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Up Canada

Item number (ISN):

216046

Series title:

Up Canada

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1973-11-13

Item number (ISN):

216046

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: VIDEOTAPE LOANS FOR TRANSFER TO HELICAL SCAN

Accession:

1978-0316

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1973-11-13

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

director, J. Edward Shaw; executive producer, Geroge Robertson; host, Rob Parker; commentator, Rex Murphy; reporter, Doug Collins

Description:

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Television program featuring host Rob Parker who introduces folk singer John-Allan Cameron who sings a song about the energy crisis. 1. Parker reports on a story on law enforcement in Amherst, Nova Scotia. The Amherst police force was accused of using chemical mace, a spray designed for riot control only, to subdue ordinary suspects during minor arrests. Some of the victims testify to the misconduct of the police force in using this weapon. Interviews with Honourable Allan Sullivan, Nova Scotia's Attorney General, and Ronald Gillis, town councellor and the man who ultimately pushed the Amherst police force into the headlines. Gillis gives an outline of the situation. Norman Mansour, mayor of Amherst, also gives his views. Interspersed throughout this item, are sequences of Fred Arenburg, Station Manager of CKDM, listening to local reactions on this controversy on his hot line radio show.~2. Parker introduces Rex Murphy who shares a few thoughts on Canada's peace-keeping image in the Middle East. 3. Announcement of new economic statistics from Statistics Canada: the unemployment rate, the gross national product, and labour force participation rate. Skits mock these statistics. 4. Doug Collins reports on a new inserted in British Columbia's legislation. The Barber's Act, among other things, prohibits women to cut men's hair. Collins talks to a woamn barber while she is actually cutting his hair. 5. A short film clip is shown of a movie featuring Bing Crosby during the Middle Ages attempting to blot out the sun by repeating magic words such as "Washington", "Pensylvania", "Saskatoon Saskatchewan", and others. This film was presented as part of UP CANADA's satirical item, "The Great Moments of Canadian History". <30mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

61-2-2153-3004-C

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

217806

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 7905-0201

Number of items:

1

Duration:

27:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

512769

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

216046.mp4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

30:00

Made from:

V4 9410-0056(1)

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

516783

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

216046.mxf

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

30:00

Made from:

V4 9410-0056(1)

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

993994

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9410-0056

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V4 7904-0096

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 7905-0201

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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