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Today From Ontario

Item number (ISN):

299717

Series title:

Today From Ontario

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1980

Item number (ISN):

299717

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

DEPOE, Norman

Accession:

1982-0057

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1980

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

producer, Brian Frappier; Gordon Clarke; Marshall Gray; photography, Jack Cain; sound, Georges Bellemare; reporter, Dianne Clarke; designer, Luc Lebrun; make-up, Anette Peters; set decorator, Mike Clancy

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Report by Dianne Clarke on Hansard, the Canadian Paliamentary Record. A look is taken at present-day Hansard reporting. A comment is made on the invocation of the War Measures Act in the House of Commons. Archival photographs are shown of Hansard reporters in the 1880s. Interviews are held with Doug Baker, Hansard editor, and Una Allen, Hansard reporter. Journalist and author, Jack Cahill, is interviewed about his book "If You Don't Like the War; Switch The Damn Thing Off", a recollection of events in his life a a foreign correspondent. Comments are made relating to freedom of the press and UNESCO; starvation in Third World nations; and the CBC. Discussed are American feelings about Canada and Canadians when American visitors tour Windsor, Ontario, and the attitudes of Windsor restaurant owners regarding American diners. An interview is held with Michael Beltchenko, a Wayne State survey compiler about his Windsor/Detroit relations report. A look at the Society For Creative Anachronism in Windsor, Ontario, a non-profit historic education group involved in the re-creation of Medieval English life-styles. Interviews with Society members Debbie Carter and George Johnson. Footage includes a young girl reading from a fairy tale book; people dressed in period costumes; and a mock sword battle. Norman DePoe's enjoyment of history and recounting of anecdotes is reflected in a look at the city of Toronto and the province of Ontario. Special emphasis is placed on the topics of Rosedale, Toronto, urban mangement, ecology, farming, ethnicity, the federal bureaucracy and the city of Ottawa. <60mn>

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Vault ISN:

281613

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8211-0036

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

333452

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 2004-06-1416

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

60:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

681349

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_2004-06-1416.mxf

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 2004-06-1416

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

689475

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_2004-06-1416.mp4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 2004-06-1416

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8211-0036

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 21475

Reproduction access:

with permission of CBC for material prior to 1977

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