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Doc about Lancaster bombers to get free Remembrance Day screening

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A film documenting the historic reunion of the world\'s two remaining airworthy Lancaster bombers will be screened for free at select theatres on Remembrance Day. “Reunion of Giants” follows a 70-year-old Avro Lancaster bomber as it travels to the United Kingdom from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho

TORONTO – A film documenting the historic reunion of the world’s two remaining airworthy Lancaster bombers will be screened for free at select theatres on Remembrance Day.

Cineplex Entertainment says the screening will offer Canadians a chance to remember the valiant crews who flew and maintained the Second World War-era planes.

“Reunion of Giants” follows a 70-year-old Avro Lancaster bomber as it travels to the United Kingdom from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton.

The voyage took place in the summer of 2014, when the plane encountered engine failure, an emergency landing and a storm as it made a transatlantic flight to join its English counterpart.

The documentary includes interviews with veterans of the Royal Air Force’s bomber command.

Cineplex says it will announce participating theatres in September and make free tickets available Oct. 2.

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