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Storm Clouds over the Colonies
195729 min 28 secFilm: Documentary
Production: Ronald DickNicholas Balla
Script: Ronald DickWilliam Weintraub
Tracing the history of the economic development of colonial territories, this film points out the shift in emphasis from the primary motives of discovery and the transfer of luxury goods to the establishment of permanent industries. The benefits of modern developments are weighed against exploitation, of which colonialism is never free. Number one of The Commonwealth of Nations series.
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Subject categories
- Politics and Government > AfricaColonialism and IndependenceCommonwealth and British Colonies
- Developing Countries > Colonization and DecolonizationEconomic and Industrial DevelopmentPolitics, Government and HistorySocial Problems
- Foreign Countries > Commonwealth and British ColoniesConflicts and Civil War
- Economics > Foreign CountriesForeign Relations and TradeSocio-Economic Conditions
Credits
- producer
- Ronald Dick
- executive producer
- Nicholas Balla
- script
- Ronald Dick
- William Weintraub
- editing
- Douglas Tunstell
- Nicholas Balla
- Ronald Dick
- Marion Meadows
- Jean Roy
- narrator
- Edgar McInnis
- music
- Maurice Blackburn
- Robert Fleming
- Eldon Rathburn
- Norman Bigras