01 January 1940 Factual 10 mins
A wartime documentary following Canadian convoy operations and naval escort duties in the North Atlantic during the early years of World War II.
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Lorne Greene as Narrator
Stuart Legg Director
Canada 01 January 1940
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01 November 1940
A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor of a super-explosive and its remote detonator, from the clutches of a band of foreign subversives call the "Flaming Torch Gang".
14 June 1940
Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills him.
14 June 1940
Mother Hen's kids are aspiring singers and actresses, but Chester wants to become a G-Man. This fantasy of his lands him into trouble.
03 August 1940
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15 October 1940
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
07 June 1940
Hoppy and Lucky have been called in to investigate a series of stage holdups. The robbers are taking gold from Colby's mine and Hoppy suspects it may be ex-outlaw Colby himself.
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When her boyfriends are tempted by attractive women who are only interested in their money, two friends decide to join forces to make them give up such love affairs.
20 April 1940
Three screenwriters try to write a comedy about a young first man who must conquer a rich billionaire on a desert island.
24 October 1940
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04 February 1940
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