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Space Connection
197318 min 18 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Ernest Reid
Production: Desmond Dew
Script: Ernest Reid
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Communications.
A report on Canada's progress in space telecommunications technology. The film reviews developments from the first Alouette satellite to the Anik II and the projected solar-powered satellite designed to be the forerunner of a new generation of powerful communications satellites. What these satellites look like, how they are lofted into orbital position, and how they function to give Canada reliable, broad-range transmission, are clearly illustrated and explained for all audiences.
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Subject categories
- Technology > CommunicationsSatellites
- Media and Communication > Telecommunications
Credits
- director
- Ernest Reid
- script
- Ernest Reid
- editing
- Ernest Reid
- producer
- Desmond Dew
- camera
- Laval Fortier
- Savas Kalogeras
- David De Volpi
- sound editing
- Bill Graziadei
- animation
- Sidney Goldsmith
- music
- Karl Duplessis