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The Good, Bright Days (1919-1927)

1960 28 min
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This short documentary is an overview of the events that marked Canada between 1918 and 1927. Beginning with the Armistice of 1918, the film ends at the height of the great economic boom of the late 1920s. In between, the film shows the manners, morals and customs of the period, and evidence of Canada's growing nationalism.

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The Good, Bright Days (1919-1927)
  • Between Two Wars
    Between Two Wars
    1960 3 films
    Three half-hour films revive the eventful, time-obscured years between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second. From a wealth of newsreel footage, much of it irreplaceable, these films recall two eventful decades of Canada's history.

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This short documentary is an overview of the events that marked Canada between 1918 and 1927. Beginning with the Armistice of 1918, the film ends at the height of the great economic boom of the late 1920s. In between, the film shows the manners, morals and customs of the period, and evidence of Canada's growing nationalism.

  • producer
    William Weintraub
  • script
    William Weintraub
  • executive producer
    Nicholas Balla
  • sound
    Michael McKennirey
    Karl Duplessis
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • editing
    Margaret Ellis
    George Kaczender
    Nicholas Balla
  • re-recording
    George Croll
    Ted Haley
  • music
    Eldon Rathburn
    Joan Edward
    Malca Gillson

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