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Lester Bowles Pearson 1897-1972

Item number (ISN):

54

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1972-12-06

Item number (ISN):

54

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: CBOT TWO-INCH VIDEO INVENTORY - TAPES ON DEPOSIT

Accession:

1985-0179

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1972-12-06

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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Highlights of the life of Lester B. Pearson. Stills and archival footage alternate with more recent interviews in which he discusses his childhood; the effect of World War I on his consciousness; and his experience at Oxford. Noteworthy scenes of Pearson's early life include shots of him with his family as a private in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1914; as a lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in England; playing hockey as a student at Oxford in 1923; with Maryon Moodie, the future Mrs. Pearson; and as a history lecturer in Toronto. His career as a diplomat and politician is traced through footage of Pearson employed as a jack-of-all trades under MacKenzie King; as first secretary in the Canadian High Commission in London in 1935; as Canada's ambassador to the United States in 1945; as Secretary of State for External Affairs in 1948 under Louis St. Laurent; being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for his plan for a United Nations Peacekeeping force to supervise British and French withdrawal from Egypt; being ridiculed by John Diefenbaker for his non-confidence motion in 1958, the year he became Liberal Party leader; as Prime Minister in 1963 speaking on the nuclear deterrent proposal by the U.S.; attending the ceremony for the raising of "his" new Canadian flag; publicly chastizing French President Charles de Gaulle for shouting the separatist slogan "Vive le Québec Libre" during a visit to Canada in 1967; retiring as Liberal Party leader in 1968 when he was replaced by P.E. Trudeau; and attending a memorial observance in Folkstone, England where he expresses the hope that future generations will succeed in bringing peace to the world. Noteworthy archival footage of world events includes Mussolini's fascist army invading Ethiopia in 1935 and Adolf Hitler in occupied Austria in 1938. Additional noteworthy shots of Trudeau, Jean Marchand, and Gérard Pelletier - the "three wise men" from Quebec during 1965 election activities. <60mn>

Subjects:

BICULTURALISM~BIOGRAPHY~CANADA~DIPLOMATIC & CONSULAR SERVICE~INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS~POLITICS & GOVERNMENT~PRIME MINISTERS~WORLD WAR, 1914-1918~WORLD WAR, 1939-1945~LIBERAL PARTY OF CANADA~UNITED NATIONS~GAULLE, CHARLES DE~HITLER, ADOLF~KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE~MARCHAND, JEAN~MUSSOLINI, BENITO~PEARSON, LESTER B.~PELLETIER, GÉRARD~ST.LAURENT, LOUIS~TRUDEAU, PIERRE ELLIOTT

Language:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

9959

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8506-0014

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

91596

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V5 8507-0037

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

60:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

275249

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9602-0098

Number of items:

1

Duration:

60:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

608699

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

54.mxf

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9602-0013

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

608700

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

54.mp4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9602-0013

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

995263

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9602-0013

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

8615-4010
V5 8507-0037

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1157538

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_9602-0013.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9602-0013

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1157539

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_9602-0013.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9602-0013

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8506-0014
V1 9602-0098

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the CBC, is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Under copyright

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: CBC.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of CBC

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