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  • Eye Witness No. 92 (1957)
  • Short | 10 min | Short
Eye Witness No. 92 (1957)
Short | 10 min | Short
In the latest in the Eye Witness series, two stories of slice of Canadian life are told. In "Transport on Trial", the viewer is taken to the Canadian Army's Vehicle Experimental and Proving Establishment outside of Ottawa, it where they ...See moreIn the latest in the Eye Witness series, two stories of slice of Canadian life are told. In "Transport on Trial", the viewer is taken to the Canadian Army's Vehicle Experimental and Proving Establishment outside of Ottawa, it where they test ground vehicles of all sorts for use in the army. Because of the important military nature of these vehicles, they go through rigorous testing in a variety of conditions to mimic what would happen "on the ground". The facility is also a research and design one where prototypes are built for that testing. Where appropriate, some of the vehicles or vehicle parts can actually go into commercial use. And in "Cape Breton's Contented Chairmaker", a profile of Ernest Hart is presented. Living in the Margaree Valley of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, where many people still live what would be considered old fashioned lives in retaining the ways of their parents and their parents before them, factory owner and operator Hart is a one-person Jack-of-All-Trades, he doing whatever he can to assist his sheep farmer neighbors, for such unusual tasks as preparing their wool for spinning. But arguably his greatest accomplishment is making wooden chairs the old-fashioned way without nails or glue. He does everything from start to finish, including weaving the seats out of flexible strips of black ash. Taking on average two days to make one chair, Hart, or a piece of him, is in most of his neighbor's homes in he having built their chairs. This craft may end with him as technology and other interests take over future generations even within his family. Written by Huggo See less
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Directors
Grant Crabtree (segments: Cape Breton's Contented Chairmaker) | Hector Lemieux (segments: Transport on Trial) (as Hector J. Lemieux)
Producer
Peter Jones
Cinematographers
Grant Crabtree (segments: Cape Breton's Contented Chairmaker) | Hector Lemieux (segments: Transport on Trial) (as Hector J. Lemieux)
Editor
Marion Meadows (as Marian Meadows)
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Updated Dec 31, 1957
Release date
1957 (Canada)

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Jack Curran's primary photo
Jack Curran
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
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R.C. Lane
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Ernest Hart's primary photo
Ernest Hart
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Ainsley Hart's primary photo
Ainsley Hart
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Eye Witness No. 92 (1957)
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