Front of Steel (1940)
11m
Running Time
January 1, 1940Release Date
Front of Steel (1940)
11m
Running Time
January 1, 1940Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Wiki.
The Front of Steel (Le front d'acier) is an 11-minute 1940 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the wartime Canada Carries On series. The film, directed by John McDougall and produced by Stuart Legg, is an account of the value of steel in war production in Canada during the Second World War.