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China Mission. The Chester Ronning Story = Mission en Chine. L'Histoire de Chester Ronning

Item number (ISN):

47114

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

47114

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:

1987-0140

Media:

Film

Original title:

China Mission. The Chester Ronning Story

Release date:

1980

Production company:

National Film Board

Production credit:

director, Tom Radford; producer/executive producer, Michael Scott; executive producer, Lydia Semotuk; photography, Robert Reece; Ron Orieux; Harry Nuttall; Richard Westlien; sound, Garrell Clark; Ann McGaw; Ed Smith; Lesley Topping; editing, Christopher Tate; narrator, Cedric Smith; music, Roger Deegan

Country of production:

cn

Description:

Chester Ronning was born in Francheng, China, in 1894, the son of Norwegian missionaries. Until his death at the age of ninety, he was everything from a cowboy to an ambassador, a college president to a Peace River homesteader, a missionary to a member of the Alberta legislature. But Ronning, who died in December 1984, is best remembered in international circles for his long and close relationship with China. Throughout his many careers, including that of Canadian High Commissioner to India, ambassador to Norway, and head of an international mission in 1966 to end the war in Vietnam, Ronning's lifelong ambition was to explain China to the western world. His story is a rare example of the meeting of east and west in a compassionate, remarkable man. <57mn 36s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Produced by the NFB, English Program, PRAIRIE CENTRE, in cooperation with the Alberta Department of Education.~2. Awards: San Antonio; San Francisco.~3. For more information see "The NFB Film Guide From 1939 to 1989", page 101.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

47679

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 8704-0360

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

57:36

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

684242

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8704-0360.mxf

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8704-0360

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

692368

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8704-0360.mp4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8704-0360

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD580

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Donor / Avec la permission écrite du donateur

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