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Episode 4, King or Chaos

Item number (ISN):

301998

Series title:

The Days Before Yesterday : Struggle for Nationhood

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1973

Item number (ISN):

301998

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: OFF-AIR

Accession:

1977-0304

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1973

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

director, Munroe Scott; producer, Cameron Graham; script, Peter C. Newman; narrator, Barry Morse; photography, Wilfred Doucette; editing, Margaret Chandler; music, Larry Crosely; host, Bruce Hutchison

Country of production:

cn

Description:

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Television documentary series.~A revealing study of the late 1930s in Canada, the last lap of the Great Depression, and also the political and social climate on the provincial, federal, and international scenes.~The topics focused upon are: the Prairie drought; the Dionne Quints; the political activities of Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta premiers - Maurice Duplessis, Mitchell Hepburn and William Aberhart and his newly founded western Social Credit Party; federal-provincial relations; anti-communism and fascism in Canada; the Spanish Civil War; the politics of Mussolini and Hitler; Canadian foreign policy; and Ontario labour militancy with emphasis on the Oshawa Strike.~Canadian social life and social conditions are covered.~The following subjects are shown: the Italian-Ethiopian War; the Spanish Civil War and Canadian participation; Haile Selassie in an Ethiopian ceremony; a Nazi rally in Toronto; the 1936 Berlin Olympics; Norman Bethune's work in Spain and China; John L. Lewis specking at a meeting; the coronation of King George VI; Stork Derby entrants and their families; Charles Miller; Edward VIII abdicating his crown; and excerpts from RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED, a movie released in the late 30s.~Comments are made by: James H. Gray, author; Joseph Sedgewick, QC; Hugh Garner, author; Ralph Hyman, journalist; Gordon Sinclair, journalist and broadcaster; Gerard Filion, former publisher of Le Devoir; Tracy Ludington, journalist; Reverend C. Hutchinson; J.J. Saucier, lawyer; Senator Carl Goldenberg; the Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson; Hazen Sise, Spanish Civil War volunteer; the Honourable J. Pickersgill; Frank Scott; Therèse Casgrain; Malcolm MacDonald, British journalist; and Lord Crosely. <60mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Source of description: viewing of document.~2. Includes commercials for: Chateaubriand Restaurant (Montreal); Cool Whip; E.R. Fisher, men's clothing store in Ottawa; Maxim Instant Coffee; Chanel No.5, '74 Volkswagon Beetle.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

336224

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 8007-0154

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

60:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

336747

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9908-0007

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

688384

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8007-0154.mxf

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8007-0154

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

696510

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8007-0154.mp4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8007-0154

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9908-0007

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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