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Front of Steel
194018 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: John McDougall
Production: Stuart Legg
Script: D'Arcy Marsh
The need for steel and steel workers in modern warfare is the theme of this film. The mechanized units of the German army are shown, followed by an explanation of how their war machine was developed. In Canada, Bren guns, ambulances, transport trucks and submarine chasers are manufactured to meet the needs of World War II.
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Subject categories
- History - Canada - 1920-1945 > Canadian War EffortWar Industries
- War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films > Industrial DevelopmentWeapons and Military Equipment
- Technology > Industrial TechnologyMilitary Technology
- Industry and Commerce > Metal and Steel IndustriesWar Industries
Credits
- director
- John McDougall
- producer
- Stuart Legg
- script
- D'Arcy Marsh
- camera
- Alfred Jacquemin
- Roy Tash
- narrator
- Lorne Greene