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Cooperatives (6)

  • The Annanacks
    The Annanacks
    René Bonnière 1964 29 min
    This short documentary depicts the formation in 1959 of the first successful co-operative in an Inuit community in Northern Québec. The film describes how, with other Inuit of the George River community, the Annanacks formed a joint venture that included a sawmill, a fish-freezing plant and a small boat-building industry.

  • The Annanacks (Inuktitut version)
    The Annanacks (Inuktitut version)
    2011 29 min
    This short documentary depicts the formation in 1959 of the first successful co-operative in an Inuit community in Northern Québec. The film describes how, with other Inuit of the George River community, the Annanacks formed a joint venture that included a sawmill, a fish-freezing plant and a small boat-building industry.

  • Eye Witness No. 40
    Eye Witness No. 40
    1952 11 min
    The Eye Witness series is a collection of short documentaries featuring Canadian news stories from the 1940s and '50s. This segment includes Prairie Harbour: The Port of Flowing Grain, a look at the lakehead cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, funnelling centres for western grain on its way to world markets. In Modern Miracle: Surgery is Safe, the appendectomy of patient Henry Brown demonstrates the advances in modern medicine. Co-Op Carpenters: Home-Made Community illustrates the principles behind the cooperative housing program for veterans in Carleton Heights near Ottawa.
  • The Founding of the Co-operatives
    The Founding of the Co-operatives
    Colin Low 1967 21 min
    A record of the founding meeting of the Fogo Island Ship Building and Producer Co-operative.
  • Maritime Montage
    Maritime Montage
    Julian Biggs  &  Rollo Gamble 1955 30 min
    There are two subjects in this film--the cooperative movement stemming from St. Francis-Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and a rural fair at Egmont Bay, Prince Edward Island.
  • The Merchant and the Teacher
    The Merchant and the Teacher
    Colin Low 1967 13 min
    This short film presents a discussion about the role of merchants on Fogo Island, and of the feasibility of cooperatives.