Episode Guide - Where Once They Stood (Series) (1978-1980)
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Season 1
Jan 2, 1978 - "Ferryland." The Colony That Never Was. Producer-director Tom Cahill and cinematographer Erich Kirchbaum take an intriguing look at the story of George Calvert, who resigned as Secretary of State to King James 1st of England, to found a colony at Ferryland as a secret refuge for persecuted Catholics.
Jan 9, 1978 - "Placentia." The story of the ancient capital of Placentia, settled in the 13th century by Basque Whaling fleets, and conquered in turn by French and British in the 16th Century, and finally ceded to the Americans as a World War II Military Base. Produced and directed by Tom Cahill.
Jan 16, 1978 - "Wabana, Bell Island." Sir Francis Willoughby sent home a report in 1615 praising the potential riches of the vast ore deposits on the "Iron Isle" in Conception Bay. Developed in the early 1920's, they made this Newfoundland settlement the most prosperous on the island for half a century. It became a ghost town when the mine shut down.
Jan 23, 1978 - "Harbour Grace." Harbour Grace became the centre of attempts to make the first crossing of the Atlantic in the early twenties, when people like Amelia Earhart brought the town international recognition. Harry Brown hosts the story of this ancient seaport that was a major centre in early North America.
Jan 30, 1978 - "Trinity." Joan Horwood is the writer-researcher for the story of Trinity this week, which became the first port of call in North America for thousands of early visitors and the site of the first anti-smallpox vaccination.
Feb 6, 1978 - "Brigus." Home of fabled sea captain Bob Bartlett, Brigus was a thriving centre of the seal and cod fishery in early Newfoundland, and today retains its atmosphere and character. Harry Brown and writer Leslie McGrath host a visit to the Conception Bay town.
Season 2
Jan 22, 1979 - "L'Anse aux Meadows." After exploring the eastern seaboard of North America for a trace of the legendary Norse settlement of Vinland, Dr. Helge Ingstad and his archaeologist wife, Anne Stine, were shown the faint outlines of some ruins in the tiny village of L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland's northern tip. They began excavations, and a year later had uncovered the remains of a large Viking settlement, dating from the year 900 AD. Their discoveries have since been authenticated with carbon dating, and the site has been accepted by the World Heritage Foundation for special preservation. The program traces the routes followed by the Viking seafarers down the Labrador coast to Newfoundland Island, re-creating their landfall and subsequent settlement in their new home.
Jan 29, 1979 - "Exploits" tells the story of Shannditti; last of the Beothucks. Noted author Harold Horwood wrote the script for this program, and his opinion of the extinction of Newfoundland's native people will excite and perhaps upset many. With narration by Mary Walsh, the script tells the story of the young Indian girl's struggle to escape the depredations of the early settlers, her capture and death by tuberculosis in 1826. Today, no trace can be found of her burial place. Extensive filming on-location in different areas of the province attempts to recreate the atmosphere in which the Beothucks lived and were hunted down. Bonnie Noseworthy plays Shannditti, supported by a cast of local actors, including Kevin Nobel, Austin Davis, Terry Crawley, Doug Seymour and John Moyes. Special music for the program was arranged and performed by flautist Beverly Lane.
Feb 5, 1979 - "Cupids" was the first legal settlement in English Canada, and the story of the picturesque Conception Bay town was researched, written and is narrated by Newfoundland Historian, Michael McCarthy. John Guy founded his Sea Forest Plantation there in 1612, and the first Newfoundlander was born that winter. But the winter also succeeded in ending the dreams of the new Colony for almost a hundred years. However, many well-known Newfoundland names were among the early settlers, such as the Dawes, the Pikes and the Guys of present day Conception Bay.
Feb 13, 1979 - "Harbour Breton." One of the most successful Plantations in Newfoundland was operated by the Newman Company in Fortune Bay from the early 1700's at the site of the modern day town of Harbour Breton. Newman's initiated the famous triangle trade of salt fish, wine and supplies between England, Newfoundland and Portugal, and brought over many of the "Youngsters" who later settled to become the founding families of the colony. They also discovered that a sojourn in the damp Newfoundland climate vastly improved the flavour of their wine, and to this day Newman's celebrated Port is sold throughout the world with the Provincial map as its label trademark. Writer Joan Horwood researched and prepared the script for this documentary on the colorful past of Harbour Breton, the capital of the Southwest coast.
