Lorne Greene
Lorne Greene (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987), was the stage name of Lyon Himan Green, OC, a Canadian actor.
His television roles include Ben Cartwright on the western Bonanza, and Commander Adama in the science fiction movie and subsequent TV Series Battlestar Galactica. He also worked on the Canadian television nature documentary series Lorne Greene's New Wilderness, and in television commercials as a dog food spokesman.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 7.689 |
Birthday | 1915-02-12 |
Place of Birth | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Also Known As | Lyon Himan 'Chaim' Greene, Lorne Green, |
1968
A Way Out of the Wilderness
5.7/4
A Way Out of the Wilderness is a 1968 American short documentary film produced by Dan E. Weisburd. It describes and illustrates steps being taken by t...
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A Way Out of the Wilderness
1972
Death Follows a Psycho
0/0
Private eye Wade Griffin finds himself in an intense stand-off with a "human time-bomb", who is holding four people hostage and will kill them all unl...
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Death Follows a Psycho
1974
Earthquake
6.097/324
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
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Earthquake
1958
The Buccaneer
6.37/46
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will...
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The Buccaneer
1979
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
7/60
Running low on fuel, the Battlestar Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylon...
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Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
1970
A Place in History
0/0
A documentary on Dwight Eisenhower shown at the Eisenhower library.
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A Place in History
1956
Autumn Leaves
7/55
A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.
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Autumn Leaves
1957
Peyton Place
6.6/73
In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which re...
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Peyton Place
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
7.6/4
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1954
The Silver Chalice
4.5/33
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels...
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The Silver Chalice
1980
Conquest of the Earth
6.3/16
The Battlestar Galactica and its ragtag fleet of ships finally arrive at the Earth, only to discover that the planet is not prepared for the inevitabl...
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Conquest of the Earth
1977
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
0/0
Celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Hanna-Barbera partnership.
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Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
1959
The Trap
6.8/16
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the air...
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The Trap
1982
Heidi's Song
6/6
Orphan Heidi lives with her grandpa in Swiss Alps. She brings joy to all there. However, her aunt takes her to the city to live as a servant girl to a...
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Heidi's Song
1955
Tight Spot
6.306/31
A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the Distri...
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Tight Spot
1951
Eye Witness No. 33
0/0
Vignettes covering S.S. Lurcher, a celebration in Windsor, Ontario and the Sullivan Mine in British Columbia.
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Eye Witness No. 33
1944
Global Air Routes
0/0
Account of the development of air transport during wartime and a review of issues to be solved in regulating international civil aviation.
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Global Air Routes
1944
Look to the North
0/0
A look at the development of the Canadian northwest for World War II as well as post-war purposes.
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Look to the North
1944
Our Northern Neighbour
0/0
A look at Soviet foreign policy and the value of the Soviet Union as an ally.
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Our Northern Neighbour
1953
Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence
3.9/10
An educational film from 1953 to encourage parents talk to their children about adolescence.
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Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence
1949
White Fortress
0/0
This short 1949 documentary studies the impact Canada's National Health Program has had on people who might otherwise not had been able to obtain medi...
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White Fortress
1958
The Last of the Fast Guns
5.2/15
A rich, dying Easterner hires gunfighter Brad Ellison to find his brother and heir in Mexico. En route, it becomes clear to Ellison that his is a dyin...
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The Last of the Fast Guns
1978
Battlestar Galactica
6.9/188
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the...
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Battlestar Galactica
1958
The Gift of Love
7.2/6
Fearing she will die, a physicist's wife hopes her husband will be consoled by the orphan she adopts.
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The Gift of Love
1957
The Hard Man
4.8/7
A Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.
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The Hard Man
1984
The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice
5.75/2
After her mechanical nutcracker is broken by her brother, Clara falls asleep under the Christmas tree with the broken nutcracker in her arms and enter...
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The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice
1978
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
0/0
Former police captain and his assistant investigate extortion and murder at a dating service.
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The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1941
Warclouds in the Pacific
5/4
This short film examines the Japan that emerged at the beginning of the 1900s and was firmly established as an industrialized nation by the outbreak o...
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Warclouds in the Pacific
1970
The Gifts
0/0
The Gifts is a 1970 American short documentary film about water pollution in the United States. The film was produced by Robert McBride for the United...
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The Gifts
1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
6.8/2
The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.
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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1980
Klondike Fever
6.286/7
This movie chronicles Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields in 1898.
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Klondike Fever
1977
SST: Death Flight
5.3/8
On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly...
