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A Return to Memory

"“We learned to work with chaos.”"

1h 58m
Documentary
Starring Clare Coulter · Donald McWilliams · John Grierson
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When Canada entered World War II, the National Film Board suddenly had an urgent new mission—and hundreds of women stepped forward, helping to create Canadian cinema as we now know it.

Director
Donald McWilliams
Producers
Annette Clarke, John Christou, Rohan Fernando
Studio
ONF | NFB
Keywords
canada world war ii filmmaking wartime propaganda
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Cast

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C
Clare Coulter
Self - Narrator (voice)
D
Donald McWilliams
Self - Narrator (voice)
J
John Grierson
Self (archive sound)
E
Evelyn Cherry
Self (archive footage)
G
Gudrun Parker
Self (archive footage)

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