The Thousand Days (1942)
1942 · Ephemeral film · 21 min · dir. Gordon Sparling
- Documentary
Synopsis
Associated Screen Studios' 'The Thousand Days' is a dramatic, impressionistic review of an historic one thousand days--since September 1939. You see Winston Churchill speaking to the Canadian Parliament, you see activities in the largest machine gun factory in the world (Canadian), factories producing shells, tanks, army vehicles.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Gordon Sparling
- Studio
- Associated Screen News
- Released
- 1942-11-08
- Running time
- 21 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Cast & crew
- Gordon Sparling Director
Winston Churchill
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Take that Mexico! · Spuzz · 2016-04-17
Surprisingly good Canadian propoganda film Detailing Canada's efforts in WWII. I really did like the beginning with all the good shots of how the war came to be. Canada's role in the war is really understated, and this film really does a good job in demonstrating what Canada had to offer. I liked the fact said towards the end the fact that Canada was " the second largest tank supplier in North America". The mexicans should be very jealous
★★★ · Canada at War · Dodsworth the Cat · 2023-12-08
Instead of straight newsreel-style narration, this film goes for theatrics in telling of Canada's involvement during WW2. A baby is born, people read off teletypes, a sweaty blacksmith talks about Canadian troops striking then striking a hammer on an anvil (get it?). Oh, and ultra-close-ups of actors-as-Canadians expressing their resolve. Juxtaposed with the actors are facts and figures about Canada's involvement in the first 1,000 days of the war. There is footage of Prime Minister MacKenzie-King and Winston Churchill, which lends a bit of realism between some cliched scripted scenes. While…
