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Gray, James - Interview

Item number (ISN):

243235

Series title:

The Days Before Yesterday : Struggle for Nationhood

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1973-05-23

Item number (ISN):

243235

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY, THE

Accession:

1996-0018

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1973-05-23

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

photography, Wilf Doucette; interviewer, Jean Bruce

Description:

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Interview conducted for the television series THE DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY : STRUGGLE FOR NATIONHOOD, of author James Gray. He talks about life in Western Canada from 1900 to the end of the Depression. He discusses the social and economic conditions that brought about Prohibition. He gives detailed descriptions of what prostitution, red light districts, and the liquor trade were like in various cities in Western Canada from the turn of the century to the beginning of the First World War. He talks about the public indignation by the business community, labour unions, farmers, religious groups, and women's groups who supported Prohibition because the bars at that time were such a social evil. Gray describes the various measures the R.B. Bennett government took to try to provide relief during the Depression. He says that people lost interest in politics during the Depression because they were preoccupied with surviving drought, grasshopper storms, dust storms, and other hardships. Gray also talks about the beginning of Social Credit and William Aberhart's theories for social reform. <50mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. THE DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY : STRUGGLE FOR NATIONHOOD was broadcast in seven parts on November 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1973 and December 2, 9 and 16, 1973.~2. Transcript available in the Visual and Sound Archives Division for camera rolls 318 to 322.~3. Workprint.~4. Excerpts of this interview were used in the third program, THE BEST OF TIMES ... THE WORST OF TIMES, and the fourth program, KING OR CHAOS.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

286863

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0027

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286864

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0028

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286865

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0029

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286866

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0030

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286868

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0031

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286870

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0032

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286875

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0033

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286884

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0034

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286895

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0035

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~To be Determined / À déterminer

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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