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Postcards from Canada
200041 min 15 secFilm: Documentary
Production: Don HaigSally Bochner
Script: David Wilson
Produced by the NFB with the assistance of Canada Information Office, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Post Corporation, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canadian War Museum, Parks Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Transport Canada, Industry Canada, Environment Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
Sweeping in from the frozen vistas of the Arctic to the frenzy of rush-hour traffic, from deep within the Canadian Shield to the orbiting Radarsat satellite, Postcards from Canada takes us on a whimsical and fact-filled trip through this magnificent nation. Narrated by Peter Gzowski, Postcards from Canada shows us the wonder of the wilderness, the impact of Canadians on the land and the ingenuity we have shown in turning huge obstacles into advantages. This is a film to watch over and over again. To learn more, to see more, to hear more. Shot in stunning 35 mm, Postcards from Canada updates the popular 1967 film Helicopter Canada with breathtaking images and aerial photography. And like postcards themselves, these snapshots of Canada are tantalizing glimpses that will make you "wish you were here"--and be glad that you are.
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Subject categories
- Canada - Images of a Country > Aerial ViewsCanadian JourneysCanadian PerspectivesHistorical PerspectivesIdentityLandscapes
- Tourism > Canadian Journeys
- History - Canada > Historical Overview
- Geography > Natural ResourcesPhysical Geography/GeologyThe Arctic
- Social Studies > Social History
Credits
- narrator
- Peter Gzowski
- writer
- David Wilson
- editor
- Hannele Halm
- location director
- Tony Ianzelo
- cinematographer
- Ernest McNabb
- direction (post)
- David Wilson
- Hannele Halm
- Kenneth Hirsch
- original music
- Robert M. Lepage
- sound design
- Don Ayer
- sound edit
- Don Ayer
- advisor
- Colin Low
- production manager
- Christian Medawar
- additional shooting
- Tony Ianzelo
- Stefan Nitoslawski
- location sound
- Michael Zabitsky
- Margot McMaster
- Norman Dugas
- Diane Carrière
- Rob Hanshar
- key grip
- Robert Grenier
- special effects
- Robert Grenier
- gaffer
- Guy Rémillard
- Roger Martin
- Robert Grenier
- camera assistant
- André Beaulieu
- Yves Beaudoin
- Alfonso Maiorana
- Robert Grenier
- location manager
- Élaine Tougas
- Alison Burns
- production assistant
- Stefan Maiorana
- Yves Fontigny
- Lorne Dosogne
- post-production technical manager
- Claude Cardinal
- post-production co-ordinator
- Margaret Wong
- additional editing
- Stephan Steinhouse
- digital editing technician
- Phyllis Lewis
- Zeina Mahmoud
- transcription
- Susan Panneton
- researcher
- Christian Medawar
- archival film research
- Pascale Bilodeau
- consultant
- Brian Osborne
- Dale Pilling
- Pete Standing Alone
- Neville Winchester
- Nancy Prockiw
- government relations
- Jack Horwitz
- Canada Film project producer
- Mark Zannis
- foley artist
- Jean René Francoeur
- assistant foley artist
- Alexandre Pilon
- additional voice
- Laura de Carteret
- David Eisner
- Cindy Rennie
- voice casting
- Gail Carr
- additional arrangements
- Vincent Letellier
- Frank Lozano
- musician
- Claude Castonguay
- Jean Derome
- Robert M. Lepage
- Vincent Letellier
- Frank Lozano
- Pierre Tanguay
- Gilles Tessier
- vocals
- F.A.C.E. Treble Choir "Sextet"
- Andréanne Alain
- music recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Studio 270
- Robert Langlois
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- graphic designer
- Jean-Marc Brosseau
- 3-D computer animation
- Francine Paquin
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- online editor
- Sylvain Desbiens
- program administrator
- Marie Tonto-Donati
- Nickie Merulla
- Ida Di Fruscia
- production administration assistant
- Christine Williams
- Andrée Lachapelle
- Lori Boyer
- executive producer
- Don Haig
- Sally Bochner