Pacificanada

Pacificanada
Genre documentary
Country of origin  Canada
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
Production
Executive producer(s) Peter Jones (Vancouver)
Ian McLaren (Montreal)
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) National Film Board of Canada
Broadcast
Original channel CBC Television
Original run 22 January 1975 – 12 March 1975

Pacificanada is a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1975.

Contents

Premise

This series of National Film Board of Canada productions featured British Columbia life.[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. from 22 January to 12 March 1975. It was rebroadcast Sundays at 1:00 p.m. fro 6 July to 17 August 1975.

Episodes

  1. 22 January 1975: "A Slow Hello" (Ian McLaren and John Taylor producers; Tom Radford director), featuring present-day cowboys and cattle ranching
  2. 29 January 1975: "Whistling Smith" (Ian McLaren, Michael Scott, Barrie Howells producers; Marrin Cannell and Scott directors), featuring a Vancouver police officer patrolling Gastown amid that area's social challenges
  3. 5 February 1975: "Soccer" (Peter Jones producer; Shelah Reljic director), about association football in the province
  4. 12 February 1975: "Where Are You Goin' Company Town?" (Ian McLaren producer; Stephen Dewar director), set in Trail, British Columbia, concerning the relationship between management and employees at the dominant employer Cominco
  5. 19 February 1975: "Pen-Hi Grad" (Ian McLaren producer; Sandy Wilson director), about a secondary school graduation ceremony in Penticton
  6. 26 February 1975: "David and Bert" (Peter Jones producer; Daryl Duke director), featuring the friendship between David Frank and Bert Clayton, the former a First Nations chief and the latter a prospector
  7. 5 March 1975: "Baby This Is For You" (Barrie Howells producer; John Taylor director), set in Stewart, British Columbia, a community close to the Alaska border
  8. 12 March 1975: "Bella Bella" (John N. Smith producer; Barbara Greene director), concerning efforts to preserve the culture of the Heiltsuk people on Campbell Island while seeking economic development

See also

References

  1. ^ Corcelli, John (September 2005). "Pacificanada". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1254. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

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