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Barbed wire and mandolins

Canada, 1997
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When Italy became an active player in the Second World War in 1940, the Canadian government began to fear the Italian community within Canada as a threat to n..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

The Enemy within (2003) [Widescreen]

Canada, 2003
Similarity: 73%

Minoru: memory of exile

Canada, 1992
Similarity: 70%

Los Canadienses

Canada, 1976
Similarity: 69%

Mike and Stefani

Australia, 1952
Similarity: 69%

Enemy alien

Canada, 1975
Similarity: 69%

The Days of Whiskey Gap

Canada, 1961
Similarity: 68%

Peoples of Canada

Canada, 1941
Similarity: 68%

Universities at war

Canada, 1944
Similarity: 68%

The War is over

Canada, 1978
Similarity: 68%

A War story

Canada, 1981
Similarity: 67%

Garrison at Dhurringile: officers p.o.w. camp Tatura

Australia, 1944
Similarity: 67%

Eye Witness. No. 56

Canada, 1953
Similarity: 67%

Canadian profile

Canada, 1957
Similarity: 67%

Through the wire

Australia, 2004
Similarity: 67%

49th Parallel

United Kingdom, 1941
Similarity: 67%

Penitentiary

Canada, 1951
Similarity: 67%

Every Inch of the Way

Australia, 1990
Similarity: 67%

From the ashes of war

Canada, 1980
Similarity: 67%
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