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SST: Death Flight
1969
Destiny of a Spy
0/0
A veteran Russian spy is brought out of retirement to be sent to the West to do an important sabotage job. However, he finds himself falling in love w...
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Destiny of a Spy
1971
The Harness
0/0
A gentle John Steinbeck tale from 1938 about a farmer who is dominated by his ailing wife until a free-minded young woman turns up at his ranch with h...
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The Harness
1950
The Cliff Hangers
0/0
Over a gleaming ice field and up steep cliffs of bare rock, the camera follows members of the Alpine Club of Canada. Before they set out we are introd...
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The Cliff Hangers
1975
Man on the Outside
0/0
A retired police captain storms angrily out of retirement when his son is shot down before his eyes and his grandson is kidnapped by a syndicate kille...
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Man on the Outside
1978
The Bastard
5/3
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath o...
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The Bastard
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
7/1
A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1975
Wings in the Wilderness
0/0
The first man to train or imprint Canada geese goslings using a radio-controlled model airplane is documented in this award-winning film that thrills...
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Wings in the Wilderness
1972
The Special London Bridge Special
0/0
In 1972, the Arizona State Park bought the London Bridge. Tom Jones (as himself) is magically transported to the bridge's new location where he, befud...
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The Special London Bridge Special
1966
Christmas with Lorne Greene
0/0
The Bonanza star hosts this yuletide half-hour with the UNICEF Children's Choir on their imaginary trip to the Charles Dickens-era of England.
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Christmas with Lorne Greene
1947
Johnny at the Fair
2.2/5
At the Canadian National Exhibition, a young boy gets separated from his parents and meets some celebrities.
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Johnny at the Fair
1940
Wings of Youth
0/0
This Canadian produced film spotlights the young flyers of the Canadian Air Force in the early days of World War II. Quite well done and rarely seen....
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Wings of Youth
1959
The Hangman
6.1/28
A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town....
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The Hangman
1970
A Man for Loving
0/0
James Beal is an advertising executive in his fifties who still lives his itfe at a pace that leaves his friends exhausted. But the moment of truth oo...
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A Man for Loving
1986
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
0/0
Gino, a bank executive is not having a good day. After giving birth to their eighth child, his wife insists that he have a vasectomy, something he doe...
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Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
1953
Farewell Oak Street
0/0
This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they wer...
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Farewell Oak Street
1943
Fighting Norway
0/0
During World War II Norwegian patriots struck at Germany from the rear, linking Canada, the United States and Britain with Soviet Russia. Norwegian re...
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Fighting Norway
1980
A Time for Miracles
6/1
Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the tr...
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A Time for Miracles
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
0/0
This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out tha...
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Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1950
Date of Birth
0/0
Canadian documentary on age and aging.
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Date of Birth
1940
Front of Steel
0/0
This short WWII propaganda documentary drives home the point that steel and committed steel workers can make the difference between winning and losing...
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Front of Steel
1986
Noah's Ark
7.2/6
The story of the Prophet Noah. Violence and corruption fill the earth. To punish this wickedness, God vows to send a cleansing flood. Only one man - N...
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Noah's Ark
1940
Home Front
0/0
This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series of morale-boosting wartime propaganda films. In Home Front, the various WWII-era social...
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Home Front
1941
Battle of Brains
0/0
This film illustrates the difference between World War II and the war of 1914, emphasizing the importance of mechanization, and contrasting the mobile...
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Battle of Brains
1941
Churchill's Island
6.4/8
The people of Britain resist the German air force and navy with help from North America. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Li...
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Churchill's Island
1940
Atlantic Patrol
0/0
This short documentary about the Canadian seamen who manned Canada's eastern ports during WWII is the first film in the Canada Carries On series. The...
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Atlantic Patrol
1940
Children from Overseas
0/0
A WWII film about children evacuated from Britain and sent to Canada for their safety. The film begins in England with children seeking shelter as ant...
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Children from Overseas
1953
Age of Turmoil
0/0
An afternoon and evening in the complicated lives of six teenagers.
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Age of Turmoil
1941
Heroes of the Atlantic
0/0
A view from Canada of the North Atlantic convoy route during the Battle of the Atlantic, presented in the framework of the turnaround of a single conv...
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Heroes of the Atlantic
1986
The Canadian Conspiracy
6/1
A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry.
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The Canadian Conspiracy
1978
The Little Brown Burro
6/3
A sad little burro who feels that no one wants him and that he doesn't belong anywhere finds out differently when he is bought by Joseph to transport...
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The Little Brown Burro
1945
Ordeal by Ice
0/0
This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series. The secret winter manoeuvres of the British Army's Lovat Scouts took place in the Cana...