Feb 20, 1979 - "Heart's Content." Newfoundland writer Grace Butt scripts the story of a town that brought international renown to Newfoundland in 1866 when the world's greatest ship, The Great Eastern, brought the western end of the great Atlantic Cable ashore there-, and created a new era in communications. Former CBC News Supervisor Melvin Rowe has written a book entitled "I Have Touched The Greatest Ship", and Mr. Rowe is special guest on this half hour documentary. He tells of the early, boisterous days of the cable laying and building of the new station, the famous halfway house, and the excitement of seeing his home-town become an International byword. That town is Heart's Content, for half a century a leading communications centre.
Feb 27, 1979 - "Wesleyville." David Blackwood has become one of Canada's leading artists with his many etchings and paintings based on the Newfoundland seal hunt, and life on the northern coast. Born in Wesleyville, he retains fond memories of his life there, and the fabled sea captains and brave sealers who founded the many settlements along that rugged shore. Mr. Blackwood shares his memories and thoughts on the people, their life style, and their treatment at the hands of Government planners.
Season 3
Feb 5, 1980 - "Red Bay." The tiny settlement of Red Bay on the Labrador coast has become the centre of great interest following the discovery in the summer of 1978 of a 16th century Basque galleon in the harbour waters. Parks Canada researchers are convinced the area was settled by the European whale fishermen, possibly before the voyages of Columbus and Cabot. The documentary has exclusive film of the wreck and research work in Spain.
Feb 12, 1980 - "Trepassey." Who was the first man to fly the Atlantic? It was not Lindberg or Alcock and Brown, but Walter Hinton, co-pilot of the US flying boat NC-4. The program has archival film material of the historic take-off and later arrival in the Azores and Lisbon and an interview with the 91-year-old flyer.
Feb 19, 1980 - "Port Union." Sir William Coaker, determined to restore dignity to the fisherman of Newfoundland, created this town as a commercial rival to St. John's. For almost a century, it was the centre of the salt fish export trade. Narrates the story of a town built to satisfy one man's dreams.
Feb 26, 1980 - "Bay Bulls."
Mar 4, 1980 - "St. John's, part 1." The first of a two part documentary on the oldest city in Canada, the program traces development from its discovery in 1497 to the great fire which devastated the Newfoundland Capital in 1892. Covering the famous Battle of Signal Hill between French and British forces in 1796.
Mar 11, 1980 - "St. John's, part 2."
Season 1
Jan 2, 1978 - "Ferryland." The Colony That Never Was. Producer-director Tom Cahill and cinematographer Erich Kirchbaum take an intriguing look at the story of George Calvert, who resigned as Secretary of State to King James 1st of England, to found a colony at Ferryland as a secret refuge for persecuted Catholics.
Jan 9, 1978 - "Placentia." The story of the ancient capital of Placentia, settled in the 13th century by Basque Whaling fleets, and conquered in turn by French and British in the 16th Century, and finally ceded to the Americans as a World War II Military Base. Produced and directed by Tom Cahill.
Jan 16, 1978 - "Wabana, Bell Island." Sir Francis Willoughby sent home a report in 1615 praising the potential riches of the vast ore deposits on the "Iron Isle" in Conception Bay. Developed in the early 1920's, they made this Newfoundland settlement the most prosperous on the island for half a century. It became a ghost town when the mine shut down.
Jan 23, 1978 - "Harbour Grace." Harbour Grace became the centre of attempts to make the first crossing of the Atlantic in the early twenties, when people like Amelia Earhart brought the town international recognition. Harry Brown hosts the story of this ancient seaport that was a major centre in early North America.
Jan 30, 1978 - "Trinity." Joan Horwood is the writer-researcher for the story of Trinity this week, which became the first port of call in North America for thousands of early visitors and the site of the first anti-smallpox vaccination.
Feb 6, 1978 - "Brigus." Home of fabled sea captain Bob Bartlett, Brigus was a thriving centre of the seal and cod fishery in early Newfoundland, and today retains its atmosphere and character. Harry Brown and writer Leslie McGrath host a visit to the Conception Bay town.
Season 2
Jan 22, 1979 - "L'Anse aux Meadows." After exploring the eastern seaboard of North America for a trace of the legendary Norse settlement of Vinland, Dr. Helge Ingstad and his archaeologist wife, Anne Stine, were shown the faint outlines of some ruins in the tiny village of L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland's northern tip. They began excavations, and a year later had uncovered the remains of a large Viking settlement, dating from the year 900 AD. Their discoveries have since been authenticated with carbon dating, and the site has been accepted by the World Heritage Foundation for special preservation. The program traces the routes followed by the Viking seafarers down the Labrador coast to Newfoundland Island, re-creating their landfall and subsequent settlement in their new home.
