Where have all the farms gone?

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?

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Credits

producer

Tom Daly

production company

ONF | NFB

director

Michael Brun

Duration

00:16:07:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1969

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

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1969

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