Britain and Canada mobilize all resources in the war against the Nazis
[Portion of "The Front of Steel" production, part of the "Canada Carries On" series; VO narration by Lorne Greene] England: Title: "As the steel pincers closed round Flanders, Britain took a step unprecedented in democratic history. Every man and woman, every national asset became the property of the state in a gigantic drive for organized efficiency" / CU Poster reads "a call for arms and war supplies"/ VS man and woman working in munitions factory, man and woman working on gun / CU poster "work at war speed"/ PAN from poster to completed guns in row / PAN woman seated between two men working on guns / WS trucks driving by / unid officials / VS children collecting old newspapers and piling bundles on cart / men taking down section of iron fence / CU poster "These words to the whole nation 'Go to It' - Herbert Morrison" // Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Night shot clock on the Peace Tower at Centre Block on Parliament Hill / MS towers of probably Centre Block / day: VS building being rapidly constructed / men working on wooden framework of tall building / man sawing off edge of plank on roof / men working on various jobs on roof of unfinished house / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
1291426958
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
August 01, 1940
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:01:06:04
Location:
United Kingdom
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr004568_01_09
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