Catalogue

Record Details

Catalogue Search



A Friend for Supper  Cover Image E-video E-video

A Friend for Supper / directed by: Gudrun Bjerring ; produced by: Graham McInnes ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa).

Bjerring, Gudrun, (film director.). McInnes, Graham, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), (film producer.).

Summary:

During World War II, a teacher explains how children in Russia, China, and occupied Europe are going hungry, and how Canada is helping to remedy the situation. A classroom film for urban children, A Friend for Supper appeals to the child's sense of compassion. Wasting food is like taking it from hungry children, but a clean plate is like having a friend for supper.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (10 min., 00 sec.) : sound, black and white
  • Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Wartime Inflation Board, Food Conservation Committee.
Restrictions on Access Note:
No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Direction, Gudrun Bjerring ; camera, Denis Gillson ; sound, Clarke Daprato ; editor, Helen Lewis ; producer, Graham McInnes.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded 1944.
Target Audience Note:
16-17.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 > Food supply.
Food relief.
Genre:
Topic Heading: National Film Board > National Film Board Collection


Additional Resources