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Europe (8)

  • Canadian Screen Magazine No. 1
    Canadian Screen Magazine No. 1
    1945 10 min
    Vocational Training for Repats: Vocational training for Canadian veterans includes courses in the building trades, haircutting, mechanics and electronics, as well as home economics and hairdressing. Canadian Soap for UNRRA: Soap is manufactured in Canada for distribution throughout Europe by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Railway Cars for Russia: Railway cars are produced in Canada and shipped to the Soviet Union to help rebuild the Russian transportation system.
  • Food: Secret of the Peace [Discussion Trailer]
    Food: Secret of the Peace [Discussion Trailer]
    1946 5 min
    A group discussion of the issues raised in the film Food: Secret of the Peace. It points out the social and political dangers of starvation conditions.
  • The Gates of Italy
    The Gates of Italy
    1943 21 min
    This short 1943 documentary from the World in Action series zooms in on Benito Mussolini, the politician and National Fascist Party leader who led Italy into World War II. Examining his confused dictatorship, the film reveals the political and military dilemma of the impoverished Italian people as Mussolini goes down to defeat and is finally ousted, on 25 July 1943.
  • Geopolitik - Hitler's Plan for Empire
    Geopolitik - Hitler's Plan for Empire
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    Stuart Legg 1942 20 min
    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.)
  • Our Northern Neighbour
    Our Northern Neighbour
    Tom Daly 1944 21 min
    This short film, part of The World in Action series, looks at Soviet foreign policy from 1917 through World War II. It considers the historical and political imperatives and the value of the Soviet Union as an ally.
  • Out of the Ruins
    Out of the Ruins
    Nicholas Read 1946 32 min
    Greece was ravaged first by World War II, and then by civil war. This film looks at the economic and social problems which resulted, and at the need for peace in this war-torn land. The efforts of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to provide effective aid are highlighted.
  • Suffer Little Children
    Suffer Little Children
    Sydney Newman 1945 10 min
    This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series. At the end of World War II there were sixty million sick and starving children in Europe. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration undertook to provide food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education and sympathetic attention to these terrorized victims of war.
  • UNRRA - In the Wake of the Armies
    UNRRA - In the Wake of the Armies
    Guy Glover 1944 18 min
    This short film from 1944 depicts the aftermath of World War II in Europe, with people desperate for food, clothing, and medical and agricultural supplies. It then captures the raison d’être for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, as they’re shown stepping up to help those in dire need.

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