Dieppe 1942

Dieppe 1942
Written by	Timothy Findley William Whitehead
Directed by	Terence Macartney-Filgate
Music by	Rick Wilkins
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Terence Macartney-Filgate
Cinematography	Charles Stewart
Editor	Thomas Berner
Running time	180 minutes
Production company	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	November 11, 1979 (1979-11-11)

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.

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.

External links

• Dieppe 1942 at IMDb