‘Step this way, soldier’: Canadian servicemen come home
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Program: John Fisher Reports
Broadcast Date: July 22, 1945
: John Fisher
Duration: 14:13
Welcome Home, Soldier! Life in Postwar Canada more
Immigrant experiences in postwar Canada
Newcomers talk of the fear, joy and despair they experienced while helping multiculturalism take root.
Wayne and Shuster on readjusting to civilian life
The legendary comedians wrote a radio show to help others make the switch from war to peace.
Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome
Buckminster Fuller explains his geodesic dome.
Looking back at war’s end
Lorne Greene presents some of the sounds of the end of the Second World War.
The sounds of peace, ten years after war’s end
Memories of the end of a terrible war.
Postwar Canada: Immigrant families arrive
From Germany to Toronto on the way to a new life.
Working women after the war
If they have to work, should they get paid like men?
WWII soldiers arrive home - to no home
Desperate for a place to live, ex-soldiers have taken over vacant barracks in Ottawa.
Servicemen trade rifles for textbooks
Veterans are shipping out to university with help from the government.
A run on nylons after the Second World War
There were fears of a riot this week as fashionable hosiery finally returned to the shelves.
Feminine curves are back, post-war
Forget the glamour gals - it's cute-as-a-button Suzy from next door who's turning the heads of ex-soldiers.
Bringing the boys back after the Second World War
The tricky logistics of winding down a war.
The “baby bonus” helps families after the war
Every child in Canada is going to get an allowance from the government.
WWII soldiers return to Canada
A trainload of troops is greeted in Toronto with cheers and kisses.
Planning for life after the war
A discussion about ensuring social security, civic activism and urban planning at the war's end.