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Global Air Routes (1944)

Global Air Routes poster
Directed by
Stuart Legg
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada

How it feels

This documentary explains the importance of air travel routes during World War Two. It shows how nations use planes for transport and military purposes.

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What happens

Global Air Routes is a 14-minute 1944 Canadian documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada, directed and edited by Stuart Legg. The film is part of The World in Action series. Legg directed a number of documentaries for both The World in Action and earlier Canada Carries On series. Many of the documentaries were created as morale-boosting propaganda films during the Second World War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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