Canadian army newsreels as a representation of the Holocaust

In this chapter the author argues that newsreel films were the primary vehicle through which the North American movie-going public was introduced to the horrors of WWII. The Holocaust entered U.S popular culture largely through this extensive early cinematographic treatment. In Canada, although the newsreels were likewise used for pedagogical purposes, the focus was more narrowly on the role of the Canadian military in the conduct of the war. Canadian newsreels did not represent adequately the atrocities discovered in the camps, even those liberated by Canadian military units.