90m •
1999
Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of Canada's contribution in that war owes a great deal to him. The man of course, was Colonel - later made Lieutenant General by his own hand - Sam Hughes. Sam's Army is a compelling portrait of a complex man and the formidable military he built. Sam Hughes was not your standard-issue military leader. Canada's World War I Minister of Militia and Defence concentrated power in his own hands, insisted that the Canadian military use the ill-conceived Ross rifle and liberally promoted his cronies. But there was no denying Hughes was a visionary. He assembled the world's largest-ever volunteer army and bucked superiors to keep his ferocious fighting force together in one Canadian Corps.
2024•
0
1922•
7.1
2014•
9.0
1930•
7.8
1971•
4.2
1979•
6.6
1960•
6.2
1937•
7.8
2016•
6.0
1931•
0
2003•
7.7
2014•
8.0
1981•
7.1
2005•
7.4
2014•
5.5
1994•
6.7
1999•
0
1997•
10.0
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CBC • CA
ONF | NFB • CA
Norflicks Productions Ltd. • CA
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