Nazi Eyes On Canada - Premiere Show (starring Orson Welles and Helen Hayes)

Filed under: Sonota, Trans-Pacific Radio, Rekishi - History, Old Time Radio
Posted by Garrett DeOrio at 7:00 pm on Monday, February 26, 2007

Have you given all you can, every penny beyond bare living expenses, to Canada’s War effort?

Didn’t think so.

Perhaps this is because you are in blissful ignorance. You are unaware that the scoundrel Colin Ross has been working for the Nazis. You are unaware of the danger that awaits the apathetic. You are unaware that there are. . .

Nazi Eyes On Canada.

This is the first part of a 1942 CBC series, starring Helen Hayes (Calm down, Gentlemen! Please!), based on the yet untranslated reports of the spy Colin Ross to his Nazi masters, explaining the benefits and methods of a Canadian conquest. Hollywood stars went up to Toronto to talk to real Canadian families via telephone and engage in dramatizations of what would happen if. . .

Nazi Eyes On Canada. . .

became

Nazi Boots On Canada.

(Originally aired on September 20, 1942.)

Japan comes in in episode 4. Vancouver will be in danger then.

Want to hear more?

Nazi Eyes On Canada, part 2, with House Jameson.

Nazi Eyes On Canada, part 3, with Quentin Reynolds.

Nazi Eyes On Canada, part 4, with Vincent Price.

Nazi Eyes On Canada, part 5, hosted by Orson Welles, as are all parts.

Listen Now:


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Comment by Steve Schapiro

February 26, 2007 @ 9:44 pm

Hey, don’t everybody start hatin’ on me, but I gotta say I really hate those Nazis, man. I know it’s not cool to hate, but I just wouldn’t want my daughter marrying a Nazi and I wouldn’t want one in my house. You know what I mean?

Comment by Alex

February 26, 2007 @ 11:58 pm

Whoaa… Excellent Post and GREAT Find!! What is most curious about this clear about this broadcast is how much it sounds like modern day rhetoric.

“Satanic Power”? Wow… “Total Destruction of Christian Civilization?”

I’m dying for more guys!

Comment by DeOrio

February 27, 2007 @ 12:42 am

Three more to come. Wait till Part 4 when the Japanese take Vancouver.

There’s a fifth one, but I haven’t yet decided whether to run it or not. We’ll see how it goes.

I agree on the rhetoric. When I first listened to it, I thought it was familiar as well. What gets me is how unabashedly they ask for sacrifice in the face of a very real threat. That’s one thing that just couldn’t be done now. I couldn’t imagine a Canadian or American government with that kind of popular credibility.

Comment by Alex

March 1, 2007 @ 11:43 pm

I had to listen to this one again. Very interesting. What amazes me is how little rhetoric has changed through the times.

The Prime Ministers speech is so Bush-esk, its frightening. This is a great gem for anyone looking to make the point that although everything changes with time, most things pretty much stay the same in the world of politics.

Comment by Gerry

May 9, 2008 @ 10:29 pm

Thanks, Alex for proving that BSD is everywhere

Comment by Garrett DeOrio

May 9, 2008 @ 10:36 pm

What’s BSD?

Comment by Ken Worsley

May 9, 2008 @ 10:46 pm

Berkeley Software Distribution, as far as I know…

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