Perspective: Season 4 (1958)
- Episodes: 8
- Premiered January 1, 1958
Episodes
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Episode 1 · · 30m
First Novel
A young man gives up a steady job to tackle the uncertain task of writing for a living.
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Episode 2 · · 29m
Islands of the Frozen Sea
Looks at the landscape and wildlife of Canada's Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Arctic Circle, narrated mostly using historical observations.
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Episode 3 · · 30m
The Legendary Judge
This short fiction film profiles the controversial figure of Judge Matthew Bailie Begbie, who was tasked with bringing law and order to the gold-mining camps of British Columbia more than 150 years ago.
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Episode 4 · · 30m
Neptune Mission
A dramatized flight of the Neptune, a military aircraft that monitored for foreign submarine activity off Canada's East Coast.
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Episode 5 · · 30m
School for the Stage
A look into the lives of some Canadian students as they study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England.
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Episode 6 · · 30m
The Ticket
A 'Ticket of Leave' means parole. Bonner (James Doohan) is outraged to discover the teen who robbed him three years ago is on parole after serving half his sentence.
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Episode 7 · · 30m
Train 406
An account of a Canadian National Railways freight train on a run from Toronto to Halifax in the winter of 1957, with glimpses of the vast amount of organization necessary in the operation of a country-wide transportation network.
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Episode 8 · · 30m
Western Brigade
This short dramatic film illustrates a cooperative program of fire protection that was carried out across Alberta in the late 1950s. It presents the problems inherent in a voluntary fire brigade, as well as the everyday heroes who step up and get the job done. The film is an entertaining look at how a crew that was once considered to be the joke of the town can evolve into the best fire brigade in the West!