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Writer, Kent Martin, James Laxer ; editing, Ian Rankin ; photography, Mike Mahoney ; sound, Alex Salter, Arthur McKay, John Martin, Kalle Lasn ; original music, Eric Lemoyne, Roger Lemoyne ; music recording, Louis Hone ; research, Erna Buffie, Kent Martin ; sound editing, Alex Salter, Les Halman ; re-recording, Hans Peter Strobl, Adrian Croll ; producer, Kent Martin ; director, Kent Martin ; executive producer, John Taylor.

Host, James Laxer.

Recorded 1986.

Using archival film footage, this hour-long documentary provides a gripping retrospective of United States-Canada relationships as personified by successive presidents and prime ministers. It becomes quite clear that our prime ministers, from John A. Macdonald down, have started their tenures on a sort of first-things-first basis by making overtures to their American counterparts. Attitudes and outcomes have varied widely, and this is what intrigues when seen in close-up. The almost comic antipathy between Kennedy and Diefenbaker, for instance, is as palpable here as is the folksy camaraderie of Reagan and Mulroney. Part four of the series Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Award of Merit for Research and Scriptwriting (Kent Martin, James Laxer, Erna Buffie), 1987 Gemini Award for Best Writing in an Information Series (Kent Martin, James Laxer), 1988 Blue Ribbon Award - Category: International Issues, 1988

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).