Motion Picture Activities of the Canadian Government
Mr. Peck (Applause): I want to say just a few words concerning the film activities of the Canadian Federal government through our Bureau. We call it the Publicity Bureau of the Department of Trade and Commerce. It was started in a small way some few years ago and we now have achieved a world-wide distribution of our films. We produce one-reel series called the “SEEING CANADA” films. These films are modelled on the idea of giving information concerning Canada from various national angles. There are films of the travelogue type; informative films; films dealing with the manufactures of Canada; films showing the scenic beauty of the country and illustrative of the sporting and sight-seeing facilities offered to the tourist. In our work we realize that one of the biggest things we have to sell the rest of the world is the scenic beauty of the country, since over $100,000,000 was left in Canada last year by tourists.
- Print ISSN
- 0096-6460
- Published
- 1922-10
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J11669