Empty Harbours, Empty Dreams

Empty Harbours, Empty Dreams

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 31, 1976

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Empty Harbours, Empty Dreams

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Kent Martin

Description

The film explores how the three British colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island became provinces of Canada and charts the subsequent decline of their economies after Confederation. Photographs, archival drawings, cartoons and interviews with Maritime historians are used to document the case.