Titanic [DVD video] : the Canadian story

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Title:

Added Author:

Corkery, Jacqueline.

Cuttler, Marcy.

Gilchrist, Sylvène.

MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958-

Saint-Pierre, Raymond.

Hustak, Alan, 1944- Titanic.

Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

[Toronto, Ont.] : CBC Home Video ; [Brampton, Ont.] : Entertainment One [distributor], 2012.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

A special 2-hr CBC/Radio-Canada documentary that marks the centenary of one of the most tragic shipping disasters of our time. Reveals for the first time the stories of the Canadians aboard through letters, diaries and first-hand accounts from surviving family members.

General Note:

Title from disc surface.

Inspired by Titanic: the Canadian story, written by Alan Hustak.

Originally broadcast on television in 2012.

Special features (English): My Titanic uncle / directed and produced by Astra Burka ; William Harbeck: the many Mrs. Harbecks ; Alan Hustak: Baxter family sites in Montréal ; Olivier Mendez: Paul Chevré in Asnières-sur-Seine ; Charles Hays: voices from the past ; Alice Fortune: Robert Rutherford "Just having a ball" ; Alice Fortune: Alice's house ; Neshan Krekorian: Van Solomonian "the view from third class" ; Neshan Krekorian: remembering Nishan ; Gary Shulak: the view from Halifax ; P.H. Nargeolet: diving to the Titanic (total running time: approx. 45 min.).

Suppléments (français): Le Titanic retrouvé ; La presse en 1912: un tournant ; L'histoire de René-Jacques Lévy (durée totale: environ 30 minutes).

Performers:

Narrators, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Raymond Saint-Pierre.

Corporate Subject:

Titanic (Steamship)

Subject Term:

Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean

Survival.

Survival at sea.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.