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Canada, a people's history, Set 3, Disc 8 [videorecording (DVD)] / series produced by Mark Starowicz.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: CBC Home Video : | CPD892101 (v. 8)Series: Canada, a people's history. vol 8 Publication details: [Toronto] : CBC Home Video, c2001.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequencesISBN:
  • 1552591298 (v. 8)
Other title:
  • Canada, a people's history. Set 3 [videorecording (DVD)]
Uniform titles:
  • Canada : a people's history (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
v.7., disc 1. Episode 10: Taking the West [1873-1896] / producer/director, William Cobban (ca. 120 min.) -- disc 2. Episode 11: The great transformation [1896-1915] / producers/directors, Halya Kuchmij, Andrew Burnstein (ca. 120 min.). -- v.8., disc 1. Episode 12: Ordeal by fire [1915-1929] / producer/director, Jacqueline Dube-Corkery (ca. 120 min.) -- disc 2. Episode 13: Hard times [1929-1940] / producer/director, Jill Offman (ca. 120 min.). -- v.9: disc. 1. Special documentary features, episodes 10 to 13 (ca. 131 min.) -- disc 2. Original soundtrack (ca. 60 min.).
Production credits:
  • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; series produced by Mark Starowicz ; other production credits vary by episode.
Narrator Maggie Huculak ; features large cast of actors.Summary: This 6-part continuation of the series portrays the history of Canada, with actors playing the parts of the people who lived it. As culled from native oral history and the diaries and letters of the people who were there, these are the stories of the men and women who shaped this country, in their own words. Part 5 contains additional documentary footage, building on the themes presented in series 3. Part 6 contains the series original soundtrack.

Book based on the series available, same title, written by Don Gillmor and Pierre Turgeon.

Live action with still pictures.

Companion to the book: Canada : a people's history by Don Gillmor, Achille Michaud, and Pierre Turgeon.

The Canadian History Project, a special presentation [by] CBC Television [and] Radio-Canada.

Originally broadcast on CBC.

v.7., disc 1. Episode 10: Taking the West [1873-1896] / producer/director, William Cobban (ca. 120 min.) -- disc 2. Episode 11: The great transformation [1896-1915] / producers/directors, Halya Kuchmij, Andrew Burnstein (ca. 120 min.). -- v.8., disc 1. Episode 12: Ordeal by fire [1915-1929] / producer/director, Jacqueline Dube-Corkery (ca. 120 min.) -- disc 2. Episode 13: Hard times [1929-1940] / producer/director, Jill Offman (ca. 120 min.). -- v.9: disc. 1. Special documentary features, episodes 10 to 13 (ca. 131 min.) -- disc 2. Original soundtrack (ca. 60 min.).

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; series produced by Mark Starowicz ; other production credits vary by episode.

Narrator Maggie Huculak ; features large cast of actors.

This 6-part continuation of the series portrays the history of Canada, with actors playing the parts of the people who lived it. As culled from native oral history and the diaries and letters of the people who were there, these are the stories of the men and women who shaped this country, in their own words. Part 5 contains additional documentary footage, building on the themes presented in series 3. Part 6 contains the series original soundtrack.

Canadian Home Video Rating : E.

Home use only.

Closed captioned.

Jalna and Central copies have 4 videodiscs (ca. 480 min.) (1 container) ; with no additional documentary information. They include episodes Taking the West (1873-1896) ; The great transformation (1896-1915) ; Ordeal by fire (1915-1929) and Hard times (1929-1940).

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