An Enduring Tradition

19601 hFilm: Documentary

Direction: Kirk Jones

Production: Walford HewitsonFrank Spiller

Script: Kirk Jones

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Royal Canadian Navy.

The history of the Royal Canadian Navy in war and peace. Action footage, captured German film, and archival material from Canadian and British sources make this a colourful, authentic record of a half-century of growth and expansion. Today, the film shows a modern navy, one of the most efficient anti-submarine forces in the world.

Subject categories


  • National Security and Defence > Historical PerspectivesNaval Programs
  • War, Conflict and Peace > World War II

Credits


director
Kirk Jones
script
Kirk Jones
producer
Walford Hewitson
executive producer
Frank Spiller
editing
Fergus McDonell
sound editing
Sidney Pearson
Jean-Pierre Joutel
re-recording
George Croll
Ted Haley