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  1. Vinland Mystery (2011)

    Director
    William Pettigrew
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    DVD (29 minutes)

    This short documentary depicts the search, discovery and authentication of the only known Norse settlement in North America - Vinland the Good. Mentioned in Icelandic manuscripts and speculated about for...

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  2. Canadian Army Newsreels (2010)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 1200 minutes), $30.00

    Featuring twenty hours of footage, this 6 DVD set contains 106 newsreels filmed and produced by the Canadian Army Film Unit during the Second World War. The front-line cameramen were soldiers first and took...

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  3. Canada, Shakespeare, Pop Culture (2007 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Drama; Media studies

    A short documentary film looking at the many ways Shakespeare is used in popular Canadian television and movies. The video uses archival footage housed on the Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project...

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  4. Breaking the Ice, The Story of Mary Ann Shadd (2000)

    Director
    Sylvia Sweeney
    Producer
    Peter Raymont; Lindalee Tracey; Maria Pimentel
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 62 minutes), $248.00

    BREAKING THE ICE, THE STORY OF MARY ANN SHADD sheds new light on the remarkable, little known story of the abolitionist, suffragette and integrationist Mary Ann Shadd. Living in Windsor, Ontario, she fought...

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  5. Difference on Screen (1997)

    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 29 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Uses Canadian film and television industries to raise issues about multiculturalism and minority cultures. Canada has a Multiculturalism Act intended to preserve it many different cultures, and regulations...

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  6. Fish Sustainability (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min., 1998 sale: £41.13 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the problems of the Canadian fishing industry, covering fish ecology (salmon and other species); fishing industry on both the east and west coast; sustainability; fight for resources.

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  7. Great Gardens of the American West (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Design
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1997 sale: £15.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Grahame Beakhust visits at private and public gardens in California, British Columbia and Washington state and interviews their creators. Shows various gardens including the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden...

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  8. Mathew, The: Rediscovering North America (1997 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min.

    A celebration of the 500th anniversary of John Cabot’s voyage of discovery from Bristol to Newfoundland in North America and follows the original voyage of the ‘Mathew’, from the buiding of the...

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  9. Television to Call Our Own (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £34.99

    Uses Canadian television as an example to raise issues of culture and identity. The government promotes national identity through strict regulations about the amount of ‘Canadian content’ while at the...

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  10. Timber for Tomorrow (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. ? min., 1997 sale: £? (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at an sustainable logging on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, telling of an 83-year-old forester, Merv Wilkinson, who has been logging his land for profit for 50 years. The result is a...

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