A special thank you to the Shearwater Aviation Museum for allowing me access to their photo archives for this video.

Aircraft carriers serve in most major navies worldwide, and represent naval might and superiority. And although Canada doesn’t exactly have the largest military in the world, it’s often forgotten that Canada once operated aircraft carriers. In fact, the Royal Canadian Navy has operated three carriers throughout its history. This is the story of Canada’s Forgotten Carriers.

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Attributions:

Music (Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/):
Music by Kevin MacLeod:
Industrial Cinematic
Constance
Invariance
Plans in Motion
I Can Feel it Coming
Intended Force
Song of the Volga Boatmen
Noble Race
Americana

Video Footage:

“U.S. Navy Three Carrier Formation in Western Pacific Ocean”
U.S. Navy, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

“USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Joins Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force During Keen Sword 21”
U.S. Navy, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

“HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) - Majestic Class Aircraft Carrier” by canmildoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmFD5bijrok under fair use

“HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) - Majestic Class Light Aircraft Carrier” by canmildoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zvnz06-MRc&t=1042s under fair use

“Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck” by Dangerousbuzz934
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBMZlrgn0hI&t=15s Creative Commons Attribution License

Photos:

Shearwater Aviation Museum (with permission)

"Paper Texture" Image by bedneyimages on Freepik

Sound Effects:
“Scribbling writing on paper” by breyenkatz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
https://freesound.org/people/breyenkatz/sounds/331628/