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Eye Witness No. 81 / directed by: Alvin Goldman, Hector Lemieux ; produced by: Peter Jones, Nicholas Balla ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa).

Goldman, Alvin, (film director.). Lemieux, Hector, (film director.). Jones, Peter, (film producer.). Balla, Nicholas, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), (film producer.).

Summary:

New Life for Ghost Town Miners: Aided by the provincial government, jobless mine workers of Alberta move from Nordegg and other abandoned coal-mining areas to obtain new work elsewhere in Canada. School for Frogmen: Officers and men of the Royal Canadian Navy's Operational Diving Unit at Halifax undergo rigorous training courses to equip them for sub-surface duties.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (11 min., 00 sec.) : sound, black and white
  • Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2021.

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:
No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director, Alvin Goldman, Hector Lemieux ; producer, Peter Jones ; script, Peter Jones ; executive producer, Nicholas Balla ; camera, Jack Long, Hector Lemieux ; sound, Clarke Daprato ; editing, Tim Wilson.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrator, William Bessey.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded 1955.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).
Subject: Coal mines and mining > Alberta.
Employees > Relocation > Alberta.
Unemployment,.
Canada. Royal Canadian Navy.
Soldiers > Training of > Halifax (N.S.)
Divers > Training of > Halifax (N.S.)
Genre: Documentary films.
Newsreels.
Topic Heading: National Film Board > National Film Board Collection


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