U.S. Treasury Department War Finance Division]]> 1945]]> U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures]]> March of Time]]> 1943]]> National Film Board of Canada]]> 1944]]> Federal Security Agency]]> U.S. Office of Education]]> Audio Productions, Inc.]]> 1941]]> "The Thousand Days" was the first Canadian-produced film to be given distribution through the U.S. Office of War Information during WWII (Showmen's Trade Review, 1943, 30). The film is a dramatic chronological review of WWII which portrays the development of Canada's war efforts from September 3, 1939 through the first thousand days of the war. Describes the initial view of the war as "distant" to Canadians, but gaining impact domestically throughout the three years. Includes news footage of Winston Churchill addressing the Canadian Parliament, women working in wartime factories, scenes of Catholic priests discussing peace and the war, the building of the Alaska-Canada Highway, and Canadian tank and aircraft production. "Depicts the expansion and preparation of Canada during the 1000 days Canada has been at war-factories converted to war production, internment camps for Nazi prisoners, havens for English children bombed from their homes, a hospital for men wounded overseas, and civilians registered for national service." (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division, Indiana University, February, 1943, 7)]]> U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures]]> B.E. Norrish]]> Associated Screen Studios]]> 1942]]> Grahame Tharp: director]]> Arthur Elton: producer]]> Great Britain. Ministry of Information]]> 1940]]> U.S. Treasury Department War Savings Staff]]> 1942]]> Newsreel Feature Productions]]> Wilding Picture Productions Inc.]]> 1942]]> U.S. Army Pictorial Service]]> 1944]]> Explains why large quantities of war materials, in particular steel, are needed for the war effort. Machines such as tanks, planes, weapons, and ships might end up in a pile of rubble after a battle, but they save the lives of men who are helping to win the war. Shows the sea battle and beachhead landing of the Normandy invasion. The narrator encourages American workers and emphasizes the importance of their work stating at the end: “Give us steel, for a shining triumph.”]]> U.S. War Office]]> Army Pictorial Services Signal Corps ]]> 1944]]>