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The Days Before Christmas

Terence Macartney-Filgate, Stanley Jackson & Wolf Koenig

1958 29 min

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This short documentary depicts Christmas time in Montreal. The milling crowds, department store Santas, Brink's messengers, kindergarten angels and boisterous nightclubs all combine to make a vivid portrait of the holidays.

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  Shot unscripted and unrehearsed, this NFB documentary series for television is a seminal offering in the history of doc filmmaking.

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This short documentary depicts Christmas time in Montreal. The milling crowds, department store Santas, Brink's messengers, kindergarten angels and boisterous nightclubs all combine to make a vivid portrait of the holidays.

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Religion, Beliefs and Ethics

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Credits

• director
  Terence Macartney-Filgate
  
  Stanley Jackson
  
  Wolf Koenig
  
• producer
  Roman Kroitor
  
  Wolf Koenig
  
• executive producer
  Tom Daly
  
• photography
  Michel Brault
  
  Georges Dufaux
  
• sound
  Jack Locke
  
  George Croll
  
  Kay Shannon
  
• editing
  Roman Kroitor
  
  René Laporte
  
  Wolf Koenig
  
• sound editing
  Kathleen Shannon
  

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Education

Ages 14 to 17

Ethics and Religious Culture - Religious Diversity/Heritage
History and Citizenship Education - Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)

Discuss the value of retrospective films in the studying of history.Comment on the many changes that have occurred in our culture since this film was made. Observe and discuss the things that have not changed.

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