A glance at Canada’s yesteryears, at people and events, fashions and foibles at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. From old photos and fragments of silent movies, this film pieces together a lively chronicle of what our elders like to call “the good old days.”
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011227
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Archival resources
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canada - Social life and customs
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)