An informal portrait of the people of Canada at a time when modern technology is reaching into every phase of national life. Beginning with the fishermen of Newfoundland and ending with the Kitimat project on the west coast, the film explores the demands of a new machine age on people of diverse origins in whom the feeling for tradition is strong. In all there is evidence of change, adjustment, adaption as the industrial expansion becomes increasingly accelerated. Award: Toronto
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ACMI Identifier
001672
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Canada - Toronto - Awards
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Canada - Commerce
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial productivity
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrialization
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Canada
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industry - Social aspects
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Labor productivity
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Industry - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social change
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Technology - Social aspects
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Life change events
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Life change events
History → Technology and civilization
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Employees - Effect of technological innovations on
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological innovations
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology - Social aspects
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology and civilization
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)