Canada carries on. Churchill's island /
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 Forc...
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| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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Montreal, QC :
National Film Board of Canada,
1941.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed May 27, 2015). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (22 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:21:28 |
