Portrait of the family

Canada, 1957

Film
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Episode of Series “The Commonwealth of Nations”.
The Commonwealth of nations, like a world within a world, embraces a vast variety of peoples, cultures, languages, religions, and customs. This album contains self-portraits of the nine self-governing members; the united kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Unions of South Africa, India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Ghana. Each country is described for us, in terms if its national and geographical characteristics by a native citizen.

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Credits

director

Ronald Dick

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:29:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1957

Appears in

The Commonwealth of Nations

Group of items

The Commonwealth of Nations

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

008576

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Commonwealth of Nations

History → Commonwealth of Nations

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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