On Guard for Thee

194027 minFilm: Documentary

Production: Stanley Hawes

Script: Graham McInnes

This chronology of Canada at war starts with the World War I assault on Vimy Ridge. After an impressionistic kaleidoscope of the intervening years and of the effect war had on industrialization, the film turns to the beginning of World War II. Canada is shown once again accepting the totalitarian challenge.

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Subject categories

  • History - Canada - 1920-1945 > Between the WarsCanadian Military ForcesCanadian War EffortWorld War IIWorld War II Military Operations
  • War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films > Canadian ArmyHome Front
  • History - Canada - 1867-1919 > Post-war PeriodWorld War I

Credits

producer
Stanley Hawes
script
Graham McInnes
editing
James Beveridge