D-Day Dodgers of Canada
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Uploaded by Number7smokesForEver on Nov 21, 2009
"The D-Day Dodgers" was a song inspired by a remark allegedly made by British MP Lady Astor, accusing the British and Commonwealth soldiers in Italy of "Dodging" the invasion of Normandy and essentially of being drunken and Venereal Disease ridden louts. The original version of the song was written by Scottish Highlander Captain Hamish Henderson and sung to the tune of the internationally popular German foxhole song "Lili Marlene". There were several versions, including a distinctively Canadian one, but in my opinion this British version is the best. The emotional and profane lyrics clearly illustrate the frustration of soldiers who had to do more with less while fighting for their lives in a distant and forgotten field.
Just a small tribute and thank you to Canada's never to be forgotten veterans of the Italian campaign and to all on both sides who died there.
(I know that not all of the footage is Canadian but it was all I had to work with at the time)
The entire Peter Stursberg audio clip can be found at this link:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/ortona/newsreels.html
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PS I remember him from the 1960's by then he was older...
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I remember Peter Stursberg...I think he might have been on CJOH-Tv out of Ottawa..BTW great video..Thank you....
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Where can I find the lyrics for this version?
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My great uncle dodged D-Day with the Carleton and York Regiment. My grandpa wasn't so lucky :( he unfortunatley saw a little place called Juno Beach
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I have watched this several times now, and I do believe that 3:35 that is my grandpa in the front row at the church.
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May I say, excellent video! The music went really well with the footage! Nice to see some moving pictures I ain't seen before!
Well done!
Favourited and Liked!!!
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A really nice piece of work...very well put together. I thoughts the timing for the statistics at the end of the piece was just right!
Ronglimeng 1 year ago
@Ronglimeng
Thanks for the feedback. I think it turned out good myself but it could have been better. I used Windows Movie Maker and some times there are slight stoppages between frames that come from different documentaries like at 2:53. I also would have liked to have used more footage from battles other than Sicily and Ortona but it was all I had to work with at the time unfortunately.
Number7smokesForEver 1 year ago