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Wheat Country = Au pays du blé
Series title:Canada Carries OnHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1959Item number (ISN):161690Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:TRUDEAU, Pierre ElliottAccession:1977-0212Media:FilmOriginal title:Wheat CountryPart:1 of 1Production date:1959Production company:National Film BoardProduction credit:director, Roger Blais; producer, Tim Wilson; executive producer, Nicholas Balla; scenario, Noel Stone; photography, John Gunn; editing, Dennis Sawyer; music, Louis ApplebaumCountry of production:cnDescription:Documentary about large-scale wheat farming on the Canadian Prairies as told by a farm woman whose sons are the fourth generation to run a Saskatchewan farm. The film examines life and work on the farm, the history of wheat farming on the Prairies, including the dust bowl era, and the optimism of wheat farmers, coping with frost, drought, rust, hail and other threats to the harvest. Noteworthy scenes include: the ravages of a hail storm, in the farm's front yard and wheat field, with a dead chicken lying on the ground amidst hail stones. <20mn>Language:EnglishNotes: -
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