christie
... Les Canivet
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Release Date:
Jan 12, 1992
Run Time:
1hr 40`
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Original Language:
English
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Released
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A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong
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... Director
Cast
... Narrator
... John Payne
... Walter Jenkins
... John Stroud
... Kay Christie
... Les Canivet
... Ike Friesen
... Fred Reich
... Self (Royal Rifles of Canada) (as Bob Clayton)
... Self (Winnipeg Grenadiers) (as Bob Manchester)
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