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Eye Witness No. 53

1953 11 min
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Every year thousands of immigrants enter Canada. But what of their homelands and the ties they leave behind? This film visits Holland to tell that human story--the story of the Boelhauers, farm folk who choose emigration as the best means of one day owning their own land. Arriving in Canada, they are given hope by what they see around them. At the same time, Canada has acquired a fine family of the land.

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Eye Witness No. 53

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Every year thousands of immigrants enter Canada. But what of their homelands and the ties they leave behind? This film visits Holland to tell that human story--the story of the Boelhauers, farm folk who choose emigration as the best means of one day owning their own land. Arriving in Canada, they are given hope by what they see around them. At the same time, Canada has acquired a fine family of the land.
  • director
    Grant McLean
  • photography
    Grant McLean
  • producer
    David Bairstow
  • executive producer
    Nicholas Balla
  • sound
    Clarke Daprato
  • editing
    Peter Jones

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