A Long View of Canadian History

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A Long View of Canadian History
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes2
Production
ProducerCliff Solway
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network CBC Television
Release16 June (1959-06-16) 
30 June 1959 (1959-06-30)

A Long View of Canadian History was a Canadian historical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1959.

Contents

Premise

The series concerns Canadian history and consists of a discussion between historian Donald Creighton and political scientist Paul Fox, both professors at the University of Toronto. Two hours of film were recorded from their five-and-a-half-hour conversation, which in turn was edited to fit two half-hour episodes which aired at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) on 16 and 30 June 1959.

CBC's Publication Branch published the text of this conversation in book form that year. [1]

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References

  1. Creighton, Donald Grant, and Paul Fox. (1959) A long view of Canadian history: the text of two half-hour programs by Professors Donald Creighton and Paul Fox of the University of Toronto, as originally presented on CBC Television Network, June 16th and 30th, 1959. Toronto: CBC Publications Branch.