CinemaOSMovie · 1974 · 0h 59m

The Fifth Estate: The Espionage Establishment

Documentary

In early 1974, a one-hour CBC TV documentary told Canadians for the first time about the existence of a secretive national agency that tapped phone calls and monitored radio signals. Back then, the signals intelligence organization went by an unwieldy title — the Communications Branch of the National Research Council, or CBNRC. Today it's called the Communications Security Establishment, or CSE.

Directed byWilliam I. Macadam

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 59m
Language
EN
Released
January 9, 1974
Studios
CBCFilm ArtsNorfolk Research Unit

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring

Victor Marchetti

Winslow Peck

William H. Kelley

John D. Marks

Creative team
Directed by
William I. Macadam
Produced by
William I. Macadam

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