John McCrae's War: In Flanders Fields
The life and career of John McCrae, a World War I army doctor who wrote the 20th century's greatest war memorial poem. This documentary profiles poet John McCrae, from his childhood in Ontario to his…
John McCrae's War: In Flanders Fields
The life and career of John McCrae, a World War I army doctor who wrote the 20th century's greatest war memorial poem. This documentary profiles poet John McCrae, from his childhood in Ontario to his years in medicine at McGill University and the WWI battlefields of Belgium, where he cared for wounded soldiers. Generations of schoolchildren have recited McCrae's iconic poem "In Flanders Fields," but McCrae and Alexis Helmer-the young man whose death inspired the poem-have faded from memory. This film seeks to revive their stories through a vivid portrait of a great man in Canadian history.
John McCrae's War: In Flanders Fields
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The life and career of John McCrae, a World War I army doctor who wrote the 20th century's greatest war memorial poem. This documentary profiles poet John McCrae, from his childhood in Ontario to his years in medicine at McGill University and the WWI battlefields of Belgium, where he cared for wounded soldiers. Generations of schoolchildren have recited McCrae's iconic poem "In Flanders Fields," but McCrae and Alexis Helmer-the young man whose death inspired the poem-have faded from memory.
This film seeks to revive their stories through a vivid portrait of a great man in Canadian history..