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The Working Class on Film

Directed by Susan Schouten
Canada, 1975 (documentary, 14 minutes, colour / black and white, English)
The Working Class on Film
Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description:
"This film, through excerpts taken from early British documentaries and National Film Board films, illustrates the origins of the documentary as visualized by John Grierson, filmmaker and social agitator, and it traces the development of the documentary over the past fifty years."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Film Editing: Susan Schouten
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada
(sources)

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