Lest We Forget (1935 film)

Lest We Forget (1935) was the first feature-length documentary film with sound to be made in Canada.[1][2][3] Written, directed and edited by Frank Badgley, who was then the Director of the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, and W.W. Murray, with music by Edmund Sanborn and narrated by Rupert Caplan. A compilation, 10-reel film (using newsreel footage, graphics and staged sequences) recounting Canada’s role in the First World War, it is fast-paced and has a verbose narration but was well received by critics and audiences at the time.[4] The Bureau was the precursor to the National Film Board of Canada.

  1. ^ Reid, Escott (May 4, 1935). "Lest We Forget". Saturday Night. 50: 12. ISBN 9780802029881.
  2. ^ Cook, Tim (2005). "Canada's Great War on Film: Lest We Forget (1935)". Canadian Military History. 4 (3).
  3. ^ James, C. Rodney (1977). Film As a National Art: NFB of Canada and the Film Board Idea. New York: Arno Press. pp. 39, 41. ISBN 0-405-09891-X.
  4. ^ Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion. Toronto: Irwin Publishing. p. 180. ISBN 0-7725-1505-0.