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{{Infobox film
| name = Global Air Routes
| image = Screen shot Global Air Routes.png
| caption = Screenshot: Title frame
| director = [[Stuart Legg]]
| producer = Stuart Legg
| writer = Stuart Legg
| narrator = [[Lorne Greene]]
| starring =
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = [[National Film Board]] of Canada
| released = {{film date|1944}}
| runtime = 14 minutes, 45 seconds
| country = Canada
| distributor = [[United Artists]]
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''Global Air Routes''''' is a 14-minute 1944 Canadian [[documentary film]] produced by the [[National Film Board of Canada]], directed and edited by [[Stuart Legg]].<ref>Lerner 1997, p. 1526.</ref> The film is part of ''[[The World in Action]]'' series. Legg directed a number of documentaries for both ''The World in Action'' and earlier ''[[Canada Carries On]]'' series.<ref name="screenonline">Boon, Tim. [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1343948/ "Legg, Stuart (1910-1988)."] ''[[Screenonline]]|''. Retrieved: January 10, 2016.</ref> Many of the documentaries were created as morale-boosting [[propaganda film]]s during the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref name="CBC">Galloway, Bill. [http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/canadas-soft-sell-propaganda "Canadian Second World War propaganda films."] ''[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'', 2015 (originally broadcast on March 31, 1979). Retrieved: January 10, 2016.</ref>{{TOC limit|limit=2}}

==Synopsis==
In 1944, the [[Allies of World War II|Allied nations]], including Canada, created air supply routes to transport both troops and war materiel from home bases and factories to the battlefield. The [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Air Transport Command]], however, carried the bulk of all air transport across a global system of airfields and terminals that spanned five continents and four oceans. The ubiquitous [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain]], derived from the prewar [[Douglas DC-3]] airliner, did most of the work, but the new [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster]], a larger four-engine transport, as well as other advances such as [[helicopter]]s, small [[General aviation|personal aircraft]], cargo carrying [[Glider (aircraft)|glider]]s and a chain of floating ocean [[runway]]s, were being contemplated as future advances in aviation.

A concern that national interests could create rivalries and hinder future development, led the United States to advocate for an organization that would regulate airlines flying anywhere in the world. Equally interested in postwar air routes was [[Great Britain]], whose aviation industries may have to retool to convert to a peacetime role. Prewar, [[British Overseas Airways]] provided a link to the far-flung [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]], much like the U.S. carrier [[Pan American World Airways|Pan-Am Airways]], which had established global routes. In the [[Arctic]], both the [[Soviet Union]] and Canada were also interested in air regulation, as exploration, mining development and settlement required air transport to bridge large expanses of the Arctic. Cooperation between the Soviet Union and Canada could result in further development. Global air transport also had the potential to further world unity.

==Production==
''Global Air Routes'', made during the Second World War, was similar to ''[[Now — The Peace]]'', both described on screen as "editorials".<ref>Khouri 2007, p. 164.</ref> Typical of the NFB's ''World In Action'' series of documentary short films, ''Global Air Routes'' was intended to prepare Canadians for the post-war world. This film focused especially on the advances made in aviation, one of the main themes of the National Film Board identified throughout its formative years.<ref>Weldon, Carolyne. [http://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2012/06/12/15-nfb-films-about-planes/ "Jets, Floatplanes and Bombers: 15 NFB Films about Planes."] ''[[National Film Board]] of Canada'', June 12, 2012. Retrieved: January 10, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.nfb.ca/subjects/transportation/aircrafts-and-aviation "Aircraft and Aviation."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125045914/https://www.nfb.ca/subjects/transportation/aircrafts-and-aviation |date=2016-01-25 }} ''[[National Film Board]] of Canada''. Retrieved: January 9, 2016.</ref>

The narrator of ''Global Air Routes'' 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 ''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 9, 2016.</ref>

==Reception==
As part of ''The World in Action'' series, ''Global Air Routes'' was produced in 35 mm for 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 had an arrangement with [[Famous Players theatres]] to ensure that Canadians from coast to coast could see them, with further distribution by [[United Artists]].<ref name="Ellis">Ellis and McLane 2005, p. 123.</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.<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 9, 2016.</ref>

==References==

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

===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}}.
* Lerner, Loren. ''Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. {{ISBN|978-0-8020-2988-1}}.
{{Refend}}

==External links==
* [https://www.nfb.ca/film/global_air_route Watch ''Global Air Routes'' at NFB Web site]

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