''Nazi Eyes on Canada'' is a five-part Canadian

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broadcast by

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in the fall of 1942. Each of the stories focuses on a real family from a different province of Canada (

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and

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), then portrays an imagined horrible future for the family if

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Germany were to win the

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The cast included

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Vincent Price Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor. He was known for his work in the horror film genre, mostly portraying villains. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price ...

Helen Hayes Helen Hayes MacArthur (; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", she was the second person and first woman to win EGOT, the EGOT (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and ...

Judith Evelyn Judith Evelyn (born Evelyn Morris; March 20, 1909 – May 7, 1967) was an American-born Canadian stage and film actress who appeared in around 50 films and television series. Early years Evelyn was born Evelyn MorrisQuentin Reynolds Quentin James Reynolds (April 11, 1902 – March 17, 1965) was an American journalist and World War II war correspondent. He also played American football for one season in the National Football League (NFL) with the Brooklyn Lions. Early life ...

House Jameson House Baker Jameson (December 17, 1902 – April 23, 1971)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 139. was an American actor in the era ...

and Katharine Raht of ''

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'', and

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. The episodes, produced by James Frank Willis, were made in co-operation with the

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, a government committee established to encourage the sale of

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Episodes

* Premier episode with Helen Hayes (20 September 1942) * "Spies and Sabotage" (27 September 1942) * "Flame In The House" (4 October 1942) * "Maritimes Under The Nazis" (11 October 1942) * "The Holly Metcalf And Bob Maxwell Story" (18 October 1942) * "Alameda" (25 October 1942)

Preservation status

"Alameda" is one of four of Orson Welles's wartime radio broadcasts included as supplementary material in the Kino Classics restoration of '' The Stranger'' (1946), released on DVD and

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in October 2013.

References

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