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The Stamp Fishery: Loss of a Dream

Item number (ISN):

432870

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2006

Item number (ISN):

432870

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN TELEVISION FUND

Accession:

2007-0060

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2006

Release date:

2006-10-28

Production company:

Best Boy Productions

Production credit:

director/producer/executive producer/script/narrator, Ed Martin; director/associate producer, Ken Pittman; photography, Ellie Yonova; Tristram Clark; photography/editing/sound editing, Christian Sparkes; editing, Bill Jardine; sound/sound editing, Vaughn Rowsell; production manager, Katherine Howley; research, Wade Kearley; Judy Snow

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Global

Description:

THE STAMP FISHERY takes look at how the fishery of Newfoundland and Labrador came to be abused as a means of getting people on unemployment insurance or "stamped up" as it's known.Through the eyes of the Johnson brothers from Placentia Bay, this documentary chronicles the development of an unofficial government policy formed in the early 1970s, of using unemployment insurance, or "stamps", to lure thousand of additional people in a fishery that could hardly sustain those already in it.This stamp policy quickly spread from the fishery to all sectors of the Newfoundland ans Labrador economy. It undermined a legendary tradition of hard work and self-reliance to the point where getting stamped up became the new definition of full-time employment.It was a policy many believe led to the eventual destruction of a 500-year-old fishery and the rural way of life government claim it was trying to preserve. <48mn 12s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Produced in Association with Global Television, A Division of CanWest MediaWorks Inc.~2. Produced with the Participation of The Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada (Telefilm Canada : Equity Investment Program) and the Canadian Cable Industry (CTF : License Fee Program).~3. The documentary features commentary from Roger Grimes, John Crosbie, Gus Etchegary, David Gilbert, and Peter Fenwick.~4. Synopsis taken from DVD sleeve.~5. DVD and Betacam SP copies.

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Vault ISN:

532734

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

8231AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

48:12

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

532735

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

8232AV

Number of items:

1

Duration:

48:12

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

929686

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

432870.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

8231AV

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

929689

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

432870.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

8231AV

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Best Boy Productions Ltd., 2006.

Reproduction access:

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

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