Churchill's Island

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Churchill's Island
Directed by	Stuart Legg
Produced by	Stuart Legg
Narrated by	Lorne Greene
Music by	Lucio Agostini
Distributed by	National Film Board of Canada
Release date(s)	1941
Running time	21 min.
Country	Canada
Language	English / German
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Churchill's Island is a 1941 propaganda film chronicling the defense of Great Britain during World War II. The film was directed by Stuart Legg and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).

Churchill's Island received the very first Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject, awarded at the 14th Academy Awards ceremony in 1941. [1] It also represents the first Oscar for the NFB, which had been created just two years earlier, in 1939. [2]

Originally produced for the NFB's Canada Carries On series, it was released internationally in the World in Action series. [3]

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