Canada File

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Canada File
Genredocumentary
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release16 July (1961-07-16) –
24 September 1961 (1961-09-24)

Canada File is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1961.

Premise[edit]

This series provided a national rebroadcast of locally produced documentaries and current affairs programming. Contributing local series included Live and Learn (Ottawa), Consensus (Vancouver) and Eye to Eye (Winnipeg).[1] Topics included a discussion by two Carleton University professors on criticism, developmentally-challenged children, writers from French Canada, substance abuse in Vancouver, the situation of black people in Winnipeg, the closure of a Manitoba newspaper and Montreal's St. James Street.

Scheduling[edit]

This half-hour series was broadcast Sundays at 1:00 p.m. from 16 July to 24 September 1961.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Corcelli, John (June 2005). "Canada File". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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