History Browser

Listing of films from the National Film Board regarding various aspects of Canada's national defense policy, both in the past and the present. Films cover such diverse topics as early Canadian-American relations and NORAD.

Listing of films from the National Film Board. As the Second World War ended in a nuclear cloud, the fear of nuclear warfare in North America triggered the start of the Cold War. Canada became a major peace keeper with the beginnings of NATO but had to deal with its own fears generated by the 'Communist threat'.