WWII CANADIAN PROPAGANDA FILM "PLOWSHARES INTO SWORDS" 74932

Made in 1943 and produced by famed filmmaker Graham McInnes for the National Film Board and the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, PLOWSHARES INTO SWORDS is a typical industrial incentive film from WWII. The film shows the gigantic agricultural and industrial capacity of Canada, and describes how production (including steel, cattle, meat and grain products, munitions and more) must be increased for the war effort -- nearly 25% according to the needs described by the narrator. At the same time the film reassures Canadians that they will not have to sacrifice their own quality of life in extreme ways, to support the war effort. A morale-building classic, this film provides a fascinating look at Canadian industry in WWII.
The film also includes a lengthy segment showing Canadian armed forces in training and in combat, including against German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic (6 minute mark).
At the 8 minute mark, the role of women and young people in increasing production is shown, as well as the role of mechanization in increasing productivity.
The wartime trade board is seen at the 9 minute mark, making decisions regarding the nation's production. The board also makes decisions about whether farmers can acquire new equipment should for example their tractor break down under the strain of wartime production.
One fascinating part of the film, at about the 11 minute mark onward, shows how old equipment -- sometimes not in working condition -- is either reconditioned to be put into service. Equipment that is not salvageable would be scrapped. There are also tips for how to keep machinery working and save time and money through maintenance.
The film ends with a wonderful montage that compares farmers riding tractors to tanks through cross-cutting -- thus the farmers play a role in the war as vital as tankers.
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[@bradjames6748]

Canada has always punched above her weight in every conflict, they kept the UK afloat for the first 2 years of both wars

[@trevortaylor5501]

That canadian generation was special, they fought like warriors.

[@itisi393]

Here I am trying to write an essay on Canadian propaganda and I'm learning some handy tricks for fixing old farm tools. 0_0

[@BrassLock]

I didn't realise that Canadians had supermarkets in 1943. Australia got them after the war in the early 1950's. Until then the local corner store, the High St. shops, and the Capital City department stores were the usual options. Shopping Centres as stand-alone urban entities came much later in the 60's.

[@andrewcharles459]

More of an instructional film aimed at the rural community than a propaganda film I'd say.

[@MrHeadshot1982]

CANADIANS did so much for ww1 and ww2 we don,t get credit for it.

[@BrassLock]

+bud morse : But the ANZAC's remember you.

[@MattOBrienMcMaster]

ANZAC's are basically warmer Canada's. Or we are colder Australia's, depending on how you look at it.

[@mikesomeguy7452]

bud morse we don't and it's not fare.

[@arthurbenephraim5077]

Are you close to the newfoundland Atlantic shore A/O wildcat Canadian munitions dump ? Do you have information about the reported U.S. military base Raca Base (closed post Vietnam) munitions dump and demolition designed to bring down bridges linking U.S. and Canada near Detroit, Michigan U.S. ?

[@sniperammow4865]

Honestly your right, people think the Americans for everything.

[@nokithecat]

Once again in history
BUY A GUN ! ! !

[@gatormcklusky5850]

hope you bought it back when you wrote this cause your gonna need it.

[@mediarolf]

A good army. It would have been better if the army had drawn earlier without British scrap in the battle.

[@germaniatv1870]

The Canadian Army NEVER goes to war by itself. It ALWAYS goes to war when BRITAIN calls. The Queen is on the Canadian dollar and the Prime Minister has to swear a Oath to the Queen and England by the way.
In Germany they have to make a oath to the People (citizens of Germany) and GOD.
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Big differences.