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Death of a Legend
1971, production : Bill Mason
The wolf was often vilified in literature and popular...
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Atonement
1970, production : Michael McKennirey
The idea that humans should occupy a dominant place within...
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Atonement
1970, production : Michael McKennirey
North American bison once numbered in the millions but were...
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Atonement
1970, production : Michael McKennirey
The story of DDT is now recognized as the trigger that...
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That's the Price
1970, production : Michael Scott
Coal helped Canada develop and attain the standard of living...
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That's the Price
1970, production : Michael Scott
People in a boom-and-bust coal town, now in decline, accuse...
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Foresters
1968, production : Werner Aellen
We must protect our forests, this film tells us, because...
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River with a Problem
1961, production : Graham Parker
The types of pollution in our rivers are extensive and...
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That's the Price
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Excerpt  (2:49) 1970, production : Michael Scott
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Coal helped Canada develop and attain the standard of living it currently enjoys. The stakeholders and operations involved in the coal industry are presented in this excerpt, including multinational companies, long term contracts, and large, efficient machinery that descend on a small town in south eastern British Columbia.

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Two points of view concerning what the infusion of industrial capital meant to two dying coal towns in southeastern British Columbia. The film shows what happened when an American corporation came to the twin towns of Natal and Michel with a contract for millions of tons of coking coal for the steel mills of Japan. From what is seen and said in this film, industrial growth has its price, especially with regard to the ecology of the region.