Churchill's Island

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The people of Britain resist the German air force and navy with help from North America.The people of Britain resist the German air force and navy with help from North America.The people of Britain resist the German air force and navy with help from North America.

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- Stuart Legg
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6.2/10

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Director
- Stuart Legg
Stars

4User reviews

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Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win total

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Lorne Greene

Narrator
(voice)

Gérard Arthur

Récitant
(voice)
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Winston Churchill

Self - Inspects Armoured Cars
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Julius Schaub

Self - Laughs with Hitler
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The first Canadian film to win an Oscar.

Connections
Edited into 50 for 50: Volume 1, Tape 1: Golden Oldies (1989)

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8/10

Masterful propaganda

During WWII, German films to be used in Germany for propaganda reasons were often intercepted by the Allies and sent to Canada. The National Film Board, under John Grierson, would then use the German footage in Allied propaganda.

Churchill's Island, perhaps the most famous of the Western propaganda, extolls the virtues of the Allied cause while using Nazi footage to show the evils of fascism.

While this film seems very dated (and with good reason, it's 60 years old), it's still a fascinating look at the use of a relatively new media as a tool of social control. 8/10.