Canadian Snapshots
CBC
CBC · 1944–1955
Broadcasts
6
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
- Network
- CBC
- Years active
- 1944–1955
- Surviving broadcasts
- 6
- Genre
- docudrama
Documentary sketches produced by the CBC's national service, each a brief portrait of Canadian life. Transfers held by the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
3 dated broadcasts across 83 years on the air, with 82 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 2026, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Last Train Out · 30 Jun 2026
- 2. Night Broadcast · 7 Jul 2026
- 3. The Case of the Missing Hour · 14 Jul 2026
- 01
The Long Silence
4 Aug 2026 · 1h 3m
- 02
Dead Air
28 Jul 2026 · 26 min
- 03
Sign Off
21 Jul 2026 · 41 min
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
- 04
The Case of the Missing Hour
14 Jul 2026 · 56 min
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
- 05
Night Broadcast
7 Jul 2026 · 19 min
- 06
The Last Train Out
30 Jun 2026 · 34 min
Also on CBC
CBC in 1944–1955
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docudrama on the air then
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