Guards of the North

194110 minFilm: Documentary

Direction: Raymond Spottiswoode

Script: Graham McInnes

After the fall of Denmark and Norway, Iceland was occupied by Britain and the United States. Canada supplied soldiers for labour, trucks, gun stores, and lumber for the construction of roads, huts and defenses.

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Subject categories

  • War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films > Allied Military ForcesCanadian ArmyEngineering and Construction
  • History - Canada - 1920-1945 > Canadian Military Forces
  • Foreign Countries > ScandinaviaWorld War IIWorld War II Military Operations

Credits

director
Raymond Spottiswoode
script
Graham McInnes
camera
Tennyson D'Eyncourt
sound
Ross Robinson
editing
Raymond Spottiswoode
Alex Myers
narrator
Lorne Greene