Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of Canada's contribution in that war owes a great deal to him. The man of course, was Colonel - later made Lieutenant General by his own hand - Sam Hughes. Sam's Army is a compelling portrait of a complex man and the formidable military he built. Sam Hughes was not your standard-issue military leader. Canada's World War I Minister of Militia and Defence concentrated power in his own hands, insisted that the Canadian military use the ill-conceived Ross rifle and liberally promoted his cronies. But there was no denying Hughes was a visionary. He assembled the world's largest-ever volunteer army and bucked superiors to keep his ferocious fighting force together in one Canadian Corps.

Paul Gross
Narrator
Bradford Jackson
Brad Austin
John Bayliss

David Calderisi

Benedict Campbell
William Colgate
William Dunlop
Adrian Egan

Patrick Garrow

Linda Goranson
Keith Hampshire

All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

There's Something in the Water
There's Something in the Water

Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels

The Last Front
The Last Front

The Concert
The Concert

The Trench
The Trench

The Last Bohemian
The Last Bohemian

The Corporation
The Corporation

Coal
Coal

A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
Belgian Campaigns in Africa
Belgian Campaigns in Africa