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Cadet Holiday (1951)

Cadet Holiday poster
Directed by
Robert Humble, David Bairstow, Douglas Wilkinson
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Canadian Army Cadet attends a summer camp. The film shows the activities and routines at the camp.

educationalinformationalmatter-of-factpatrioticnostalgicslow-pacedobservational

What happens

Cadet Holiday is an 11-minute 1951 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the postwar Canada Carries On series. The film, directed by David Bairstow, Robert Humble and Douglas Wilkinson, was produced by Sydney Newman and Michael Spencer. Cadet Holiday was an account of a Canadian Army Cadet during a summer camp. The film's French version title is Cadets en vacances. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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