The Children from Overseas (1940)
- Original title
- Children from Overseas
- Directed by
- Stanley Hawes
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This short film recounts how British children were sent to Canada for safety during World War Two. It shows their journey and arrival.
informationalhistoricalsomberfactualbriskarchivaleducational
What happens
The Children from Overseas (Les Jeunes Réfugiés) is a 10-minute 1940 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of its Canada Carries On series. It is an account of Britain's evacuee children who were sent to Canada during the Second World War. The film was directed by Ruby Grierson and Stanley Hawes and produced by Stuart Legg. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
- Wings of Youth (1940)
- Soldiers All (1941)
- Atlantic Patrol (1940)
- Churchill's Island (1941)
- Inside Fighting Canada (1942)
- The Home Front (1940)
- The Voice of Action (1942)
- Headline Hunters (1945)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…