Copyright © 2022 Michael D. Clemens

Published by AU Press, Athabasca University

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https://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781771993357.01

Cover image: Still from The Enduring Wilderness (1963). Used with permission of the National Film Board.

Cover design by Derek Thornton

Printed and bound in Canada

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Screening nature and nation: the environmental documentaries of the National Film Board, 1939–1974 / Michael D. Clemens.

Names: Clemens, Michael D., author.

Description: Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20220156476 | Canadiana (ebook) 20220156603 | ISBN 9781771993357 (softcover) | ISBN 9781771993364 (PDF) | ISBN 9781771993371 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCSH: National Film Board of Canada—History—20th century. | LCSH: Nature films—Canada—History and criticism. | LCSH: Nature films—Production and direction—Canada—History—20th century. | LCSH: Nature films—Social aspects—Canada—History—20th century.

Classification: LCC PN1995.9.N38 C54 2022 | DDC 791.43/660971—dc23

This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) for our publishing activities and the assistance provided by the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Media Fund.

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