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Pour quelques arpents de neige

Georges Dufaux & Jacques Godbout

1962 27 min

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Documentaire relatant l'arrivée au port de Halifax de nouveaux immigrants européens au début des années 1960. On les suit ensuite dans le train qui les conduit à travers un pays désertique et enneigé vers leurs nouvelles destinations.

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Documentaire relatant l'arrivée au port de Halifax de nouveaux immigrants européens au début des années 1960. On les suit ensuite dans le train qui les conduit à travers un pays désertique et enneigé vers leurs nouvelles destinations.

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Credits

• director
  Georges Dufaux
  
  Jacques Godbout
  
• script
  Georges Dufaux
  
  Jacques Godbout
  
• producer
  Fernand Dansereau
  
• images
  Gilles Gascon
  
  Georges Dufaux
  
• sound
  Marcel Carrière
  
• editing
  Jacques Godbout
  
  Georges Dufaux
  
  Monique Fortier
  
• sound editing
  Ron Alexander
  
  Roger Lamoureux
  
• sound mixer
  Ron Alexander
  
  Roger Lamoureux
  

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Education

Ages 13 to 17

Diversity - Diversity in Communities
Geography - Human Geography
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