Canada, a people's history

Title
Canada, a people's history

Summary
This television series tells the history and prehistory of Canada, with dramatic recreations of historical events and including many hours of archival footage, documentary evidence from the native Canadians through British and French settlers to modern times.

Year Published
2000

Physical Description
15 videodiscs (ca. 43 hr. 45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Contents
[Set 1] Disc 1. When the world began ; Adventurers and mystics -- Disc 2. Claiming the wilderness ; Battle for a continent -- Disc 3. A question of loyalties ; The making of Canada: a people's history -- [Set 2] Disc 1. The pathfinders -- Disc 2. Rebellion & reform -- Disc 3. The great enterprise -- Disc 4. From sea to sea -- [Set 3] Disc 1. Taking the west -- Disc 2. The great transformation -- Disc 3. Ordeal by fire -- Disc 4. Hard times -- [Set 4] Disc. 1 The crucible -- Disc 2. Comfort and fear -- Disc 3. Years of hope and anger -- Disc 4. In an uncertain world.

Geographic Term
Canada -- History.
 
Canada -- Biography.

Genre
Documentary television programs.
 
Historical television programs.
 
Historical reenactments (Television programs)
 
Nonfiction television programs.
 
Television series.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Added Author
Starowicz, Mark.
 
Gillmor, Don. Canada.
 
Turgeon, Pierre, 1947- Canada.

Added Corporate Author
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
 
Morningstar Entertainment Inc.
 
CBC Home Video (Firm)
 
Entertainment One (Firm : Canada)

Added Title
When the world began, 15,000 BC to 1800 AD.
 
Adventurers & mystics, 1540-1670.
 
Claiming the wilderness, 1670-1755.
 
Battle for a continent, 1754-1774.
 
Question of loyalties, 1775-1815.
 
Pathfinders, 1670-1850.
 
Rebellion & reform, 1815-1850.
 
Great enterprise, 1850-1867.
 
From sea to sea, 1867-1873.
 
Taking the West, 1873-1896.
 
Great transformation, 1896-1915.
 
Ordeal by fire, 1915-1929.
 
Hard times, 1929-1940.
 
Crucible, 1940-1946.
 
Comfort and fear, 1946-1964.
 
Years of hope and danger, 1964-1976.
 
In an uncertain world, 1976-1990.

Summary
This television series tells the history and prehistory of Canada, with dramatic recreations of historical events and including many hours of archival footage, documentary evidence from the native Canadians through British and French settlers to modern times.

UPC
774212110818
 
063634021353
 
774212110849
 
774212110832
 
774212110825

ISBN
9781552599549

Publisher
[Toronto] : Canadian Broadcasting Corp. : Distributed exclusively in Canada by Morningstar Entertainment, c2000.
 
[Toronto] : CBC Home Video. : Distributed exclusively in Canada by Entertainment One, ©2002.
 
©2000


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
KildareV 971.06Audio-visual media30138000033854Audio-Visual