Canada's prairie Provinces

United States, 1973

Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

A revealing look at Canada’s heartland. Traditional occupations of wheat farming, cattle raising and lumbering are shown with new occupations created by technology. Harnessing of rivers has brought irrigation and electric power for manufacturing. New industries plus discovery of oil, uranium and other minerals are changing life in the Prairie Provinces.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

production company

Coronet Instructional Materials

Duration

00:13:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1973

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

001668

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Canada - Rural conditions

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Farm life - Canada

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Canada

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Logging

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Lumber trade

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Timber - Canada

Animals & Wildlife → Cattle breeders

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canada - Description and travel

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canada - Rural conditions

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canada - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Prairie Provinces

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Logging

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Prairies

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Timber - Canada

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Places → Prairie Provinces

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/65759--canadas-prairie-provinces/ |title=Canada's prairie Provinces |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=4 July 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}