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Heaven on Earth

Item number (ISN):

44406

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1986-06-17/1986-07-26

Item number (ISN):

44406

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: VIA SATELLITE

Accession:

1987-0116

Media:

Film

Original title:

Heaven on Earth

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1986-06-17/1986-07-26

Release date:

1987-03-01

Production company:

Primedia Productions Ltd.
Opix Films Ltd.

Production credit:

director, Allan Kroeker; executive producer, W. Paterson Ferns; John Hefin; Terry Ryan; associate producer, Nancy Botkin; scenario, Margaret Atwood; Peter Pearson; photography, Rodney Charters; sound, Dan Latour; editing, Lara Mazur; music, Loreena McKennitt

Cast credit:

R.H. Thomson, Cedric Smith, Fiona Reid, Gerard Parkes. Eric Peterson, Donna Edwards, Torquil Campbell, Sian Leisa Davies, Huw Davies, Jan Austin, Sarah Polley, Nathan Adamson, Amos Crawley, Maureen McRae, David Hughes, Judy Sinclair, James Bradford, Peter Ferri, Meg Hogarth, Robert Haley, Alison MacLeod, George Buza, Jack Jessop, Dennis O'Connor, Larry Schwartz, Loreena McKennitt, Nicholas Rice

Country of production:

cn

Sponsor:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Wales
Telefilm Canada
Ontario Film Development Corporation

Description:

Some 125,000 British orphans and abandoned children who were shipped to Canada between 1867 and 1914, without guardians, by well-intentioned Christian institutions. Victim of the advance of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, the children came to Canada with hopes of finding "Heaven on Earth" in the loving arms of a family. For some, Canada was indeed a salvation. But for many it was a battle for survival. This film depicts the lives of five who began their new lives in New Canaan, Ontario.~The five children are Megan Dove, a devout and determined 15-year-old Welsh girl; Robin Dove, Megan's 6-year-old brother, who is separated from her early in their journey; Ian Okens, an intrepid, 15-year-old Cockney; Gary Andrews, a sensitive and studious Welsh boy; and Sopie Payne, a spirited but troubled girl from Wales. <98mn 24s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The running time is based on the measured length of the archives' master print.~2. A Canada/UK coproduction.~3. Produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting Corporation - Wales.~4. This production was an entry in the 1987, Banff Television Festival.~5. Content description is based on the description provided in the Festival brochure in the collection file.

Genre:

DRAMA

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

329879

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9904-0024

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

740489

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

44406.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9904-0044

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

740490

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

44406.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9904-0044

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1186185

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_9904-0044.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9904-0044

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1186186

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_9904-0044.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9904-0044

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9904-0024

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Copyright status:

Under copyright

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Primedia-Opix Co-productions 1986.

Reproduction access:

with CBC's authorization

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