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The Days Before Christmas

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1958 29 min
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This short documentary depicts Christmas time in Montreal. The milling crowds, department store Santas, Brink's messengers, kindergarten angels and boisterous nightclubs all combine to make a vivid portrait of the holidays.

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The Days Before Christmas
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This short documentary depicts Christmas time in Montreal. The milling crowds, department store Santas, Brink's messengers, kindergarten angels and boisterous nightclubs all combine to make a vivid portrait of the holidays.

Religion, Beliefs and Ethics All subjects
  • director
    Terence Macartney-Filgate
    Stanley Jackson
    Wolf Koenig
  • producer
    Roman Kroitor
    Wolf Koenig
  • executive producer
    Tom Daly
  • photography
    Michel Brault
    Georges Dufaux
  • sound
    Jack Locke
    George Croll
    Kay Shannon
  • editing
    Roman Kroitor
    René Laporte
    Wolf Koenig
  • sound editing
    Kathleen Shannon

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Ages 14 to 17
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Ethics and Religious Culture - Religious Diversity/Heritage History and Citizenship Education - Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)

Discuss the value of retrospective films in the studying of history.Comment on the many changes that have occurred in our culture since this film was made. Observe and discuss the things that have not changed.

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