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Northwest by Air

1944 15 min

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The construction of chains of airfields in northwestern Canada was a difficult job of strategic importance in the war effort.

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The construction of chains of airfields in northwestern Canada was a difficult job of strategic importance in the war effort.

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Credits

• producer
  James Beveridge
  
  Margaret Perry
  
• photography
  Donald Fraser
  
  Joe Gibson
  
• narrator
  King Whyte
  
• music
  Maurice Blackburn
  

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