Eye Witness No. 58

Eye Witness No. 58

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Eye Witness was a series of short monthly newsreels produced by the NFB during the post-war period. Each installment included several short reports on issues of interest to Canadians. Episode No. 58 includes Canadian Works with U.N.’s Problem Refugees, in which Dr. Robert Westwater, an Ottawa educator, helps UNESCO deal with problems precipitated by the dislocation of Arab populations following the 1948 war in Palestine, and Tractor Train Pushes through Northern Wilderness, which shows how supplies needed to build the Ungava railway and hydro project are transported by tractor trains through snow-bound roads and rough country.

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Eye Witness No. 58, Ronald Weyman & Grant McLean, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • director
    Ronald Weyman
    Grant McLean
  • producer
    David Bairstow
  • script
    David Bairstow
  • executive producer
    Nicholas Balla
  • camera
    Hector Lemieux
    Henrik Croscicki
  • editing
    Marion Meadows
  • narrator
    Max Ferguson
 See also
Transportation
Politics and Government
Developing Countries
War, Conflict and Peace
All subjects
World Refugees
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