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In bed with an elephant : prime ministers & presidents / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; produced and directed by Kent Martin ; written by Kent Martin, James Laxer.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Reckoning: the political economy of Canada ; 4
- Reckoning: the political economy of Canada ; [4]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prime ministers.
- History.
- Economic conditions.
- Canada--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Canada.
- Canada--Economic policy.
- Economic policy.
- Prime ministers--Canada--History--20th century.
- Presidents--United States--History--20th century.
- Presidents.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign economic relations--Canada.
- International economic relations.
- Canada--Foreign economic relations--United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (60 min.) : digital, sound, color with black & white sequences.
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2015]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- This hour-long documentary provides a retrospective of United States-Canada relationships as personified by successive presidents and prime ministers. It becomes quite clear that Canadian prime ministers, from John A. Macdonald down, have started their tenures on a sort of first-things-first basis by making overtures to their American counterparts. Attitudes and outcomes have varied widely, and this is what intrigues when seen in close-up. The almost comic antipathy between Kennedy and Diefenbaker, for instance, is as palpable here as is the folksy camaraderie of Reagan and Mulroney. Part four of the series Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada.
- Participant:
- Host, James Laxer.
- Credits:
- Editor, Ian Rankin ; photography, Mike Mahoney ; music, Eric Lemoyne, Roger Lemoyne.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, c1986.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 30, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-inbed Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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