Social Issues and the Economy
National Film Board documentaries reflect upon incidents from Canada’s past and show political history as it happens.
Excerpts
The Back-breaking Leaf
1
Billy Crane Moves Away
1
2
Camera On Labour no. 4
1
Citizen Discussions
1
Home Front
1
2
Newfoundland Sentinel of the Atlantic
1
Strike in Town
1
Questions
1. This film records a time before Medicare in Canada, when different plans looked after different groups. In this case, a labour union negotiated a healthcare agreement that included a modern clinic. What does the film reflect about the 1950s in Canada?
2. What is the film trying to tell us about the labour movement?
3. What evidence do you see that this film is carefully scripted and planned?
2. What is the film trying to tell us about the labour movement?
3. What evidence do you see that this film is carefully scripted and planned?
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Short Description
Two short films look at the Fashion Industries' Health Center in Montreal and an editor of a monthly union newspaper at the Stelco steel mill in Hamilton, Ontario.