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Documentaire relatant l'arrivée au port de Halifax de nouveaux immigrants européens au début des années 1960. On les suit ensuite dans le train qui les conduit à travers un pays désertique et enneigé vers leurs nouvelles destinations.
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Documentaire relatant l'arrivée au port de Halifax de nouveaux immigrants européens au début des années 1960. On les suit ensuite dans le train qui les conduit à travers un pays désertique et enneigé vers leurs nouvelles destinations.

Social Issues Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism All subjects
  • director
    Georges Dufaux
    Jacques Godbout
  • script
    Georges Dufaux
    Jacques Godbout
  • producer
    Fernand Dansereau
  • images
    Gilles Gascon
    Georges Dufaux
  • sound
    Marcel Carrière
  • editing
    Jacques Godbout
    Georges Dufaux
    Monique Fortier
  • sound editing
    Ron Alexander
    Roger Lamoureux
  • sound mixer
    Ron Alexander
    Roger Lamoureux

Education

Ages 13 to 17
School subjects
Diversity - Diversity in Communities Geography - Human Geography Media Education - Advertising

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