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Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame -- Film Description:
"Once a champion boxer, then a fiery preacher, T.C. Douglas got into politics during the 1930s and never looked back. His career as premier of Saskatchewan and leader of the federal New Democratic Party was a rollercoaster ride of victories and defeats. Douglas was a highly principled proponent of social justice; his radical reforms—such as medicare—are now accepted as normal public policy in Canada. The film traces Douglas's fifty-year political career and captures the unique spirit of the man."
-- National Film Board of Canada


Source:
National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame" National Film Board of Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=16905.