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The Fruit Machine

I mean "The Fruit Machine,"to me is kind of a metaphor for that era, the cold war era but...

I mean "The Fruit Machine,"
to me is kind of a metaphor for that era, the cold war era but also for the,
what can you call it?

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- I mean "The Fruit Machine," to me is kind of
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a metaphor for that era,
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the cold war era
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but also for the, what can you call it?
Duration
14 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:22
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
SandBay Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Some softened by age and sadness, others loud and angry, the voices of the survivors of Canada’s public service homosexual purge are now united, and determined. They are torqued by decades of silence, years of being ignored. They demand justice, and they want to be heard. Theirs is a story of betrayal that is both national and deeply personal. Men and women who dedicated their lives to public service, some signing oaths of allegiance and servitude; casualties of a political tapestry woven in the fibers of acute security measures that somehow became normalized.
[People chanting in a demonstration] - The Fruit Machine 00:06
[People chanting in a demonstration]
- Take this thing on homosexuality, - The Fruit Machine 00:20
- Take this thing on homosexuality,
- I believe that the purge actually increased - The Fruit Machine 00:17
- I believe that the purge actually increased
That it was no longer legitimate to get rid of LGBT people - The Fruit Machine 00:09
That it was no longer legitimate to get rid of LGBT people
- At that point, umm, there was a push - The Fruit Machine 00:14
- At that point, umm, there was a push
I just grew up with this, I want to be a peacekeeper. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
I just grew up with this, I want to be a peacekeeper.
I want to be like my uncle in the Second World War, - The Fruit Machine 00:06
I want to be like my uncle in the Second World War,
I just want to help my country, defend my country, - The Fruit Machine 00:08
I just want to help my country, defend my country,
- First of all, they want to train you - The Fruit Machine 00:13
- First of all, they want to train you
I cannot say that it was a piece of cake or easy, easy. - The Fruit Machine 00:07
I cannot say that it was a piece of cake or easy, easy.
- Get up at five o'clock in the morning, - The Fruit Machine 00:07
- Get up at five o'clock in the morning,
- You know, the crease in your pants - The Fruit Machine 00:12
- You know, the crease in your pants
If you can see your teeth in your boots, they're done, - The Fruit Machine 00:04
If you can see your teeth in your boots, they're done,
We had physical training. [Laughter] - The Fruit Machine 00:12
We had physical training. [Laughter]
Because you go through a lot of physical activities - The Fruit Machine 00:12
Because you go through a lot of physical activities
- I handled the rifle, the submachine gun, - The Fruit Machine 00:10
- I handled the rifle, the submachine gun,
I went on to win the Skill-at-Arms trophy - The Fruit Machine 00:12
I went on to win the Skill-at-Arms trophy
- It was fun! - The Fruit Machine 00:09
- It was fun!
- It was like finding a family. - The Fruit Machine 00:18
- It was like finding a family.
But it's like - at the beginning you're scared - The Fruit Machine 00:08
But it's like - at the beginning you're scared