Listen to the Prairies (1945)

This short documentary follows Manitoba's annual Musical Festival, profiling several of the young people whose talents made the festival a leading event in the Canada of the mid-20th century. Featuring boys' and girls' choirs, violin and piano solos, an excerpt from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, and songs by a soprano and a contralto, the film is an idyllic and melodic portrait the prairies of over half a century ago. - NFB

Released Jan. 2, 1945 21 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.year-1945, imdb.1940s, imdb.20th-century, imdb.music-festival

Country: Canada
Languages: English