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- 2005 (Creation)
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Video
• 14 video cassettes : HDCAM (10 hrs)
• 2 video cassettes : DVCAM (1 hr)
• 3 video cassettes : MiniDV (3 hrs)
• 15 optical discs : Professional Disc (11 hrs)
• 4 optical discs : DVD (8 hrs)
• 1 hard disk drive : external ; 500GB
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• 1 audio cassette (30 mins)
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Port Hope: A Question of Power is an episode of CBC’s The Nature of Things that investigates the effects of nuclear waste on the community of Port Hope, Ontario. It was produced by Telewerx, a now-defunct production company, and included in this collection via Robert Lang’s friend and colleague Sheila Petzold. Lang also lives in Port Hope.
Series includes source tapes on HDCAM and Professional Disc, audio and a broadcast version on DVD, and an external hard drive with clips and source footage for the documentary.
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- English
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Created Aug. 15, 2022 by Al Stanton-Hagan
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- English