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History - Canada - 1867-1919 (23)

Quebec (3)

  • Ma Chère Albertine
    Ma Chère Albertine
    Suzanne Olivier 1979 5 min
    This short film from the Canada Vignettes series depicts the Montreal of 1905-1910 with hand-painted vintage postcards.
  • Envoyez de l’avant nos gens (English Version)
    Envoyez de l’avant nos gens (English Version)
    Michel Brault  &  André Gladu 1975 24 min
    Farmer, singer, and fiddler Antonio Bazinet describes the hard life on rocky-soiled Laurentian farms and in logging camps. Songs and fiddle tunes such as “Envoyez de l’avant nos gens,” written by local forestry workers and based on an older theme, capture the period’s joie de vivre.
  • Le Devoir, Part 1: 1910-1945, Do What You Must
    Le Devoir, Part 1: 1910-1945, Do What You Must
    Hugues Poulin  &  Jean-V. Dufresne 1973 27 min
    "Fais ce que dois" (Do what you must) was the motto Henri Bourassa gave to the newspaper he founded in 1910. An attitude of vigorous independence has characterized the Montréal daily ever since. This film and the following one examine Le Devoir's influence over the years, how it has interpreted and treated local, national and world issues--the wartime conscription question, for example. Interviewed in Part 1 is the founder's daughter, Anne Bourassa.

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