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War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films (27)

Foreign Assistance and Reconstruction (10)

  • 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
    Food: Secret of the Peace
    Stuart Legg 1945 11 min
    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.
  • A Friend for Supper
    A Friend for Supper
    Gudrun Bjerring 1944 10 min
    In this short film made during World War II, a teacher explains how children in Russia, China and occupied Europe are going hungry and how Canada is helping to remedy the situation.
  • Mutual Aid
    Mutual Aid
    1944 5 min
    An animated short about the work of Canada's Mutual Aid Board and the necessity for this cooperation between the Allied countries.
  • Now - The Peace
    Now - The Peace
    1945 21 min
    This short film looks at the plans made at Dumbarton Oaks in 1945 for a renewed international organization devoted to world peace - the United Nations.
  • 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.
  • Tomorrow's World
    Tomorrow's World
    1943 19 min
    From the Canada Carries On series, this documentary emphasizes the importance of conservation and rationing, and the increased industrial production, during World War II. It suggests that "tomorrow's world" will be more prosperous and better planned because of the war efforts.
  • 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.
  • The War Is Over
    The War Is Over
    1945 4 min
    This commemoration of V-J Day--the World War II victory of the Allied forces in Japan--shows various scenes of celebration, and suggests that the energies which Canada deployed in the war effort in mining, agriculture and industrial development will now be the keys to a brighter, peaceful future.

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