War at Sea: The Black Pit (1995) watch online HD
- Original title:War at Sea: The Black Pit
- Category:Movie / Documentary / History / War
- Released:1995
- Director:Brian McKenna
- Actors:Terence McKenna,Carl Marotte,Mathew Mackay
- Writer:Brian McKenna,Terence McKenna
- Duration:48min
- Video type:Movie
- Rating 7.1
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A film about the later years of Canada's World War II naval effort, focusing on the most dangerous Atlantic ocean region, nicknamed the Black Pit.
This film covers the latter years of Canada's naval contribution to World War II. In particular, this film focuses on the troubles of the atlantic transportation route that was one of the most hazardous in the war. Of that route, no part was more dangerous than the region that naval command refused to have patrolled by long range aircraft, nicknamed the Black Pit. Thanks to this act of incompetence, Canadian naval forces were besieged by U-Boats while in this large area of the Atlantic until events force a needed change.
| Credited cast: | |||
| Terence McKenna | - | Narrator (voice) | |
| Carl Marotte | - | Louis Audette | |
| Mathew Mackay | - | Wilfred Bark | |
| Martin Neufeld | - | Paul Hartwig | |
| Paul Hopkins | - | Ken Lunny | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Horst Kessler | - | Himself - U-Boats | |
| Barry O'Brien | - | Himself - RCN | |
| Desmond Piers | - | Himself - RCN, HMCS Restigouche | |
| Charles Edwin Powell | - | John Waters (as Charles Powell) |
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