Tumbledown, weatherbeaten old barns and dwellings stand like gaunt skeletons of other times, reproachful of an economy that let them down. Unable to compete with food-chain marketing, the farmers have moved into town, and eventually the bulldozer applies the final indignity to buildings that once represented a full and wholesome way of life. Filmed in 1969 in the Upper Ottawa Valley of Ontario and Quebec, this film carries nostalgia in its mute question: What price progress?
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011887
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Farm life - Canada
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Farmers
Animals & Wildlife → Food chains
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Ottawa (Ont.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Quebec (Province)
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Food chains
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - Economic conditions
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Food chains
Places → Ottawa (Ont.)
Places → Quebec (Province)
Short films
Short films → Short films - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)