Jan 29, 1979 - "Exploits" tells the story of Shannditti; last of the Beothucks. Noted author Harold Horwood wrote the script for this program, and his opinion of the extinction of Newfoundland's native people will excite and perhaps upset many. With narration by Mary Walsh, the script tells the story of the young Indian girl's struggle to escape the depredations of the early settlers, her capture and death by tuberculosis in 1826. Today, no trace can be found of her burial place. Extensive filming on-location in different areas of the province attempts to recreate the atmosphere in which the Beothucks lived and were hunted down. Bonnie Noseworthy plays Shannditti, supported by a cast of local actors, including Kevin Nobel, Austin Davis, Terry Crawley, Doug Seymour and John Moyes. Special music for the program was arranged and performed by flautist Beverly Lane.
Feb 5, 1979 - "Cupids" was the first legal settlement in English Canada, and the story of the picturesque Conception Bay town was researched, written and is narrated by Newfoundland Historian, Michael McCarthy. John Guy founded his Sea Forest Plantation there in 1612, and the first Newfoundlander was born that winter. But the winter also succeeded in ending the dreams of the new Colony for almost a hundred years. However, many well-known Newfoundland names were among the early settlers, such as the Dawes, the Pikes and the Guys of present day Conception Bay.
Feb 13, 1979 - "Harbour Breton." One of the most successful Plantations in Newfoundland was operated by the Newman Company in Fortune Bay from the early 1700's at the site of the modern day town of Harbour Breton. Newman's initiated the famous triangle trade of salt fish, wine and supplies between England, Newfoundland and Portugal, and brought over many of the "Youngsters" who later settled to become the founding families of the colony. They also discovered that a sojourn in the damp Newfoundland climate vastly improved the flavour of their wine, and to this day Newman's celebrated Port is sold throughout the world with the Provincial map as its label trademark. Writer Joan Horwood researched and prepared the script for this documentary on the colorful past of Harbour Breton, the capital of the Southwest coast.
Feb 20, 1979 - "Heart's Content." Newfoundland writer Grace Butt scripts the story of a town that brought international renown to Newfoundland in 1866 when the world's greatest ship, The Great Eastern, brought the western end of the great Atlantic Cable ashore there-, and created a new era in communications. Former CBC News Supervisor Melvin Rowe has written a book entitled "I Have Touched The Greatest Ship", and Mr. Rowe is special guest on this half hour documentary. He tells of the early, boisterous days of the cable laying and building of the new station, the famous halfway house, and the excitement of seeing his home-town become an International byword. That town is Heart's Content, for half a century a leading communications centre.
Feb 27, 1979 - "Wesleyville." David Blackwood has become one of Canada's leading artists with his many etchings and paintings based on the Newfoundland seal hunt, and life on the northern coast. Born in Wesleyville, he retains fond memories of his life there, and the fabled sea captains and brave sealers who founded the many settlements along that rugged shore. Mr. Blackwood shares his memories and thoughts on the people, their life style, and their treatment at the hands of Government planners.
Season 3
Feb 5, 1980 - "Red Bay." The tiny settlement of Red Bay on the Labrador coast has become the centre of great interest following the discovery in the summer of 1978 of a 16th century Basque galleon in the harbour waters. Parks Canada researchers are convinced the area was settled by the European whale fishermen, possibly before the voyages of Columbus and Cabot. The documentary has exclusive film of the wreck and research work in Spain.
Feb 12, 1980 - "Trepassey." Who was the first man to fly the Atlantic? It was not Lindberg or Alcock and Brown, but Walter Hinton, co-pilot of the US flying boat NC-4. The program has archival film material of the historic take-off and later arrival in the Azores and Lisbon and an interview with the 91-year-old flyer.
Feb 19, 1980 - "Port Union." Sir William Coaker, determined to restore dignity to the fisherman of Newfoundland, created this town as a commercial rival to St. John's. For almost a century, it was the centre of the salt fish export trade. Narrates the story of a town built to satisfy one man's dreams.
Feb 26, 1980 - "Bay Bulls."
Mar 4, 1980 - "St. John's, part 1." The first of a two part documentary on the oldest city in Canada, the program traces development from its discovery in 1497 to the great fire which devastated the Newfoundland Capital in 1892. Covering the famous Battle of Signal Hill between French and British forces in 1796.
Mar 11, 1980 - "St. John's, part 2."