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Dams, Irrigation and Power Projects (6)

  • The Dikes
    The Dikes
    Roger Blais 1955 22 min
    A dramatized presentation of the work of the Maritime Marshland Rehabilitation Administration in the reclaiming of flooded agricultural regions along the Bay of Fundy. Through the account of a dike-keeper, the film describes the destruction that follows the breaking of long-neglected dikes during autumn rains and shows how M.M.R.A. engineers are cooperating with New Brunswick land-owners in the big task of keeping at bay the inundations of the sea.
  • Eye Witness No. 15
    Eye Witness No. 15
    1949 11 min
    These vignettes from 1949 cover various aspects of life in Canada and were shown in theatres across the country. Subjects included here are: Man-Made Niagara: the construction of the Des Joachims hydro plant on the Ottawa River adds to Ontario's power resources. Irrigation Revitalizes Dust Bowl: In the southern Alberta drylands, the St. Mary's River is being harnessed to provide life-giving irrigation for prairie crops. Underwater Harvest: Lobster season in New Brunswick provides choice seafoods for epicurean tables.
  • Eye Witness No. 35
    Eye Witness No. 35
    1951 11 min
    The three stories covered in this edition of the Eye Witness series include: The Lonely Age – Sixty, a look at a club in Toronto that offers an alternative to living out your senior years in solitude; Operation Niagara, a look at engineering experts who want to out-do Niagara by constructing falls that will provide Canada with the biggest hydroelectric plant in the world; and Weekend in Herring Neck, about a remote Newfoundland fishing village and its residents.
  • Mastering a River
    Mastering a River
    1970 17 min
    An examination of the effects of the hydroelectric power development of the South Saskatchewan River on the lives of the people who live in the areas it passes through.
  • People and Science: Deadlines
    People and Science: Deadlines
    Jefferson Lewis 1987 11 min
    While preparing a program on a proposed water-diversion project, a television journalist must come to terms with the fact that she must present an unbiased look at the positive and negative effects of damming a river.
  • Up the Yangtze
    Up the Yangtze
    Yung Chang 2007 1 h 33 min
    This award-winning documentary follows the Shiu family as their home is destroyed by the rising waters of China’s Yangtze River - a consequence of the Three Gorges Project, the largest hydroelectric dam in history.

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