Headline Hunters: News Reporting during WWII | Curator’s Perspective
The World War II short documentary Headline Hunters is discussed. It highlights the work of Canadian war correspondents.
Posts Tagged “Second World War”
5 Docs To Watch Before Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk
Before watching Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, check out these 5 docs to learn a bit more about the Canadian and Allied efforts in World War II.
WWII Animation | Watch 7 Very Short Wartime Cartoons
This Remembrance Day, enjoy an intriguing window into the past with these 7 very short cartoons created to support the war effort during WWII.
Mark Remembrance Day with 5 War Films for $0.99 Each!
Commemorate Remembrance Day with a selection of 5 films that cover the unknown stories from the First and Second World Wars and Afghanistan.
The Destroyer of Worlds: A Brief History of Nuclear Weapons
August 6 and 9, 2015, mark the 70th anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Commemorate the events with 3 films that explore the history of nuclear weapons.
Harry Mayerovitch | Meet the man behind the NFB’s most beautiful propaganda posters
Meet painter, architect, caricaturist, accordion player, poet, author and brilliant World War II NFB poster designer Harry Mayerovitch (1910-2004.)
“Canada Carries On” and the postwar years: the National Film Board in transition
What happens to wartime propaganda when the war is over? Revisit the NFB’s post-1945 productions in the “Canada Carries On” series, which aimed to inspire, inform, and entertain Canadians in a particularly Canadian way.
Rare NFB war films to screen at the Canadian Center for Architecture
As many of you know, the National Film Board played a central role during World War II. Created in 1939, a few months before the hostilities began, the NFB fell...