Not to be left out, the film features aerial combat using authentic First World War planes. Marys train station we knew that was the place for the scene,” said Huggett. Other locations include Kent Bridge, Petrolia and the town with a period train station that beat out dozens of others in an online search. We did just outside of Oil Springs,” he told CTV News. “We realized we could build a set and film here. Ground warfare screens were captured in Lambton County where Huggett and his team recreated front-line trenches. He hopes ‘The Ace and The Scout’ will change the narrative.įilmed over 17 days during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film features European and southwestern Ontario locations. It was kind of unbelievable that his story had not been told to a broad audience,” said Aaron Huggett, the film's director. ‘The Ace and The Scout’ tells the story of two young men who sign up to fight late in the Great War after hearing a recruitment speech by famed Canadian flying ace Billy Bishop.Īs the film progresses, the ties between Bishop and another lesser-known Canadian military legend are explored.įrancis Pegahmagabow, an Anishinaabe volunteer sharpshooter, is credited with 378 successful enemy engagements - that is more than five times the 72 aerial victories Bishop recorded.Ĭanadian War Hero and later a First Nations advocate, Francis Pegahmagabow, is seen in this image taken at the end of the First World War.
and 9:00 p.m.Īfterwards, the film moves to 15 other theatres in our region, including the Wolfe Performance Hall in London on Remembrance Day. ‘The Ace and The Scout’ will be shown at the Imperial Theatre in Sarnia on Friday with two show times - 6:30 p.m. A First World War film made over the fields and skies of southwestern Ontario has its premiere this week.
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