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The Eyes of Children
Library and Archives Canada

Archival Item
1962
Video
Related School
Kamloops (BC)
Creators and Contributors
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (producer); George Robertson (director), Arla Saare (film editor), Norman Rosen (sound), Gerry O'Connor (lighting), John Seale (photography)
Description
This 1962 television special was produced by CBC Vancouver. The video notes that it was "photographed at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, Kamloops, B.C.". Its ostensible purpose is to depict the daily life of students at this Roman Catholic school as they prepare for Christmas. However, this is a staged production that does not accurately represent the lived experience of Survivors. 

The video is available to view on YouTube. 
Language
English
Notes
The video is available on YouTube and includes closed captioning. 

The CBC page for this video was archived a number of times by Internet Archive before the video was removed.

More Information

Alternate Title(s)
'The Eyes of Children' — life at a residential school
Holding Repository
Library and Archives Canada
Holding Repository Identifier
340975
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