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There's No Happy Time on Them Streets I Tell You

Item number (ISN):

99642

Series title:

Public Eye

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1969-06-03

Item number (ISN):

99642

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTO

Accession:

1984-0367

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1969-06-03

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

director/producer, J. Edward Shaw; assistant director, Jacques Simard; associate producer, Weldon Hanbury; photography, Chris Elias; Bill Ferguson; Martin Kaiser; Al MacPherson; Al Mountford; Wayne Mock; Bill Scott; Art Whyte; Joe Zamborsky; editing, Weldon Hanbury; Larry Brisson; Terry Massey; Jerry Petruck; sound, Bill McClintock; John Groome; Julien Bergeron; Roly Huebsch; Ray St. Sauveur

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This videotaped documentary produced by the "Public Eye" chronicles a typical day in the life of an unemployed alcoholic in Toronto. Voice-over commentary by [John], also known as "Red", accompanies footage of his endless odyssey from mission to mission, searching for meals and shelter and avoiding arrest for vagrancy. Footage includes [John] arising from a barracks bed in a hostel; walking the streets; sitting on a park bench; during a Salvation Army church service; in a food line-up; and staring out the window of a shabby room. Additional footage includes: ants crawling over a drunk in a park; groups of alcoholics; and, in contrast, a child sauntering along the street. [John] reflects on the lack of educational and other opportunities for "tramps"; the self-perpetuating nature of their condition; the contempt shown by the public and by the police; his own unstable family background; his addiction to alcohol; and his feeling of hopelessness. This program concludes with a special news report on that day's budget speech by Minister of Finance Edgar Benson. <60mn>

Subjects:

ALCOHOLICS~ALCOHOLISM & EMPLOYMENT~HOMELESSNESS~PERSONAL NARRATIVES~TORONTO ~SALVATION ARMY ~BENSON, EDGAR J.

Language:

English

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Vault ISN:

319616

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8411-0186

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

895297

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

99642.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V1 8411-0186

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

895298

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

99642.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V1 8411-0186

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8411-0186

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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