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{{about|the 1942 Canadian film|the 1941 British film of the same title|Ferry Pilot (1941 film)}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ferry Pilot
| image = Screen shot Ferry Pilot.png
| image_size =
| caption = Screenshot of the title frame
| director =
| writer = [[Stuart Legg]]
| producer = {{plainlist|
* Stuart Legg
* [[Ross McLean (civil servant)|Ross McLean]]
}}
| starring =
| narrator = [[Lorne Greene]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| music =
| studio = [[National Film Board of Canada]]
| distributor = {{plainlist|
* [[United Artists]]
* National Film Board of Canada
}}
| released = {{Film date|1942}}
| runtime = 19 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Ferry Pilot''''' is a film produced in 1942 by [[Stuart Legg]] and [[Ross McLean (civil servant)|Ross McLean]] for the [[National Film Board of Canada]] series ''[[The World in Action]]'', in cooperation with the United Kingdom [[Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Information]] and the [[Crown Film Unit]]. The film has an unaccredited narration by broadcaster [[Lorne Greene]].{{TOC limit|limit=2}}

== Synopsis ==
During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the importance of [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Strategic Bombing During World War II|strategic bombing]] of military targets meant that [[heavy bomber]]s had to be available. The [[Air Transport Auxiliary]] (ATA) was a British wartime civilian organization, headquartered at [[White Waltham Airfield]], [[Berkshire]], [[England]] that [[Ferry flying|ferried]] new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between factories, assembly plants, transatlantic delivery points, Maintenance Units (MUs), scrap yards to active service squadrons and airfields. The [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) also created a special unit, the [[RAF Ferry Command]], to meet the needs of delivering aircraft from aircraft factories in North America to RAF operational squadrons in a timely manner.

Across the Atlantic, aircraft factories in Canada, acting as [[British shadow factories|shadow factories]] for the British war effort, also relied on ferry pilots to deliver aircraft over the long transatlantic route to the United Kingdom. Along with RAF personnel, former bush pilots and commercial aviators formed the basis of the pool of ferry pilots that flew from Canada. Ferry missions as regular as five times a month, set out from bases such as [[Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport|Dorval Airport]] in Montreal and [[Gander International Airport|Gander Airport]], [[Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador|Gander, Newfoundland]] as part of the "air bridge" to Europe.

==Cast==
* [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]

==Production==
Typical of the NFB's wartime series of documentary short films, ''Ferry Pilot'' relied heavily on stock footage, including "enemy footage".<ref>Goetz, William. "The Canadian Wartime Documentary: 'Canada Carries on' and 'The World in Action'. ''Cinema Journal'', 16 (1977), pp. 59–80.</ref> {{#tag:ref|Enemy footage was provided care of the Alien Property Custodian.|group=Note}}

The narrator in ''Now — The Peace'' was [[Lorne Greene]], known for his work on both radio broadcasts as a news announcer at ''[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'' as well as narrating many of the earlier ''Canada Carries On'' series.<ref>Bennett 2004, p. 254.</ref> His sonorous recitation led to his nickname, "The Voice of Canada", and when reading grim battle statistics, "The Voice of Doom".<ref>[https://tkmorin.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/bonanzas-canadian-lorne-greene/ "Bonanza's Canadian Lorne Greene."] ''Bite Size Canada''. Retrieved: January 23, 2016.</ref>

==Reception==
''Ferry Pilot'' as part of the NFB's ''The World in Action'' newsreel series, was produced for both the military and the theatrical market. Each film was shown over a six-month period as part of the shorts or newsreel segments in approximately 800 theatres across Canada. The NFB also had an arrangement with [[United Artists]] to ensure that newsreels would get a wider release in North America.<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. Available from the National Film Board either online or as a DVD.<ref name="Ohayon">Ohayon, Albert. [http://blog.nfb.ca/2009/07/13/propaganda-cinema/ "Propaganda cinema at the NFB".] ''National Film Board of Canada'', July 13, 2009. Retrieved: January 23, 2016.</ref>

Historian Malek Khouri analyzed the role of the NFB wartime documentaries with ''Ferry Pilot'' characterized as a [[propaganda film]]. "During the early years of the NFB, its creative output was largely informed by the turbulent political and social climate the world was facing. World War II, Communism, unemployment, the role of labour unions, and working conditions were all subjects featured by the NFB during the period from 1939 to 1946".<ref>Khouri 2007, [https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1552381994 back cover].</ref>

==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist|group=Note}}

===Citations===
{{Reflist|30em}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* Bennett, Linda Greene. ''My Father's Voice: The Biography of Lorne Greene''. Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse, Inc., 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-595-33283-0}}.
* 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==
* [http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=18326 ''Ferry Pilot'']

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[[Category:Documentary films about military aviation]]
[[Category:Crown Film Unit films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Stuart Legg]]
[[Category:The World in Action]]
[[Category:Quebec films]]
[[Category:National Film Board of Canada short films]]
[[Category:British short films]]
[[Category:British World War II propaganda films]]
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