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Part 4. Russia and Canada = Polar Expansion : North America and Russia

Item number (ISN):

42933

Series title:

New North

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1959

Item number (ISN):

42933

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

ROBERT ANDERSON ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Accession:

1986-0732

Media:

Film

Original title:

Russia and Canada

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1959

Release date:

1959-10-21

Production company:

Broadcast version
Robert Anderson Associates Limited

Production credit:

director/producer/narrator, Robert Anderson; scenarioi, Robert McKeown; editing, Martin Alford; host, Douglas Wilkinson; CBC programme organizer, Eric Koch

Sponsor:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Current distributor:

Robert Anderson Associates Limited

Description:

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A comparison of Canadian and Soviet development of the Arctic regions, including extensive footage of Russian settlements in the North. The film reviews the Soviet Union's long history of exploration, scientific research and industrial development in its northern regions, beginning in the early 1930's and compares this to Canada's small-scale and intermittent forays into the Canadian North, including the voyage of the St-Roch, aerial mapping surveys, the presence of the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Distant Early Warning (DEW) stations, and the recent development of mineral resources, particularly in Ungava. Geographical differences in Canada and the USSR, such as the number of rivers, are discussed, as is their impact on the rate of development, as well as population size and form of government. American involvement in strategic military operations is also discussed. The film concludes with the warning that if Canada does not step up its development program for the Arctic region, the country risks forfeiting its sovereignety claims and the Americans will gain greater ground in the North. <28mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Release date listed above is broadcast date for CBC series EXPLORATIONS.~2. Non-theatrical release through International Film Bureau Inc. was under the title POLAR EXPANSION - NORTH AMERICA AND RUSSIA. Titles vary from element to element in NFTSA holdings.~3. Robert Anderson, the creator of this film, died 3 June 1997.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

40997

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8702-0190

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

0.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

40999

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8702-0191

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.6%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

41001

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8702-0192

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.6%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the estate of Robert Anderson is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 2048.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Robert Anderson Associates Limited.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of estate of Robert Anderson : additional information in Collection File

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