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What the Hell's Going On Up There?

Item number (ISN):

320326

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

320326

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: VIDÉO

Accession:

1982-0067

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1979

Production company:

National Film Board

Production credit:

director/producer/executive producer, Derek Lamb; animation camera, Jacques Avoine; Richard Moras; sound editing, Michel Guay; Jackie Newell; animation, Yossi Abolafia; Don Arioli; Robert Doucet; Les Drew; Sidney Goldsmith; Eunice Macaulay; Janet Perlman; John Weldon; music, Norman Bigras; Larry Crosley; Donald Douglas

Country of production:

cn

Sponsor:

The Canadian Department of External Affairs

Description:

A disgruntled Uncle Sam complains that nobody listens to him anymore, and what's more he doesn't even know what's going on up there. "I thought we were living on the top floor", he mutters. He expedites the ubiquitous Marshall Efron on a fact-finding mission north of the border. Part satire, part serious, this film sets out to package Canada for American consumption, with some of the clichés thrown in. Contrasting with the decidedly lighter side of the film are interviews with well-known Canadians such as Marshall McLuhan, Mordecai Richler, Margaret Atwood, John Kenneth Galbraith, Raoul Duguay, and Pierre Bourgault. <27mn 40s>

Language:

English

Original number:

106C 0179 628

Notes:

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1. Also produced in a version of 26 minutes 47 seconds under the title WHAT IS GOING ON UP THERE?, title code: 106C 0180 534.~2. For more information see "The NFB Film Guide From 1939 to 1989", page 524.

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Vault ISN:

351436

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 8205-0828

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

27:40

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

683381

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8205-0828.mxf

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8205-0828

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

691507

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8205-0828.mp4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8205-0828

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Restrictions on consultation:

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

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

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