Canada, a people's history. Volume 5

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Gillmor, Don ; Starowicz, Mark ; Turgeon, Pierre, 1947-

2001, DVD , 2 videodiscs (approx. 180 min.) :

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Summary/Review: The first episode covers 1850 to 1867. The remarkable story of Confederation; the dawn of the photographic era provides a vivid portrait of the people more...

Summary/Review: The first episode covers 1850 to 1867. The remarkable story of Confederation; the dawn of the photographic era provides a vivid portrait of the people of the new Dominion--railway magnates, socialites, crusaders, fugitives of the Underground Railway and a tide of Irish immigrants.

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Publication information:	[Toronto] : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation : Distributed exclusively in Canada by Morningstar Entertainment, c2001.
ISBN:	1552590925
Language:	English
Record ID:	1579656
Full edition title:	Widescreen letterbox version.
Format:	DVD
Physical description:	2 videodiscs (approx. 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Date acquired:	Not available
More creator details:	[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada].
General note:	"Series 2"--Container.
General note:	Based on: Canada: a people's history / Don Gillmor and Pierre Turgeon.
General note:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
General note:	Special DVD features: Canadian History Trivia Quiz; Making history documentary on the making of the series; additional contemporary documentary footage; web site links; interactive menu; chapter indexing.
General note:	Title from disc label.
Contents note:	disc 1. Great enterprise -- disc 2. From sea to sea.
Credits:	Conceived and produced by Mark Starowicz.
Credits:	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Summary/Review:	The second episode covers 1867 to 1873. On the heels of Confederation, John A. Macdonald and his powerful ally George-Etienne Cartier look westward for their next conquest but are severely tested. Canada blunders in seeking to take over the west without the consent of its inhabitants, especially the Metis of Red River and their leader, the charismatic Louis Riel. With an audacious promise of a transcontinental railway, the settlers of British Columbia and Prince Edward Island are more willing partners to the new Confederation. By 1873, Canada boasts a Dominion that extends from sea to sea, but secret election funds lead to a scandal, with Macdonald and the Conservatives falling from grace and from power.
Technical details:	DVD; Dolby digital stereo.
Uniform title:	Canada, a people's history (Television program)
Uniform title:	From sea to sea (1867 to 1873)
Uniform title:	Great enterprise (1850 to 1867)

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