Julian Richings
Heritage Minutes (1991)
Season 4
Heritage Minutes, also known officially as Historica Minutes: History by the Minute, are a series of sixty-second short films, each illustrating an important moment in Canadian history. They appear frequently on Canadian television and in cinemas before movies and are now also sold on DVD. The Minutes were first introduced on March 31, 1991 as part of a one-off heavily-promoted history quiz show hosted by Rex Murphy. The thirteen original short films were broken up and run between shows on CBC Television and CTV Network. The continued broadcast of the Minutes and the production of new ones was pioneered by Charles Bronfman's CRB Foundation, Canada Post Power Broadcasting, and the National Film Board. They were devised, developed and largely narrated by noted Canadian broadcaster Patrick Watson, while the producer of the series was Robert Guy Scully. In 2009 Historica merged with The Dominion Institute to become The Historica-Dominion Institute. While the foundations have not paid networks to air Minutes, they have made them freely available, and in the early years paid to have them run in cinemas across the country. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled that Heritage Minutes are an "on-going dramatic series" thus each minute counts as ninety-seconds of a station's Canadian content requirements.
Released March 31, 1991
Episode 1 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, Drama, History, Short
Keywords: tmdb.canada, imdb.canadian-history, imdb.reenactment
Production Companies: CBC
Network: CBC (CA)
S4E1 - Hart & Papineau
The efforts of politician and lawyer Louis-Joseph Papineau give full equality of religion to Jews in Canada.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E2 - Paul Émile Borduas
The art of Paul-Émile Borduas and the Quiet Revolution are featured.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E3 - Pauline Vanier
Professional diplomats Georges and Pauline Vanier fight Canadian immigration policy in an attempt to help refugees fleeing Europe in the Second World War.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E4 - Water Pump
Canadian Mennonites devise sustainable agriculture practices that aid the Third World.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E5 - Flags
Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E6 - Sitting Bull
Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E7 - John Cabot
Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E8 - Winnie
The bear of Canadian soldier Harry Colebourn becomes the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E9 - Myrnam Hospital
The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E10 - Bluenose
The Bluenose, a ship out of Halifax and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s, wins its last race.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E11 - John McCrae
Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E12 - The Paris Crew
The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E13 - Grey Owl
Englishman Archie Belaney (played by Pierce Brosnan) rises to prominence as a notable author and lecturer after he took on the First Nations identity called Grey Owl. Adapted from the film of the same name.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E14 - Nat Taylor
How Nat Taylor invents the multiplex theater.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E15 - J. S. Woodsworth
Author, lecturer and social activist J. S. Woodsworth convinces Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King to introduce old age pensions.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E16 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard
December 28, 1944 was moving day for 23 year old Maurice Richard. All day he hefted furniture - including a piano - into his new house. That night he scored 5 goals and 3 assists setting an NHL record
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E17 - Avro Arrow
The development of the Avro Arrow (this Heritage Minute was produced based on the 1996 mini-series "The Arrow").
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E18 - Syrup
A First Nations family teaches early settlers how to make maple syrup.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E19 - Marion Orr
The story of female World War II pilot, Marion Orr.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E20 - Expo '67
The planning of the Montreal International and Universal Exposition called Expo 67 is featured.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E21 - John Humphrey
Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E22 - Jackie Robinson
Baseball player, Jackie Robinson joins the Montreal Royals on October 23, 1946.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E23 - Stratford
A look back at the beginning of the Stratford Festival of Canada.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E24 - Frontier College
Frontier College educates those away from the urban centres.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S4E25 - Lucille Teasdale
Surgeon Lucille Teasdale devotes her life to helping the poor in Africa.
May 22, 1995, midnight
CBC (CA)
1 min/ep
1 min
March 31, 1991
Feb. 17, 2021, midnight
Returning Series
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