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Headline Hunters

Headline Hunters

| 11 min

This short film from 1945 demonstrates how broadcasters and journalists relayed war news back to Canada. It includes glimpses of the complex organization behind them - the military PR directors, the censors, dispatch riders, engineers and the Canadian Press and British United Press offices.

See also
History - Canada - 1920-1945
Media and Communication
All subjects
Credits
  • producer
    Alan Field
  • narrator
    Lorne Greene
    Tommy Tweed

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