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Two Countries, One Street

This short documentary visits the 3 Quebec border towns of Rock Island, Stanstead and Beebe, and the Vermont town of Derby Line to see how residents and officials cope with a civic life that is cut down the middle by an international boundary.
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  • On the Spot
    On the Spot
    1950 20 films
    The first NFB series made specifically for television, On the Spot consisted of 15-minute documentary reports (which later ran 30 minutes) on different aspects of life in Canada.

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This short documentary visits the 3 Quebec border towns of Rock Island, Stanstead and Beebe, and the Vermont town of Derby Line to see how residents and officials cope with a civic life that is cut down the middle by an international boundary.

Social Issues Foreign Countries All subjects
  • director
    Jean Palardy
  • producer
    Robert Anderson
  • narrator
    Robert Anderson
  • photography
    Jean Roy
  • sound
    Julien Coutellier
  • editing
    David Mayerovitch
    Marion Meadows
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