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John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB521460
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Julian Biggs, Guy Glover
Directors: Gordon Burwash
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Canadian History, Canadian Politics, Fiction, Politics
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1961
Running Time: 27:41
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John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea - DVD 
Catalogue Number: NFB521460
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Julian Biggs, Guy Glover
Directors: Gordon Burwash
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Canadian History, Canadian Politics, Fiction, Politics
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1961
Running Time: 27:41
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"The fox is out of tricks," taunted his opponents. "Bankrupt of ideas, he offers us clouds." Such was the reception of the Macdonald vision of a Dominion reaching from sea to sea--an audacious proposal, regarded as uncertain of success even by his supporters. Here is a memorable flashback.