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The Fifth Estate

Item number (ISN):

6450

Series title:

The Fifth Estate

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1977-02-20

Item number (ISN):

6450

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: VIDEOTAPE RECYCLING

Accession:

1985-0397

Media:

Video

Production date:

1977-02-20

Release date:

1977-03-01

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

director, Peter McLean; producer, Ron Haggart; Robin Taylor; executive producer, Glenn Sarty

Description:

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Television public affairs program hosted by Adrienne Clarkson, Eric Malling and Peter Reilly. 1. THE HUMAN FLY. Profile of Canadian stuntman, the "Human Fly". Footage of the Fly fastened to the top of a DC-8 jet travelling 280 m.p.n. & comments by David Levine, promotor of Human Fly Spectaculars Ltd. Report concludes with scenes of his near fatal performance at the Dallas Air Show. 2. IDI. Profile of Idi Amin, President of Uganda, focusing on his tyrannical rule. In an interview Amin discusses his dreams which told him he would be President & his plans to bring peace to Uganda. Footage of: Amin addressing crowds commemorating his coup d'etat; the mission church where government troops murdered the Archbishop of Uganda; & photographs of cabinet ministers & government officials purged by Amin. 3. Adrienne Clarkson reads letters from viewers on previously televised items. 4. CASTLE IN THE AIR. Report on the Olympic Village, the $90 million complex built to house the athletes during the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. Footage of the now-deserted Village includes shots of five miles of snow-clogged exterior corridors; parking area; and professionally decorated luxury suites. Commenting on the construction costs & future use of the Olympic Village are: Claude Rouleau, President of the Olympic Installations Board; Roger Rouseau, Commissioner-General of the Canadian Olympic Games Organization; Denis Lahaie, administrator of the Village; and Jean Pierre Roy, engineering consultant. 5. BACK IN BUSINESS. Interview with Dr. Henry Morgentaler on the reopening of his abortion clinic in Montreal. Dr. Morgentaler, who recently served a jail sentence for performing illegal abortions, discusses: freedom of choice re abortions; his experiences in Montreal's Bordeaux Jail; his confinement in German concentration camps during World War II; the physical and mental strains of being a public figure; and his plans to establish abortion clinics across Canada. <60mn : 74-1118>

Subjects:

ABORTION SERVICES~CANADA~MONTREAL ~OLYMPICS~POLITICS & GOVERNMENT~STUNT MEN & WOMEN~UGANDA~OLYMPIC GAMES <21ST : 1976 : MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC>~OLYMPIC VILLAGE ~AMIN, IDI~CLARKSON, ADRIENNE~HUMAN FLY ~MALLING, ERIC~MORGENTALER, HENRY~REILLY, PETER

Language:

English

Original number:

61-2-2124-6024

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

6806

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8510-0029

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

219437

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9309-0042

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

514486

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

6450.mp4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

60:00

Made from:

V4 9309-0078(1)

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

518500

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

6450.mxf

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

60:00

Made from:

V4 9309-0078(1)

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

992861

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9309-0078

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V4 8510-0018
V5 9309-0041

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8510-0029
V1 9309-0042

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

To be Determined / À déterminer

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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