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Women factory workers solder fuse boxes at a table in a munitions factory. Source: National Film Board of Canada\/Library and Archives Canada, WRM 3828<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\nCanada's role in the Second World War was considerably larger than any previous overseas conflict the country had faced. This so-called \"total war\" involved the mobilization of people and resources under the expanded power of the federal government. State propaganda played an important role in the war mobilization effort in a number of different areas including, recruitment, conservation, and even counter-espionage.\r\n\r\nIn this module, you will watch a selection of films produced by the National Film Board of Canada during the Second World War and consider the different ways in which the Canadian government used film as a tool of propaganda.\r\n

Historical Documents<\/h3>\r\n
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  1. National Film Board of Canada. \"Proudest Girl in the World\"<\/a> Directed by\u00a0Julian Roffman, 1944.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. National Film Board of Canada. \"Empty Rooms Mean Idle Machines\"<\/a> Directed by\u00a0Philip Ragan, 1942.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. National Film Board of Canada. \"Front of Steel\"<\/a> Directed by\u00a0John McDougall, 1940.<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. National Film Board of Canada. \"Women Are Warriors\"<\/a> Directed by Jane Marsh, 1942.<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. National Film Board of Canada. \"Labour Front\"<\/a> 1943.<\/li>\r\n \t
  6. National Film Board of Canada. \"Keep Your Mouth Shut\"<\/a> Directed by Norman McLaren, 1944.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"
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    Women factory workers solder fuse boxes at a table in a munitions factory. Source: National Film Board of Canada\/Library and Archives Canada, WRM 3828<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Canada’s role in the Second World War was considerably larger than any previous overseas conflict the country had faced. This so-called “total war” involved the mobilization of people and resources under the expanded power of the federal government. State propaganda played an important role in the war mobilization effort in a number of different areas including, recruitment, conservation, and even counter-espionage.<\/p>\n

    In this module, you will watch a selection of films produced by the National Film Board of Canada during the Second World War and consider the different ways in which the Canadian government used film as a tool of propaganda.<\/p>\n

    Historical Documents<\/h3>\n
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    1. National Film Board of Canada. “Proudest Girl in the World”<\/a> Directed by\u00a0Julian Roffman, 1944.<\/li>\n
    2. National Film Board of Canada. “Empty Rooms Mean Idle Machines”<\/a> Directed by\u00a0Philip Ragan, 1942.<\/li>\n
    3. National Film Board of Canada. “Front of Steel”<\/a> Directed by\u00a0John McDougall, 1940.<\/li>\n
    4. National Film Board of Canada. “Women Are Warriors”<\/a> Directed by Jane Marsh, 1942.<\/li>\n
    5. National Film Board of Canada. “Labour Front”<\/a> 1943.<\/li>\n
    6. National Film Board of Canada. “Keep Your Mouth Shut”<\/a> Directed by Norman McLaren, 1944.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"part":576,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1276,"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/577\/revisions\/1276"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/576"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/577\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=577"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=577"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openhistoryseminar.com\/canadianhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}