Dieppe 1942

Dieppe 1942 is a Canadian television documentary film, directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate and broadcast on CBC Television in 1979.[1] An examination of Canada's role in the Dieppe Raid of World War II, the film was written by Timothy Findley and William Whitehead.

Dieppe 1942
Directed byTerence Macartney-Filgate
Written byTimothy Findley
William Whitehead
Produced byTerence Macartney-Filgate
CinematographyCharles Stewart
Edited byThomas Berner
Music byRick Wilkins
Production
company
Distributed byCBC Television
Release date
  • November 11, 1979 (1979-11-11)
Running time
180 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The three-hour film was broadcast in two 90-minute parts on November 11 and 12, 1979.[1]

The film received seven Genie Award nominations at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980,[2] for Outstanding Documentary - 30 Minutes and Over, Direction in a Non-Feature Documentary (Macartney-Filgate), Non-Dramatic Script (Findley, Whitehead), Cinematography in a Non-Feature Documentary (Charles Stewart), Sound in a Non-Feature (Alex Taylor, Michael Lax and Austin Grimaldi), Editing in a Non-Feature (Thomas Berner) and Musical Score in a Non-Feature (Rick Wilkins). It did not win any of the awards.[3]

References
  1. "37 years later, CBC stirs on Dieppe raid". The Globe and Mail, November 10, 1979.
  2. "Terence Macartney-Filgate". The Canadian Encyclopedia, November 14, 2010.
  3. "NFB, Brittain dominate TV Genie awards". The Globe and Mail, March 20, 1980.


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