The birth of Canadian labour's own party, The New Democrats, during the Diefenbaker interlude. The history of the NDP and its relations with the labour movement are dealt with in some detail. Teachers and students interested in Canada's past will find a wealth of historical information in this seven-program series, written by Alan Thomas, Professor of English, University of Toronto. Bringing to life a number of previously untapped historical sources, it draws from the personal memoirs, journals, letters and other records of several early Canadians. This series is presented with the assistance of the Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited.
All programs are in colour.
The adventures of Joseph and James Tyrrell rivaled those of the earliest Canadian explorers. They were able to bring back some of the first authentic visual records of the snow-covered shores of Hudson's Bay. The program follows their progress from Lake Athabasca, along the Dubawnt River to Chesterfield Inlet, and down the hostile Hudson's Bay coastline to Churchill. This program uses old photographs and visual records to explore the so-called fourth great wave of immigration when more than four million people came to Canada between 1896 and 1914. It exposes the prejudice and harsh reality of homesteading on the wide spaces of the Canadian West.