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Record information – Brief Frontier College
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):154316Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: 1982-1985Accession:1985-0423Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Release date:1954Production company:National Film BoardProduction credit:director/commentator, Julian Biggs; producer, Guy Glover; scenario, William Stephenson; photography, John Spotton; sound, George Croll; editing, Fergus McDonnell; sound editing, William Greaves; narrator, E. Wilson; music, Robert FlemingCountry of production:cnDescription:How adult education is brought to the railway and logging camps of Canada's hinterland. The film tells how university students every summer become "one of the gang" in order to help new immigrants and "old" Canadians acquire some of the knowledge which will enrich their future lives. We are introduced to the founder of Frontier College, Dr. E.W. Bradwin, and witness the experiences of one volunteer who spends his holidays doing double duty as railway section hand by day and teacher by night. <21mn>Language:EnglishOriginal number:106B 0154 019Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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