OTTAWA, October 27, 2008 -- With this November 11th marking the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War, The War Amps is re-releasing five internationally award-winning documentaries from its popular Military Heritage Series.

In A Vimy Veteran Remembers, war amputee Perce Lemmon describes life as a young soldier in this pivotal battle. The Blue Puttees tells the remarkable story of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, nearly wiped out in the Battle of Beaumont Hamel. War Amps members talk about surviving the war in If Ye Break Faith, while In Flanders Fields tells of the sacrifices of Ypres, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, and Passchendaele. No Man's Land tells of Canadian artist Mary Riter Hamilton, commissioned in 1919 by The War Amps to travel to the battlefields of Europe to paint the scenes of postwar destruction.

War Amps CEO Cliff Chadderton, who produced the documentaries, commented recently on his blog (cliffchadderton.ca) about the war's impact: "When it began in 1914, little did the world know that four years of death and destruction lay ahead in a conflict revolutionized by high explosive shells, rapid-firing machine guns, poison gas, submarines, tanks and airplanes. Nor did they know that it would destroy virtually a whole generation of young men."

The documentaries, which will air on regular and specialty channels across Canada up to and on November 11th, are available at a cost-recovery price (DVD or VHS) by calling toll-free 1 800 250-3030 or at waramps.ca. More information, including clips, can be found at waramps.ca/military.

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