Season 4

1958 · 8 episodes

Episodes

1First NovelA young man gives up a steady job to tackle the uncertain task of writing for a living.
2Islands of the Frozen SeaLooks at the landscape and wildlife of Canada's Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Arctic Circle, narrated mostly using historical observations.
3The Legendary JudgeThis short fiction film profiles the controversial figure of Judge Matthew Bailie Begbie, who was tasked with bringing law and order to the gold-mining camps of British Columbia more than 150 years ago.
4Neptune MissionA dramatized flight of the Neptune, a military aircraft that monitored for foreign submarine activity off Canada's East Coast.
5School for the StageA look into the lives of some Canadian students as they study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England.
6The TicketA 'Ticket of Leave' means parole. Bonner (James Doohan) is outraged to discover the teen who robbed him three years ago is on parole after serving half his sentence.
7Train 406An account of a Canadian National Railways freight train on a run from Toronto to Halifax in the winter of 1957, with glimpses of the vast amount of organization necessary in the operation of a country-wide transportation network.
8Western BrigadeThis short dramatic film illustrates a cooperative program of fire protection that was carried out across Alberta in the late 1950s. It presents the problems inherent in a voluntary fire brigade, as well as the everyday heroes who step up and get the job done. The film is an entertaining look at how a crew that was once considered to be the joke of the town can evolve into the best fire brigade in the West!