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04/01/2007

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Ceanglaichean teaghlaich is eachdraidh eadar Barraigh is Canada.

Ceanglaichean teaghlaich is eachdraidh eadar Barraigh is Canada. Personal stories of historical and family links between Barra and Canada.

Tha trì fichead de mhuinntir Bharraigh a' togail oirre air turus iongantach is iad a' dèanamh air Canada airson ceanglaichean eachdraidh is teaghlaich eadar an da àite a' rannsachadh. Cha bheag nach eil gu leòr ann a' thogas cridhe ach bi iad cuideachd a' cuimhneachadh mar a chailleadh còignear bhon eilean, fada bhon dachaidh, ann an tubaist mòr aig caladh Halifax.

Documentary following sixty islanders from Barra on a trip to Canada tracing historical and family links. Includes a visit to the burial place of five young islanders who lost their lives in the world's largest pre-nuclear-era explosion when a munitions ship collided into Halifax harbour during the First World War.

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