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Dief!

  • January 1981
  • 27mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    William Canning,

    Starring

    John Diefenbaker,

    Pierre Elliott Trudeau,

    Brian Mulroney,

    This documentary short is a portrait of Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and 13th prime minister of Canada, John George Diefenbaker (1895-1979). Diefenbaker's political career spanned 6 decades. When he died in 1979, his state funeral and final train trip west became more a celebration of life than a victory for death.