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	===Bibliography===		===Bibliography===

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	The [[Academy Film Archive]] preserved ''Churchill's Island'' in 2005.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Preserved Projects\|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=the+world+in+action&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All\|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>		The [[Academy Film Archive]] preserved ''Churchill's Island'' in 2005.

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{Short description|1941 Canadian propaganda film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Churchill's Island
| image = Screen shot Churchill's Island.png
| caption = Opening title
| director = [[Stuart Legg]]
| producer = Stuart Legg
| writer =
| narrator = [[Lorne Greene]]
| starring =
| music = [[Lucio Agostini]]
| cinematography =
| editing = Stuart Legg
| studio = [[National Film Board of Canada]]<br>Associated Screen Studios, [[Montreal]]
| distributor = National Film Board of Canada<br>[[Columbia Pictures]] of Canada
| released = {{Film date|1941}}
| runtime = 21 minutes, 27 seconds
| country = Canada
| language = English
| budget = $4,900.15<ref>Ellis 2000, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PqtdMdpKlNEC&pg=PA152&dq=%22Atlantic+Patrol%22+legg&lr=&ei=WNuPS-m9A4yaMqv0qYsN&client=firefox-a&cd=13#v=onepage&q=%22Atlantic%20Patrol%22%20legg&f=false p. 152.]</ref>
}}
'''''Churchill's Island''''' ([[French-language|French]] title: '''''La Forteresse de Churchill'''''<ref name="ONF">[http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/fra/collection/film/?id=2108 "Notre collection: La Forteresse de Churchill" (in French).] ''[[National Film Board of Canada]]''. Retrieved: September 28, 2014.</ref>) is a 1941 [[propaganda film]] chronicling the defence of Britain during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. The film was directed by [[Stuart Legg]] and produced by the [[National Film Board of Canada]] (NFB) for the Director of Information, Government of Canada.{{TOC limit|limit=2}}

==Synopsis==
''Churchill's Island'' describes the military and civilian elements that were involved in the [[Battle of Britain]]. The [[Royal Air Force]] in an epic battle with the [[Luftwaffe]], was able to wrest control of the skies, while the [[Royal Navy]] controlled the sea lanes around the embattled island. Other aspects of the struggle that are depicted included the British coastal defenses, the establishment of a mechanized cavalry, the role of merchant seamen and, after the [[Dunkirk evacuation]], the re-building of a decimated British Army.

==Production==
Originally produced for the NFB's ''[[Canada Carries On]]'' series of documentary short films, it was released internationally in ''[[The World in Action]]'' series.<ref>Goetz, William. "The Canadian Wartime Documentary: 'Canada Carries on' and 'The World in Action'. ''Cinema Journal'', 16 (1977), pp. 59–80.</ref> Typical of the NFB's series, ''Churchill's Island'' relied heavily on newsreel footage. The British sequences were from the British [[Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Information]]. The deep baritone voice of stage actor [[Lorne Greene]] (nicknamed "the Voice of Doom") was featured in the narration.

==Reception==
[[File:Churchill-Island-banner.jpg|thumb|The National Film Board of Canada was able to promote ''Churchill's Island'' as an Oscar winner, giving the newly created film agency much needed cachet.<ref>Khouri 2007, p. 117.</ref>]]
''Churchill's Island'' was produced in 35 mm for the theatrical market. Each film in the series was shown over a six-month period as part of the shorts or newsreel segments in approximately 800 theatres across Canada. The NFB had an arrangement with [[Famous Players theatres]] to ensure that Canadians from coast to coast could see them, with further distribution by [[Columbia Pictures]].<ref name="Ellis">Ellis and McLane 2005, p. 122.</ref>

After the six-month theatrical tour ended, individual films were made available on 16 mm to schools, libraries, churches and factories, extending the life of these films for another year or two. They were also made available to film libraries operated by university and provincial authorities. A total of 199 films were produced before the series was canceled in 1959.

===Honors===
''Churchill's Island'' received the first [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)|Best Documentary Short Subject]], awarded at the [[14th Academy Awards]] ceremony in 1942.<ref>[http://www.oscar-awards.deepthi.com/documentary-short.html "Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject."] ''Oscar Awards''. Retrieved: September 28, 2014.</ref> It also represents the first Oscar for the NFB, which had been created just two years earlier in 1939.

==Preservation==
The [[Academy Film Archive]] preserved ''Churchill's Island'' in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=the+world+in+action&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Allied propaganda films of World War II]]

==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* Ellis, Jack C. ''John Grierson: Life, Contributions, Influence''. Carbondale, Illinois: [[Southern Illinois University Press]], 2000. {{ISBN|978-0-80932-242-8}}.
* Ellis, Jack C. and Betsy A. McLane. ''New History of Documentary Film''. London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005. {{ISBN|0-8264-1750-7}}.
* Khouri, Malek. ''Filming Politics: Communism and the Portrayal of the Working Class at the National Film Board of Canada, 1939-46.'' Calgary, Alberta, Canada: University of Calgary Press, 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-55238-199-1}}.
{{Refend}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0033466|title=Churchill's Island}}
*{{Amg movie|216931|Churchill's Island}}
*[http://www.nfb.ca/film/Churchills_Island/ Watch ''Churchill's Island'' at NFB Web site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092218/http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=44&csid1=10&navid=46 Canadian Film Encyclopedia]

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[[Category:Films directed by Stuart Legg]]
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[[Category:Films scored by Lucio Agostini]]
[[Category:Canada Carries On]]
[[Category:The World in Action]]
[[Category:Quebec films]]
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[[Category:Columbia Pictures short films]]
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