Where the Arms Race Begins | Rare 1950s Footage of Canada's 'Uranium City' (1957) @FrontlinebyITN

Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Demand for uranium during the Cold War, for both military and civilian nuclear programs, helped make Uranium City in northern Saskatchewan one of Canada's most important mining communities of the era.

ITN toured the province in 1957 and captured the daily life of communities linked to these boom towns.

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