Smoke and Steel

194320 minFilm: Documentary

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Munitions and Supply.

With the onset of World War II Canada's Department of Munitions and Supply organized a vast program to mobilize the nation's resources. The extraction and harvesting of natural resources was boosted and industrial production reached unprecedented heights.

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  • Politics and Government - Canada > Government Agencies, Programs and ServicesWorld War II
  • War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films > Industrial Development
  • Industry and Commerce > War Industries