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China Mission: The Chester Ronning Story

Chester Ronning was born in Francheng, China, in 1894, the son of Norwegian missionaries. Until his death at the age of ninety, he was everything from a cowboy to an ambassador, a college president to a Peace River homesteader, a missionary to a member of the Alberta legislature. But Ronning, who di...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Film Board of Canada
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 1980.
Series:National Film Board Screening Room
Subjects:
Ronning, Chester, > 1894-1984.
Diplomats > Canada > Biography.
China > History > 20th century.
Diplomates > Canada > Biographies.
Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Diplomats.
Canada.
China.
1900-1999
Canadian diplomats > Biographies > China > Ronning, Chester
Feature films.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Chester Ronning was born in Francheng, China, in 1894, the son of Norwegian missionaries. Until his death at the age of ninety, he was everything from a cowboy to an ambassador, a college president to a Peace River homesteader, a missionary to a member of the Alberta legislature. But Ronning, who died in December 1984, is best remembered in international circles for his long and close relationship with China. Throughout his many careers, including that of Canadian High Commissioner to India, ambassador to Norway, and head of an international mission in 1966 to end the war in Vietnam, Ronning's lifelong ambition was to explain China to the western world. His story is a rare example of the meeting of east and west in a compassionate, remarkable man.
Item Description:Prairie Centre. ;Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in cooperation with the Alberta Department of Education.
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (58 min.) : digital, stereo, sound, color
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience:15-17.
CHV rating: PG.
Régie du cinéma du Québec rating: G.
Production Credits:Director, Tom Radford ; producer, Michael Scott ; executive producer, Lydia Semotuk, Michael Scott ; commentary, Stanley Jackson, Tom Radford ; photography, Robert Reece, Ron Orieux, Harry Nuttall, Richard Westlien ; sound, Garrell Clark, Ann McGaw, Ed Smith, Lesley Topping ; editing/sound editing, Christopher Tate ; re-recording, Clive Perry ; narrator, Cedric Smith ; music, Roger Deegan.