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The Road to Total War = Vers la geurre totale

Item number (ISN):

341335

Series title:

War = La Guerre

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1983

Item number (ISN):

341335

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: VIDÉO

Accession:

1985-0127

Media:

Film

Original title:

The Road to Total War

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1983

Production company:

National Film Board

Production credit:

director/producer/scenario, Barbara Sears; producer, William Brind; John Kramer; executive producer, Barrie Howells; scenario/host, Gwynne Dyer; photography, Dougals Kiefer; Paul Cowan; Kent Nason; Jean-Pierre Lachapelle; Michel Thomas-d'Hoste; sound, Hans Oomes; Bev Davidson; Richard Besse; editing, Hannele Halm; sound editing, Bernie Bordeleau; music, Larry Corsley

Country of production:

cn

Description:

On-camera host Gwynne Dyer analyzes two centuries of world military history and defines the milestones along the road to total war: the birth of nationalism, conscription, the mobilization of large armies, the invention of the machine gun, tank and atomic bomb, and the deliberate killing of civilians. From Napoleon to Nagasaki, The Road to Total War charts how the social, economic and technological developments of the last two hundred years have made warfare so efficient that it can now destroy us all. Part one of the seven-part series War, hosted by Gwynne Dyer, examining the nature, evolution and consequences of modern warfare. <56mn 48s>

Language:

English

Original number:

106C 0183 047

Notes:

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1. For more information see "The NFB Film Guide From 1939 to 1989".

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Vault ISN:

379562

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 8504-0189

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

56:48

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

683819

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8504-0189.mxf

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8504-0189

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

691945

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8504-0189.mp4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8504-0189

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Restrictions on consultation:

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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