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Wings of Youth

There was a time when bomb, fire and poison gas were ominous words in Britain. Thousands of fliers a year were Canada's answer to the threat of warfare against women and children. This film shows Canada in the process of constructing the airfields, machines and equipment required for the Commonwealth Air Training Scheme.
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There was a time when bomb, fire and poison gas were ominous words in Britain. Thousands of fliers a year were Canada's answer to the threat of warfare against women and children. This film shows Canada in the process of constructing the airfields, machines and equipment required for the Commonwealth Air Training Scheme.

National Security and Defence War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films History - Canada - 1920-1945 Foreign Countries Transportation All subjects
  • director
    Raymond Spottiswoode
  • producer
    Stuart Legg
  • script
    Graham McInnes
  • camera
    Roger Barlow
  • narrator
    Lorne Greene
  • music
    Lucio Agostini
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