Men Without Wings

194320 minFilm: Documentary

Direction: Osmond H. Borradaile

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Director of Public Information.

Dedicated to the Royal Canadian Air Force non-flying personnel, this film opens with the flight of Mosquito bombers over Axis-occupied Europe. Air Minister Power explains the function of the unsung heroes of this war, the ground crews--Canada's air force of "men without wings," now some 150 000 strong. Their task is to keep the airplanes in fighting trim.

Subject categories

  • War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films > Royal Canadian Air Force

Credits

director
Osmond H. Borradaile
camera
M.W. McClellan
D.N. Bidmead
sound
Gordon Fraser
editing
Roger Racine
narrator
Graham McInnes