Film Record: For All We Have and Are

Identifier:

• AAAA1930 (Source: British Columbia Archives)

Date produced: 1940

Filmmaker(s):

Don Munday

Production credits:

• Don Munday, Photographer, Producer

Length:

200 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

First in the color class and winner of the Gibson Perpetual Trophy as best film in the annual contest of the Vancouver Movie Makers (formerly the Vancouver Cine 8 Club).
BC Archives list of titled amateur films.

Description:

"A propaganda film, made in the early days of the Second World War. Opening with footage of a giant Empire Youth Rally at Brockton Point Oval, the film illustrates Canadian democratic values, institutions and ideals which are now threatened by fascism and war -- farming, industry, the home and family, education, racial tolerance, elections, and religious freedom. Also includes footage of First World War memorials in Vancouver and Victoria, cemeteries, Remembrance Day ceremonies and parades, and veterans. Canada's contribution to the war effort is shown through shots of recruiting stations, marching recruits, military parades, warships, etc. One lengthy sequence uses model airplanes, dramatizations, stock shots, photographs, and footage of local civil defence drills to simulate the impact of aerial attacks on British cities during the Blitz (including civilian casualties and damaged or burning buildings)" British Columbia Archives.

Resources:

"Item AAAA1930 - For all we have and are." Munday family fonds, Munday family films, British Columbia Archives.
"Vancouver Awards," Movie Makers, September 1941, p. 406.

Locations:

• Vancouver, B.C. (Filming)
• Victoria, B.C. (Filming)

Club Affiliation:

Vancouver Cine 8 Club

Subjects:

• Politics
•      War
•           Ships
•      Canada

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

British Columbia Archives

Screenings:

• Screened by the Vancouver Movie Makers in 1941: Vancouver, B.C.

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