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John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea
196127 min 41 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Gordon Burwash
Production: Julian BiggsGuy Glover
Script: George Salverson
"The fox is out of tricks," taunted his opponents. "Bankrupt of ideas, he offers us clouds." Such was the reception of the Macdonald vision of a Dominion reaching from sea to sea--an audacious proposal, regarded as uncertain of success even by his supporters. Here is a memorable flashback.
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- History - Canada - 1867-1919 > ConfederationPolitics and GovernmentPortraits
- Politics and Government - Canada > Confederation and the CentennialPortraitsPrime Ministers and Premiers
- History > Canada 1867-1914Canada under British Rule (1764-1867)
- History and Citizenship Education > Canadian Federation (1850-1929)Imperialism and Colonization (1800s-1900s)
Credits
- director
- Gordon Burwash
- producer
- Julian Biggs
- executive producer
- Guy Glover
- script
- George Salverson
- photography
- John Gunn
- sound
- Leo O'Donnell
- editing
- Donald Ginsberg
- sound editing
- Kathleen Shannon
- re-recording
- Ron Alexander
- music
- Joan Edward
- cast
- Robert Christie
- James Edmond
- Stephen Ker Appleby
- Basil Fitzgibbon
- Angus MacCormick
- Cec Linder
- Martin Andrews
- John Paris