The Fifth Estate: The Espionage Establishment
1974•59m•Released
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.
Director
William I. Macadam
Languages
English
Studio
CBC
Cast
Victor Marchetti
Winslow Peck
William H. Kelley
John D. Marks
Production
Company
CBC
Company
Film Arts
Company
Norfolk Research Unit
Producer
William I. Macadam
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