This Ontario Public School textbook, published in 1922, contains some fascinating facts of a world which no longer exists. It seems politically incorrect in some of its descriptions by modern day standards. (Summary by David Lawrence)
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Episodes
Preface
Episode 0 · 3:27
An Aeroplane Journey over Canada
Episode 1 · 12:23
Hunting and Fishing
Episode 2 · 20:50
Lumbering and Mining
Episode 3 · 10:18
Food from the Soil
Episode 4 · 16:10
Raw Materials, Manufacture, Transportation, Trade
Episode 5 · 6:13
Land Forms
Episode 6 · 10:29
The Earth as a Whole
Episode 7 · 13:15
How the Sun Lights and Heats the Earth
Episode 8 · 15:40
Atmosphere, Winds and Rain
Episode 9 · 12:12
The Ocean
Episode 10 · 25:26
Climate and Life
Episode 11 · 10:58
North America, The Continent as a Whole
Episode 12 · 25:05
The Dominion of Canada
Episode 13 · 31:38
The Province of Ontario
Episode 14 · 32:07
The Province of Quebec
Episode 15 · 14:45
The Province of New Brunswick
Episode 16 · 9:06
The Province of Nova Scotia
Episode 17 · 8:15
The Province of Prince Edward Island
Episode 18 · 4:21
The Prairie Provinces
Episode 19 · 23:31
The Province of British Columbia
Episode 20 · 16:26
The Yukon and Northwest Territories
Episode 21 · 7:01
Newfoundland and Greenland
Episode 22 · 9:09
The United States of America, part 1
Episode 23 · 19:15
The United States of America, part 2
Episode 24 · 24:04
Mexico
Episode 25 · 7:09
Central America
Episode 26 · 5:12
The West Indies and Bermuda
Episode 27 · 9:44
South America, The Continent as a Whole
Episode 28 · 22:17
Brazil
Episode 29 · 5:12
Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
Episode 30 · 7:24
Chile and Peru
Episode 31 · 6:29
Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia
Episode 32 · 5:04
Venezuela, The Guianas and The Islands of South America
Episode 33 · 4:56
Europe, The Continent as a Whole
Episode 34 · 14:32
The British Isles, England and Wales
Episode 35 · 21:07
Scotland and Ireland
Episode 36 · 10:46
Norway, Sweden
Episode 37 · 8:53
Denmark and Iceland
Episode 38 · 5:24
The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg
Episode 39 · 10:13
France
Episode 40 · 11:10
Switzerland and Germany
Episode 41 · 12:56
Austria, Hungary, Czecho-Slovakia
Episode 42 · 9:32
Poland, the Baltic States and Russia
Episode 43 · 14:20
Rumania, Spain and Portugal
Episode 44 · 8:56
Gibraltar and Malta, Italy, Vatican City and Marino
Episode 45 · 13:04
Yugo-Slavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and European Turkey
Episode 46 · 11:54
Asia, The Continent as a Whole
Episode 47 · 19:13
The Soviet Republics
Episode 48 · 7:06
Turkey, Syria, Cyprus and Palestine
Episode 49 · 7:02
Iraq, Arabia, Aden and Perim, Persia and Afghanistan
Episode 50 · 6:58
India and Ceylon
Episode 51 · 11:41
China
Episode 52 · 9:33
Japan
Episode 53 · 7:32
Indo-China and the East Indies
Episode 54 · 9:49
Africa, The Continent as a Whole
Episode 55 · 12:25
Morocco, Algeria and Tunis, Libia, Egypt and The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Episode 56 · 7:59
Abyssinia, Eritrea, Somaliland, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika and Mosambique
Episode 57 · 4:08
Angola, The Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, West Africa and Nigeria
Episode 58 · 3:58
British South Africa, Nyasaland and Rhodesia
Episode 59 · 7:28
South-West Africa, Bechuanaland, The Union of South Africa and The Islands of Africa
Episode 60 · 8:05
Australia and the Islands of the Pacific
Episode 61 · 12:45
The States of Australia
Episode 62 · 6:17
New Zealand, New Guinea, The Smaller Islands and The Hawaiian Islands