1966 DISCOVERY CHILDREN’S TV SHOW “DISCOVERY GOES TO FRENCH CANADA“ QUEBEC CITY XD30832

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website On Saturday afternoons or Sunday mornings, throughout most of the sixties and early 70s, ABC aired “Discovery“ -- a historical and cultural documentary television series aimed at children. Hosted by Bill Owen, this episode takes viewers through Canada showing the country’s rich history, the divide between the French and English language as well as how life is lived by a traditional Canadian. It opens with shots from within a zoo of various animals including a polar bear (:08). A Canadian family sits around a television as a French language commercial for Ajax appears on the screen (1:13). One of the children reads the French-Canadian version of a US comic strip called ‘Nancy’ written and drawn by Ernie Bushmiller (2:22). The film points to the notion that family life is very similar to that of life in the US with slight differences; a major variation being the two m