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In Bed with an Elephant

"A retrospective look at the relationship between Canada's prime ministers and America's presidents"

1987-10-30
7
en 60m
Documentary
This feature documentary provides a gripping retrospective of United States-Canada relationships through a study of successive presidents and prime ministers. Using archival film footage, it demonstrates that Canadian prime ministers, from John A. Macdonald down, all began their tenures by making overtures to their American counterparts. Attitudes and outcomes have varied widely. The almost comic antipathy between Kennedy and Diefenbaker, for instance, is as palpable here as is the folksy camaraderie of Reagan and Mulroney. Part four of Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada series.
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Sound

John Martin

Director of Photography

Mike Mahoney

Assistant Editor

Vida Urbonavicius

Music Sound Design and Processing

Louis Hone

Assistant Camera

Dominique Gusset

Unit Manager

Diane Bergeron

canada politics international relations

Status

Released

Countries

  • Canada

Companies

  • ONF | NFB