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VIDEO: Banshees Over Canada documentary about Vancouver WWII air raid preparations

Air raid wardens in Vancouver? Yep. The Royal BC Museum shared this amazing archival film from the National FIlm Board on their BLOG today. In 1943, when this film was made, BC had the largest air siren system in the world.

Air raid wardens in Vancouver? Yep. The Royal BC Museum shared this amazing archival film from the National FIlm Board on their BLOG today. In 1943, when this film was made, BC had the largest air siren system in the world. Skip to 11:52 of the embedded clip below for a six minute part on Vancouver and how we were prepared for an attack from the skies in the 1940's.

Learn more about this film on the RBCM BLOG