The Airborne deployed twice at home in the 1970s: once in response to the October Crisis in Quebec in 1970, then in 1976 to provide counter-terrorism support during the Montreal Olympics.
Examples of such themes include "Kiri's Piano", about the internment of Japanese Canadians, and "October 70", about the FLQ crisis, inspired by events and figures in Canadian history.
October Revolution | Suez Crisis | Cuban Missile Crisis | 1973 oil crisis | Cuban missile crisis | Papal conclave, October 1978 | October 1978 | Iran hostage crisis | United Kingdom general election, October 1974 | The Hunt for Red October | Final Crisis | Crisis on Infinite Earths | 1975 Australian constitutional crisis | October | International Crisis Group | 1997 Asian financial crisis | financial crisis | Earth Crisis | Congo Crisis | 6th October Bridge | Revolutionary Movement 8th October | Infinite Crisis | Crisis | Blue October | Berlin Crisis of 1961 | The Hunt for Red October (film) | October (U2 album) | China Crisis | Second Taiwan Strait Crisis | Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis |
During the 1970 October Crisis, when British diplomat James Cross was kidnapped and Pierre Laporte, the Vice-Premier of Quebec, was kidnapped and murdered, Hartland Molson's name was found on a terrorists' list of future victims.
In 1974, Brault directed Les Ordres, about the 1970 October crisis and won the 1975 Cannes Film Festival award for best director and the 1975 Canadian Film Award for best direction.