Produced in the summer of 1973, this film provides unforgettable images of four large cities in the People’s Republic of China: Beijing, Shenyang, Shanghai and Guangzhou (Canton). It presents a new type of worker, fully dedicated to the community, ready to serve China and continue the revolution towards building an even better socialist country.

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À VOTRE SANTÉ examines the harsh reality of working in an emergency room. Medical teams, short on staff, have to deal with an onslaught of patients. The fact that their technical instruments are often lacking makes it even harder to get the job done. There is a human element to the film, but it is frequently overshadowed by the focus on technical issues. This film makes a definite social statement. Is that statement a negative one? Perhaps...

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Unlike most development plans for new communities around large French cities, Grenoble was an original undertaking thanks to the designers, architects, sociologists and politicians involved in the project.

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Great Britain was the first country to plan the establishment of "new towns" to house the overflow from rapidly expanding industrial centers.

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Despite the amazing images shown in this two-part documentary, we must not forget the horrible conditions under which the majority live with no means of protecting themselves from being exploited. An Oblate missionary leads us through the masses of Bolivia: an undenial cultural richness coexisting with frightening misery. In this country of contrasts, the missionary seeks to provide a religious and political education while remaining highly respectful of the indigenous people. The job is not made any easier by the country’s government. The first part is entitled Race of Bonze (86:38) and the second is At the Risk of Their Lives (79:18).

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Special television documentary on North American carnivals with a kaleidoscopic view of the people who inhabit the unique world of the carnival. Following a travelling show across the United States and Canada, amusement park operators, freak-show performers, dare-devil motorcyclists, vaudevillians, and strippers, provide personal insights into their rough and transient life-styles. The owners of Amusements of America, the Vivona Brothers - Johnny, Dominion, Morris, Babe, and Phil, show how they run their family business and introduce some of their employees. Note worthy sequences include: recruiting men from "skid row" to work for the carnival; a religious parade as a kind of side show to the carnival, with devotees pinning money to statues of saints; and Tricia Nixon-Cox, the daughter of President Richard Nixon of the US, visiting a carnival..

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Around the world, soccer is part of the culture and Montreal is no exception. Every summer, Quebec's largest city is alive with leagues that are the delight of communities from around the world. Colorful, these ethnic leagues are world of their own with their own stars, their officials, their fervent fans and their traditions. A soccer season in Montreal ... a world to discover.

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