Front of Steel

Front of Steel

11 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1940

This short WWII propaganda documentary drives home the point that steel and committed steel workers can make the difference between winning and losing in modern warfare. A short sequence demonstrating the depravity of the Nazis is followed by a detailed explanation of the manufacture of Bren guns, ambulances, transport trucks and submarine chasers in Canada during World War II.

Front of Steel

11 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1940

Front of Steel
This short WWII propaganda documentary drives home the point that steel and committed steel workers can make the difference between winning and losing in modern warfare. A short sequence demonstrating the depravity of the Nazis is followed by a detailed explanation of the manufacture of Bren guns, ambulances, transport trucks and submarine chasers in Canada during World War II.
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Front of Steel
Directors John McDougall
Writers

Cast

Lorne Greene

as Narrator