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In 1968, Canadians first got their hands on credit cards, making it faster and easier to spend money they didn't necessarily have. Aside from their plastic, many Canadians also...

6 television clips

4 radio clips

In 1968, Canadians first got their hands on credit cards, making it faster and easier to spend money they didn't necessarily have. Aside from their plastic, many Canadians also...

6 television clips

4 radio clips

One tablet, once a day: that routine is followed by as many as 80 million women worldwide to prevent pregnancy. The birth control pill, simply known as the pill, was the first drug...

12 television clips

1 radio clips

They are the heartwrenching stories that shock whole communities, bringing waves of fear and sorrow that can linger for years. Disappearances and unsolved murders devastate...

10 television clips

A wide-eyed owl made of sealskin becomes a popular Inuit craft and an appealing symbol of Canada.

Eyes on Ookpik

Television 6:02

Being single is an important requirement for the job of stewardess.

Married women need not apply

Television 8:53

Solicitor General Francis Fox shocks the nation with his intensely personal confession.

Francis Fox's public confession

Television 8:34

The descendents of Wolfe and Montcalm meet to re-enact the famed battle of the Plains of Abraham.

The Plains of Abraham, 240 years later

Television 2:34

"Pert" guides usher thousands of curious visitors through the city's new building.

Toronto's new City Hall officially opens

Radio 6:32

50,000 wait outside Parliament for the famous couple.

JFK and wife Jackie visit Ottawa

Television 2:10

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Television

Take 30

It was afternoon TV for homemakers, but Take 30 assumed women's interests went beyond recipes and child rearing. The program aired from 1962 to 1984...

All Programs

Radio
17:59

Neil Young goes solo

In 1969 the 23-year-old musician explains why his band, Buffalo Springfield, broke up and how he made his debut solo album.

Norman Jewison, the determined director

Television,
18:47

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Julia Child, culinary ambassador

Radio,
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All Great Interviews

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Images of Canada in Film

Lead a discussion of how people around the world would view Canadians if the only way they got information about us was to watch how we were portrayed...

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