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Canada Carries On, Churchill's Island
directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in Canada Carries On (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada), 21 mins
This film won the NFB its first Oscar® and was also the first documentary to win this coveted award. It presents the strategy of the Battle of Britain, showing with penetrating clarity the relationship of the various forces that went to make up the island's defences. Here is the Royal Air Force in its epic battle...
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directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in Canada Carries On (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada), 21 mins
Description
This film won the NFB its first Oscar® and was also the first documentary to win this coveted award. It presents the strategy of the Battle of Britain, showing with penetrating clarity the relationship of the various forces that went to make up the island's defences. Here is the Royal Air Force in its epic battle with the Luftwaffe, the Navy in its stubborn fight against the raiders of sea and sky, the coastal defences, the mechanized cavalry, t...
This film won the NFB its first Oscar® and was also the first documentary to win this coveted award. It presents the strategy of the Battle of Britain, showing with penetrating clarity the relationship of the various forces that went to make up the island's defences. Here is the Royal Air Force in its epic battle with the Luftwaffe, the Navy in its stubborn fight against the raiders of sea and sky, the coastal defences, the mechanized cavalry, the merchant seamen and behind them all, Britain's tough, unbending civilian army.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, Lorne Greene, 1915-1987
Author / Creator
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988
Date Published / Released
1941
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Series
Canada Carries On
Speaker / Narrator
Lorne Greene, 1915-1987
Topic / Theme
Navies, Air forces, Air raids, Battles, War, Battle of Britain, July-October 1940, War and Violence, Canadians, British, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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© 1941 National Film Board of Canada
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World in Action, Warclouds in the Pacific
directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1941), 22 mins
This short film examines the Japan that emerged at the beginning of the 1900s and was firmly established as an industrialized nation by the outbreak of World War II. Facing the greatest threat in their history, the democracies of the Pacific took careful stock of this new Japan and its strength, and erected a vast...
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directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1941), 22 mins
Description
This short film examines the Japan that emerged at the beginning of the 1900s and was firmly established as an industrialized nation by the outbreak of World War II. Facing the greatest threat in their history, the democracies of the Pacific took careful stock of this new Japan and its strength, and erected a vast system of defense across the world's greatest ocean.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, Lorne Greene, 1915-1987
Author / Creator
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988
Date Published / Released
1941
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Series
World in Action
Speaker / Narrator
Lorne Greene, 1915-1987
Person Discussed
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989
Topic / Theme
Battle preparations, Political alliances, Military alliances, Japanese people, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, World History, Korean, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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World in Action, Geopolitik: Hitler's plan
directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1942), 22 mins
Hitler planned to dominate the world. A major factor in his thinking was the geopolitical theory of Karl Haushofer. (Released under the title Hitler's Plan in the World in Action series.)
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directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1942), 22 mins
Description
Hitler planned to dominate the world. A major factor in his thinking was the geopolitical theory of Karl Haushofer. (Released under the title Hitler's Plan in the World in Action series.)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada
Author / Creator
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988
Date Published / Released
1942
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Series
World in Action
Person Discussed
Karl Ernst Haushofer, 1869-1946, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
War, Military campaigns, Political events, Heads of state, Nazism, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, Germans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1942 National Film Board of Canada
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World in Action, Hitler's Plan
directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1942), 22 mins
Hitler planned to dominate the world. A major factor in his thinking was the geopolitical theory of Karl Haushofer.
Sample
directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1942), 22 mins
Description
Hitler planned to dominate the world. A major factor in his thinking was the geopolitical theory of Karl Haushofer.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, Lorne Greene, 1915-1987
Author / Creator
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988
Date Published / Released
1942
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Series
World in Action
Speaker / Narrator
Lorne Greene, 1915-1987
Person Discussed
Karl Ernst Haushofer, 1869-1946, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Military strategy, Geography, World War II, 1939-1945, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
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World in Action, Our Russian Ally
directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada and United Artists, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1942), 19 mins
Drawing on vast resources of labor and materials, and strengthened by new faith and leadership, the Soviet Union was able to change the course of World War II. With indomitable spirit Russia's people withstood enemy attack, fought back, and disrupted Hitler's timetable. (Also released under the title Our Russian A...
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directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada and United Artists, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1942), 19 mins
Description
Drawing on vast resources of labor and materials, and strengthened by new faith and leadership, the Soviet Union was able to change the course of World War II. With indomitable spirit Russia's people withstood enemy attack, fought back, and disrupted Hitler's timetable. (Also released under the title Our Russian Ally.)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, United Artists, Lorne Greene, 1915-1987
Author / Creator
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988
Date Published / Released
1942
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Series
World in Action
Speaker / Narrator
Lorne Greene, 1915-1987
Person Discussed
Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Military strategy, Military campaigns, War, Communism, World War II, 1939-1945, Political and Social Movements, Russians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1942 National Film Board of Canada
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World in Action, Food: Secret of the Peace
directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1945), 13 mins
Made at the end of WWII, this short film shows scenes of food queues, hunger riots and famine in liberated Europe, pointing out the political danger that lies in starvation conditions. Causes of food shortages and measures taken by the Allies to solve these problems are described.
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directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1945), 13 mins
Description
Made at the end of WWII, this short film shows scenes of food queues, hunger riots and famine in liberated Europe, pointing out the political danger that lies in starvation conditions. Causes of food shortages and measures taken by the Allies to solve these problems are described.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada
Author / Creator
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988
Date Published / Released
1945
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Series
World in Action
Speaker / Narrator
Gregory Clark, Stuart Legg, 1910-1988
Person Discussed
Gregory Clark
Topic / Theme
Postwar reconstruction, Food supply, Starvation, Famine, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by National Film Board of Canada
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