Matinee presents its favourites from 1966 -- a montage of brief excerpts. The first part consists of the following actuality clips: sounds in Vancouver's first topless restaurant, The Bunkhouse; a customer's comment; and host Jack Humphrey reporting from Vancouver. Roman Catholic priests tell Marguerite McLean their views of priests marrying. Vinia Hoogenstraten in an essay on Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton. Brian Smeaton tells Michelle Landsberg that his book on Russell Horsburgh aims at vindicating the man. National Gallery curator Jean Boggs talls, in an excerpt from her LISTENING TO PICTURES series. Tara McCarthy, in England, presents actuality sounds at a gallery exhibition of destructive art, with cacophony, of an Austrian doing breathings on a microphone. Pat Patterson covers the show that features Les Levine's inflatable perpetual motion mylon [sic] mirro. John Morley interviews passersby in Nathan Phillips Square, about Henry Moore's Archer. William Saywell of the University of Toronto, calls the China Teach-In a resounding success. An Indian delegate at the Teach-In reports that in one year the U.S. spends on the Vietnam War more than the total of India's Gross National Product. Dr. Han Suyin tells Pat Patterson that Canada has a high reputation in China because it has no colonies and because of Dr. Norman Bethune. Wallace Waterfall in New York reports on a Florida research project tracing a graph of touch contact between couples at cafés in various countries. Patricia Penn of Hong Kong presents, from a Vietnam hospital, sounds of wounded civilians, especially children. A U.S. citizen, of draft age, in Vancouver, tells Tom Shand, interviewer, what it cost him humanlyto come here. Douglas Sanders, Vancouver lawyer, defines the position of the conscientious objector. Colin Edwards reports from the University of California in Berkeley during Mario Savio's speech, with actuality of students' voices when police charge. The zoo director in London tells J.J. McColl that its panda won't mate with the Soviet panda. From a documentary on air pollution, excepts include Dr. Bill Van Hoogenhuize and Dr. John Woodger on Sarnia's bad air. From a documentary on water pollution, a housewife complains. The United Nations vote on admitting Red China, on 29 November 1966, is reported by Michael LIttlejohn from New York, with comments on Canadian-Chinese relations. Daniel Johnson, Quebec Premier, greets Canadians on Labour Day's MATINEE. John Saywell comments on Jean Lesage's defeat in the Quebec election in June. Daniel Johnson says, about Canadian unity, that "you must first divide what should be divided if you want to unite what should be united". Eric Kierans, newly elected President of Quebec's Liberal Party, tells John Gray in Montreal that provincial leaders ought not to be such one-man shows as Canada's Premiers are. Solange Chaput-Rolland, author of My Country Canada or Quebec, comments to Pat Patterson that French people laugh now at the spectacle of big men learning to say la plume de ma tante. This is followed by closing credits for Part 1, as follows: producer Stewart Marwick with Bill Campbell and program organizers Lyn Higgins and Rosemary McMillan. This is followed by news and fill. Part II consists of actuality clips of the following: Sugar Ray Robinson talks with Martin Bronstein in Montreal about liking Montreal and not particularly liking fights. Simonie Michael, the first Inuit to sit on the Northwest Territories Council, speaks of his constituents' pride to be represented, and his hope to speak for airstrips on Baffin Island settlements, etc. Judge Scissons comments on how he encourages the Inuit to participate in justice and how he had a man after sentencing come to say it was a fair trial. Maurice Arpin, Winnipeg lawyer, comments on auto insurance rates and teenaged drivers. Robert [Childerhouse], on the third anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, reports that the Warren Commission is being repudiated, and reviews theories and rumours of conspiracies. Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden tells about his interest in cooking since boyhood, and his credential from the Cordon Bleu Cookery School in Paris. Betty Shapiro, on Montreal's first Metro (subway) run, interviews passengers who comment in English and in French. Ed Monteith describes, from on board the Alexander Pushkin in Montreal Harbour, its passenger appointements. Tara McCarthy reports with actuality the 900th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Hastings, with medieval music, a jousting duke, etc. Warner Troyer interviews people on the street about capital punishment. Dr. Timothy Leary reports on Harvard University's research into LSD as a therapy for psychoses and other ailments. Indira Gandhi talks to David Van Praagh about flexible and hopeful approaches to India's food problems. Hugh MacLennan comments on Americans' limited knowledge of Canada until the Munsinger Affair made Canada "sexalate to the status of a major power", to quote a Washington headline. Una Abrahamson gives Pat Patterson a recipe for a flour of ground hardwood, plus yeast, from an 1848 cookbook. Jim McLean, at Warrendale, describes Dr. John Brown's therapeutic method with disturbed children. David Critchley in Winnipeg pronounces that adult over-moralizing is responsible for children's problems. Sister Ella Collins, sister of the late Malcolm X, tells Kati Vita that the Organization of African States will make the world wake up to black dignity, and forget the slavers' term Negro. Guy Lombardo tells Jack Barnes, in New York, how his group got associated with Auld Lang Syne since early days in London, Ontario, etc. Part III consists of actuality clips of the following: Sir Ernest Macmillan, composer, performer and conductor, comments on the joy of discovering talent via talent festivals. Next is a music bridge from Handel's Water Music. Brian Brown, jazz musician, says there are a few jazz places here in Toronto and none in Montreal. Next is a music bridge from "More". Vera Norman tells Pat Patterson about her job, organizing live talent, especially The World of Kurt Weill. Next is a music bridge from The Threepenny Opera. George Balanchine, choreographer, talks with Pat Patterson about the New York City Ballet, how the sound comes first for him and how dancing studios have made him immune to mini skirts. Actor David Wayne, appearing in Toronto in Showboat, relates his experience at the Lincoln Center with repertory theatre in general. Next are music bridges from Finian's Rainbow. Stage designer Suzanne Mess talks about heft in opera singers, their voice production, and costumes. Don Owen, who made the film NOBODY WAVED GOODBYE, says that Canadian films can define us to ourselves. Elizabeth Benson-Guy, soprano, agrees with Pat Patterson that Canadian singers are just as good as the second-string soloists imported for the sake of box office. Next is a music bridge of a recording of Elizabeth Benson-Guy and Jan Symons singing Purcell's Let Us Wander Not Unseen. The announcer and Pat Patterson say "Happy New Year". The show closes with music fill. <90mn>
