A historical account of the French-Canadian terrorist kidnapping incident and the Federal Govt.'s response by declaring martial-law.A historical account of the French-Canadian terrorist kidnapping incident and the Federal Govt.'s response by declaring martial-law.A historical account of the French-Canadian terrorist kidnapping incident and the Federal Govt.'s response by declaring martial-law.
Réal Caouette
- Self (Créditiste MP)
- (archive footage)
Claude Charron
- Self (Péquiste MNA, with Lévesque)
- (archive footage)
Michel Chartrand
- Self (organizer of miners' strike)
- (archive footage)
James Cross
- Self (with Choquette after his release)
- (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
- Self (Vive le Québec libre speech in Montreal)
- (archive footage)
Charles Gagnon
- Self (FLQ with Lemieux)
- (archive footage)
Eric Kierans
- Self
- (archive footage)
Claude Lachance
- Self (journalist, describes discovery of Laporte)
- (archive footage)
André Laurendeau
- Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism)
- (archive footage)
- (as André Laurandeau)
Robert MacNeil
- Self (hopes to interview Trudeau on Parliament Hill)
- (archive footage)
Normand Maltais
- Self
- (archive footage)
Gaétan Montreuil
- Self
- (archive footage)
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A period of Canada's history they don't broadcast widely
Okay so this was a very informative movie/documentary. It had a very old feeling to it, but it is a little older so that's to be expected. I'm in this history of Canada course and going with stereotypical Canadian beliefs; I assumed Canadians were always just calm and collected but this proved me 100% wrong! Quebec was not only like the major role player but it (depending on how you look at it) was also the only problem. Those in Quebec wanted to just save their tradition of having French apart of their daily lives but the English was slowly taking over and with my mindset I thought those who were opposed would be peaceful. Ummm no, those separatists were blowing stuff up, angry because of change and when the queen shows up, game over. The thing that caught me off guard was how a politician can just up and say, "Canada is going through a major crisis!" How can you just know that? I mean sure there's a REALLY big issue going on and he was right, but to call it that early? I'm a bit suspicious. Regardless of that, if Trudeau was being labeled as a traitor for wanting new and bringing in English ways why not take a more..political approach and not a toddler approach? Kidnapping people? Starting riots? Killing police officers? I was appalled at how the police were beating the opposers like it's the 50's in America. This was a very opinion-changing event for me, seeing the ACTUAL footage of this happening. I understand the Queboicois wanting to withstand by their views but going to the extremes that they did was uncalled for. With that said I would recommend this for anyone wanting to get some deep insight into the rather history of Canada we don't really see, nor does Canada really broadcast. I now know that Canada is just as American as I assumed, they were, things don't go your way? Push forward and ask questions later.
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By what name was Action: The October Crisis of 1970 (1974) officially released in Canada in English?
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