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Year in Review

Item number (ISN):

224317

Series title:

Newsmagazine

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

224317

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARY

Accession:

1994-0176

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1956-12-30

Production company:

Non-network version
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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This is a summary of the major events of 1956 as compiled by the CBC, in two parts. Part one features the segment Year of Turmoil and part of the segment Year of Decision.~Year of Turmoil shows: construction of the Aswan Dam; the invasion of Eygpt; street fighting in Port Said during the Suez crisis; Lester B. Pearson; sunken ships; United Nations troops; gas rationing; demonstrations in Budapest during the Soviet invasion; refugees; the rebellion in Cyprus; British soldiers in Cyprus and the fight there for self-rule; the gas pipeline linking Eastern and Western Canada; a report on this issue by Blair Fraser, Ottawa editor of Maclean's magazine; and an interview of George Drew.~Year of Decision shows: integration in the southern United States; public demonstrations about the issue; the Ku Klux Klan; the election of Adlai Stevenson as the leader of the Democratic Party; the re-election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as the leader of the Republican Party and of Richard Nixon as his vice president; and the strike by United Auto Workers in Oshawa.~The second part of the program continues the segment Year of Decision. It shows: a report on the union of the Canadian Congress of Labour and the Trades and Labour Congress, forming the Canadian Labour Congress, including a speech by Ontario Premier Leslie Frost and the election of Trades and Labour Congress President Claude Jodoin as president of the new labour organization, including a speech by Jodoin.~Year of Achievement, with reports as follows: the opening ceremony of the atomic power plant in England at Calder Hall, to produce electricity, including a speech by Queen Elizabeth II; the opening of Canada's first nuclear power station, attended by Premier Frost and C.D. Howe, the Minister of Trade and Commerce; the naming of golfer Marlene Stewart as Canada's female athlete of the year; and footage of Elvis Presley in action.~The Year of Grace - and Marilyn and Margaret features reports on: the marriage in Monaco of Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier; the marriage of Margaret Truman, daughter of former American President Harry S. Truman; and the engagement of Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe.~The Year of Tragedy segment features reports on: the sinking of the ship Andrea Doria after a collision with the Stockholm, including underwater footage; and the mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia.~The Year of Departures segment reports on: the death at age 62 of Royal Canadian Air Force Air Marshall William "Billy" Bishop, including a review of his career in the First and Second World Wars and as director of the RCAF recruiting program; speeches by George Drew, who retired as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, and John Diefenbaker at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention at the Coliseum in Ottawa.~This is followed by a special message from the General Manager of the CBC, J. Alphonse Ouimet.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The Elvis Presley footage cannot be used without clearance from the estate of Jackie Gleason.

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Vault ISN:

256836

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9504-0001
9504-0002

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

256838

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9504-0003
9504-0004

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

321892

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9902-0016

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9902-0016

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

with CBC permission

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