Banshees Over Canada is a 1943 Canadian

Canada

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 documentary film

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, made by the National Film Board of Canada

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. Produced by Sydney Newman

Sydney Newman

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 and directed by James Beveridge

James Beveridge

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, the nineteen-minute film examines British

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 preparations for a German

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 bombing raid, as well as the resultant destruction caused by the raid and the defences mounted by Britain's Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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. The film then shows Canadian preparations for air defence, should the country be attacked during the then-current Second World War.

The film's Canadian French

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 title was Vautours au-dessus du Canada. It was produced as part of the Canada Carries On

Canada Carries On

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series.

External links

• Watch Banshees Over Canada at NFB.ca.
• Banshees Over Canada at the Internet Movie Database
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