Lost Over Burma: Search for Closure
A watch spotted in a Burmese pawn shop is identified as belonging to a Canadian Air Force crewman who went missing 50 years earlier during the Korean War. This documentary follows a mission into the B…
Lost Over Burma: Search for Closure
A watch spotted in a Burmese pawn shop is identified as belonging to a Canadian Air Force crewman who went missing 50 years earlier during the Korean War. This documentary follows a mission into the Burmese jungle to recover the remains of a RCAF crew of six young Canadians lost during World War II. Their lives and wartime experiences are recalled through the memories of colleagues and families, who attend the emotion-laden funeral near Rangoon, where the men have finally been laid to rest with full military honours. —NFB
Lost Over Burma: Search for Closure
Documentary
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A watch spotted in a Burmese pawn shop is identified as belonging to a Canadian Air Force crewman who went missing 50 years earlier during the Korean War. This documentary follows a mission into the Burmese jungle to recover the remains of a RCAF crew of six young Canadians lost during World War II. Their lives and wartime experiences are recalled through the memories of colleagues and families, who attend the emotion-laden funeral near Rangoon, where the men have finally been laid to rest with full military honours.
—NFB.