Dief!

Dief!

27 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1981

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.

Dief!

27 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1981

Dief!
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.
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Dief!
Directors William Canning
Writers

Cast

John Diefenbaker

as Himself

Brian Mulroney

as Himself