[Canadaka]

The last couple weeks me and my girlfriend have been watching the documentary series produced by the CBC and Radio Canada called "Canada A peoples History" that came out back in 2000.

I never heard of it or saw it when it was aired on the CBC, but recently all the episodes have turned up on bit torrent sites.

I am BIG documentary fan, specialy historical docs. I watch a lot. But there are not a lot of Canadian documentaries, specialy available on the internet.
The series I have to say is probably the amoung the best documentaries I have ever seen. The quality is top notch and detail immense. The series is 17 episodes long, 2 hours each, so its long!

It spans from the vikings to the late 1990's A comprehensive history of "Canada".

I highly recommend that everyone should watch this series, to learn about your country, and how it came to be. The acting and production is very good.

You can download all 17 episodes from bit torrent if you search for them on www.torrentspy.com they are all there. But will take some time to download and a lot of disksapce, but its worth it!! We have been watching an upisode a night. We are on episode 7. Each episode is about a 1.7GB download! they are high quality, HD.

Here is some more info on the series

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Canada's story through the eyes of the people who lived it

This series presents the comprehensive history of Canada. Through dramatizations and detailed documentation, we see the development of this country from the Native American nations to contemporary times as we explore what made this country what it is.

Here is the official site: http://history.cbc.ca/histicons/

The series is also available for sale on DVD:
http://www.cbcshop.ca/CBC/shopping/prod ... lang=en-CA

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PLOT DESCRIPTION
A joint project of the CBC TV network and the Raido-Canada service, this ambitious documentary series traced the History of Canada literally from the beginning--15,000 BC, to be exact. The subsquent episodes were nothing if not ambitious, covering the progress of the Dominion right up to 1850 AD. The seventeenth and final episode, covering the years 1976 to 1990, was open-ended enough to bear the title "In An Uncertain World". Three years in the making, the series utilized interviews, rare photographs, precious paintings and etchings, and vividly dramatic re-enactments. Telecast in English and French versions, Canada: A People's History ran from October 22, 2000 to November 18, 2001, yielding such ancillary projects as a two-volume book, a website, and a bestselling CD. ~ All Movie Guide

Also watching this series more firmly plants my believes that Canada must stay a united Canada including Quebec, and must remain soveriegn from the USA.

Please post any comments you have on this series, and once again if you have not seen it I recommend you watch it somehow. and MAAAAN! they should show this in school, high school. I am learning 50x more about Canadian history from this series than I learn in history and social studies in high school.

[canucker]

Canadaka Canadaka:

MAAAAN! they should show this in school, high school. I am learning 50x more about Canadian history from this series than I learn in history and social studies in high school.

They really should, and maybe one day, it will be a part of the curriculum.

[Canadaka]

Since I like this series so much and for some reason CBC pulled all the video clips and trailers off there site, I opened up a video editing program and edited out a short trailer for the series.

Check it out, I also love the music from this show.
Canada a Peoples History Trailer by CKA Its 11MB WMV Video File.

[Motorcycleboy]

That's one of my favourite docs. CBC got it right on that one.

[themasta]

canucker canucker:

Canadaka Canadaka:

MAAAAN! they should show this in school, high school. I am learning 50x more about Canadian history from this series than I learn in history and social studies in high school.

They really should, and maybe one day, it will be a part of the curriculum.

My history teacher from back in the day brought in a few episodes for the class. By far one of the best documentaries ever. I've bought the first box set even!

[Canadaka]

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What do you use for editing video? I haven't found a particularly good program so far.

Oh well for realy editing I use Adobe Priemier and Adobe After Affects if needed.

But this I just wanted to cut of this clip fast so I used the Microsoft "Windows Movie Maker" in Windows XP.

[canadian1971]

Hey Trev....thanks for the tip on another doc....I have found everyone you have suggested so far to be very good....just downloading the first 3 episodes as I type....they are bloody huge aren't they!


EDIT....TREV fix your bloody sig would ya...it's incomplete....

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"Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. No

....Now if he could only learn to walk like a man....that's the rest of it isn't it? WHo said that...again I'm thinking Bruce Lee for some reason?

[Tman1]

Have the entire set on VHS and currently watching it again (watched it 5 times already). Keeps you brushed up on Canadian history in an entertaining fashion.

[Canadaka]

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....Now if he could only learn to walk like a man....that's the rest of it isn't it? WHo said that...again I'm thinking Bruce Lee for some reason?

lol no! hmm i duno why its messed yp now..

IT was the great Canadian Tommy Douglas where i got it from, but sure if it was his orgininal words though.

[RUEZ]

Hey dude, I was just on mucho sucko, and I saw a clip of a documentary called "Escape to Canada". Looks like it's about how Canada has more freedoms than USA. I was just wondering if you'd heard of it, or maybe seen it. Looks interesting, I hope it's on torrent.

[canadian1971]

Canadaka Canadaka:

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....Now if he could only learn to walk like a man....that's the rest of it isn't it? WHo said that...again I'm thinking Bruce Lee for some reason?

lol no! hmm i duno why its messed yp now..

IT was the great Canadian Tommy Douglas where i got it from, but sure if it was his orgininal words though.

Bruce Lee...Tommy Douglas...you can see how I made the mistake eh!

[GoFish]

Hey!

I heard of Escape to Canada! I knew some people who saw it in Calgary and LOVED IT!

I just found out that it is playing at the Whistler Film Festival on Dec 3!! That is bound to be a blast. I think Marc Emery might even show up since he was in the doc

If anyone is interested here is the link to the trailer:
http://www.trailervision.com/trailer.php?id=158

[dgthe3]

Peoples history was awesome. I remember watching most of it when it first came out. I think that show ran longer than alot of tv series, which is pretty good considering it was a miniseries. It had more hours of programming than than 6 seasons of half hour episodes!