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Ordeal by Ice
1966
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
6.7/3
The Pony Express opens up an office in Virginia City. Despite being an investor, Ben objects to Joe signing up as a rider. Adding to his concerns, the...
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Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1942
The Mask of Nippon
0/0
An anti-Japanese propaganda film produced during World War II.
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The Mask of Nippon
1974
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
0/0
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segmen...
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Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1957
The Edge of Innocence
0/0
An unscrupulous criminal lawyer falls in love with a wealthy widow and becomes involved with her brother's disappearance and murder.
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The Edge of Innocence
1944
Break-through
0/0
On June 6, 1944, supported by an immense naval armada, Allied troops, including the First Canadian Army, led by General Harry Crerar, launch an amphib...
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Break-through
1944
Fighting Sea-Fleas
0/0
First half of film portrays life in port, including rum issue, distribution of letters, and taking on ammunition, the remainder tells the story of an...
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Fighting Sea-Fleas
1944
Train Busters
0/0
This short film depicts the strength and resources of the Royal Canadian Air Force, with its 32 overseas squadrons. It includes footage that explains...
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Train Busters
1944
Trans-Canada Express
0/0
This short documentary from the Canada Carries On series celebrates the contribution of Canada’s railroads to the war effort. The film includes a sequ...
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Trans-Canada Express
1945
Now—The Peace
0/0
Short film produced and directed in 1945 for the National Film Board of Canada series The World in Action. Over its nearly 21-minute running time, cir...
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Now—The Peace
1975
High Country Calling
0/0
Nature study of a photographer raising a pack of wolf cubs. Narrated by Lorne Greene.
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High Country Calling
1972
The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey
0/0
Nature film that takes place in the Yukon as it follows am Eskimo named Amaluk
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The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey
1945
Gateway to Asia
0/0
This short film highlights the province of British Columbia and its position after World War II. Located on the Pacific Coast, it is the gateway for t...
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Gateway to Asia
1945
Suffer Little Children
0/0
This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series. At the end of World War II there were sixty million sick and starving children in Euro...
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Suffer Little Children
1945
Headline Hunters
0/0
Headline Hunters is an 11-minute 1945 Canadian documentary film, part of the wartime Canada Carries On series, produced by Alan Field. The short film...
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Headline Hunters
1957
Mayerling
5.5/6
Mayerling is the name of a notorious Austrian village linked to a romantic tragedy. At a royal hunting lodge there, in 1889, Crown Prince Rudolf--desp...
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Mayerling
1945
The War Is Over
0/0
A short film about the end of World War II and Canada's contribution to the effort.
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The War Is Over
1953
Meaning of Adolescence
0/0
An overview of the social, emotional, mental and physical changes which occur in the adolescent with suggestions on how adults can help.
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Meaning of Adolescence
1948
What's on Your Mind
0/0
The treatment of mental illness and psychological disorders--including electroshock therapy--brought about by the stresses of modern life are shown in...
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What's on Your Mind
1953
1984
7/1
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. Episode...
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1984
1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
6.636/11
Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mex...
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The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1975
Nevada Smith
5/1
A half-breed gunslinger and a friend he hasn't seen in years join together to escort a shipment of explosives across Utah.
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Nevada Smith
1949
A Capital Plan
0/0
This short documentary features a portrait of Ottawa in the mid-20th century, as the nascent Canadian capital grew with force but without direction. S...
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A Capital Plan
1947
Tomorrow's Citizens
0/0
Examines contemporary educational methods and policies in the light of an age that has released new natural energies, to be used for or against mankin...
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Tomorrow's Citizens
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
0/0
Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of S...
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A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Aldo Leopold 1: His Life and Thought
0/0
Narrated by Lorne Greene (Bonanza), this classic documentary presents the biography of Aldo Leopold (1887-1948), a renowned scientist, educator, philo...
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Aldo Leopold 1: His Life and Thought
Aldo Leopold 2: A Sand County Almanac
0/0
This classic program, narrated by Lorne Greene (Bonanza), is based on the ecologist's famous book and includes his personal collection of beautiful na...
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Aldo Leopold 2: A Sand County Almanac
1942
The Battle for Oil
0/0
A Second World War documentary film produced for and by the National Film Board of Canada in 1942 as part of the "Canada Carries On" short documentary...
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The Battle for Oil
1944
Pincers on Japan
0/0
When the Japanese invade the Aleutian Islands, the Allied forces must push them back.
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Pincers on Japan
1944
Wounded in Action
0/0
'Wounded in Action' is a 22-minute 1944 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the wartime Canada Carri...
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