"The Canadian Army in Action and the Advance of the Tank: Revitalizing the Canadian War Spirit Through Film

Abstract

            The 1917 The Canadian Army in Action and the Advance of the Tank was a Canadian film that depicted the actions of Canadian soldiers during the Battle of Courcelette in September 1916. The film was propagandized by different Canadian national newspapers in 1917 to highlight the fighting spirit of the Canadians in France amid the horrors of the Great War. This article will argue that the media’s representation of the film was to safeguard the morale of Canadians during a time in which most Canadians were demoralized due to the ongoing war on the Western Front.