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Shift change / National Film Board of Canada ; written and directed by Jefferson Lewis ; producer, Kent Martin.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Reckoning: the political economy of Canada ; 2
- Reckoning: the political economy of Canada ; [2]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Integrated circuits industry.
- Unemployment.
- Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
- Economic conditions.
- Hamilton (Ont.)--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Hamilton (Ont.).
- Canada--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Canada.
- Japan--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Japan.
- Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Ontario--Hamilton.
- Technological innovations.
- Unemployment--Ontario--Hamilton.
- Integrated circuits industry--Japan.
- Ontario--Hamilton.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color and 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:
- The microchip, invented by an American, exploited by the Japanese, is seen here to have caused a second industrial revolution. The devastating effect on millions of human lives is shown in microcosm through interviews with some of the newly jobless in Hamilton, Ontario. Faces bitter, voices hopeless, they speak of a vibrant secure past having suddenly given way to a bleak present and an uncertain future; they fear for their children's prospects. Using the example of Japan as contrast, host James Laxer demonstrates that the cost of technological advances need not be so high if their effects are foreseen and planned for.
- Participant:
- Host, James Laxer.
- Credits:
- Editing, Hannele Halm ; photography, Kent Nason ; music, Eric Lemoyne, Roger Lemoyne, Bruce Granofsky.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, c1987.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed August 3, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-sc Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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