"Far from Home: Canada and the Great War - Part 3"28 March 1999Factual, War90 mins
Canadian military accomplishments in the last hundred days of World War I, when the German Army was destroyed, surpassed those of any other army. The Canadian success was, in no small measure, due to Arthur Currie, whom a recent British historian describes as "the most successful Allied General and one of the least well known."
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A young Austrian soldier in World War I fights his way through the Alps to rescue his Italian girlfriend and escape the impending explosion that will rock the mountain.
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Jai is a peaceful man and doesn't partake in violence. However, when the drug mafia kills his sister, he is left with no choice but to defend himself and his family.
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